Customs: The customs of the Qingming Festival are rich and interesting, in addition to prohibiting fires and sweeping tombs, there are also a series of customs and sports activities, such as trekking, swinging, cuju, playing polo, and sticking willow. Legend has it that this is because the Qingming Festival to cold food and fire ban, in order to prevent cold food and cold food injury, so people come to participate in a number of sports activities, in order to exercise the body. Therefore, this festival is characterized by both the sorrowful tears of sweeping the new graves of life and death, as well as the laughter of trekking and playing.
Swinging This is China's ancient Qingming Festival custom. Swinging, meaning migrating by the leather rope. Its history is very old, the earliest called the thousand autumn, after in order to avoid taboos, changed to swing. Ancient swing with tree branches for the frame, and then bolted on the ribbon made. Later gradually developed into a swing with two ropes and pedals. Playing swing not only can improve health, but also can cultivate the spirit of bravery, and is still loved by people, especially children.
Cuju Cuju is a kind of leather ball, made of leather and stuffed with wool. Cuju is a kind of leather ball made of leather and stuffed tightly with wool. This is a favorite game of the ancient Qingming Festival. It is said to have been invented by the Yellow Emperor, and its original purpose was to train warriors.
Trekking is also called spring tour. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring, searching for spring and so on. March Qingming, spring back to the earth, the natural world everywhere presents a vibrant scene, it is a great time for excursions. China's folk long maintained the Qingming trekking habit.
Tree planting Around Ching Ming, the spring sun shines, spring rain sprinkles, planting saplings with a high survival rate, fast growth. Therefore, since ancient times, China has the Qingming tree planting habit. Some people also call the Qingming Festival "Tree Planting Day". Tree-planting custom has been handed down to the present day. 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stipulated that every year on March 12 for China's Tree Planting Day. This is to mobilize the people of all nationalities to actively carry out activities to green the motherland, has a very important significance.
Flying kites is also a favorite activity during the Qingming Festival. Every Qingming Festival, people not only fly during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of small colorful lanterns are hung under the kite or on the wind steady pulling line, like twinkling stars, which are called "divine lanterns". In the past, some people put the kite on the blue sky, they cut the line, let the wind send them to the end of the world, it is said that this can eliminate disease and bring good luck to themselves.