Du Mu

During the Qingming Festival, it rained a lot.

Pedestrians on the road want to die.

Ask the local people where to buy wine and worry?

The shepherd boy laughed and did not answer the apricot mountain village.

Comments:

During the Qingming period, I should have gone hiking with my relatives and friends to worship my ancestors and sweep the grave. However, the poet ran alone on a long journey, and the feeling of loneliness and desolation can be imagined. The endless spring rain added to the poet's anxiety and melancholy, so he asked the shepherd boy where the restaurant was, and the shepherd boy pointed out the Xinghua Village in the distance. The first two sentences make people feel sad and sad, while the last two sentences open up a broad imagination space. The artistic conception of the whole poem is remote, fresh and lively, and the rhyme is fascinating and intriguing.

(2) "Cold Food and Wild Hope"

Bai Juyi

Wuti magpie is noisy and faint trees,

Who cries when eating cold food in Qingming Festival?

The wind blows paper money in the wilderness,

The ancient tomb is green with spring grass.

Pear blossoms reflect poplars,

It's all about death and separation.

I don' t listen to the heavy spring crying.

The rustling rain people go home.

Comments:

The custom that is especially advocated in cold food and Qingming is to sweep the grave. Cold food and tomb sweeping were very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi's poem "Cold Food and Wild Hope" describes the grave sweeping situation. The crow's crow makes the trees faint, and the Qingming cold food cries. The wind blows the paper money in the wilderness, and the ancient tomb is green with spring grass. The pear blossoms reflect the poplar trees, which are full of parting places.

I don't smell the heavy spring crying, and the rustling rain people go home. From this poem, we can not only see the bleak and tragic scene of sweeping graves, but also see that cold food and Qingming are the same thing in the custom of sweeping graves in Tang Dynasty. Indeed, whenever this time, some wandering poets and poets feel homesick.

(3) Qingming Night

Bai Juyi

It's windy, the moon is clear, the night is clear,

The historian of the red pavilion with blue bricks.

Walking around the cloister alone,

Listen to the string tube from a distance and see the flowers in the dark.

Comments:

Qingming Night is a custom of Bai Juyi to go out for a walk on Qingming Day. In ancient times, outing was also called "seeking spring" and "spring festival", which was popular in Jin Dynasty. Qingming Festival is also a good time for people to have a spring outing. Before and after Qingming Festival, when the spring is bright, it is another important activity of Tomb-Sweeping Day custom to get close to nature and go for an outing in the suburbs.

At present, it is generally believed that this Tomb-Sweeping Day custom inherits the tradition of the Third Festival in March, which was formed at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. An important content of Shangsi Festival is that young men and women go for an outing in the wild and choose their spouses freely. But the beauty of this poem is that it is not clear and cold. It has its own style. Although it is clear, it is intended to write the love affair of a girl who is in love with spring outside the paper. The phrase "It is clear again" can't help but make people laugh and ask, "But are you worried about getting married?"

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Walking Festival and Walking Festival, is celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major spring festival. It is a fine tradition left by the Chinese nation for thousands of years to pay homage to the graves and remember the ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.

The culture of Qingming etiquette and custom fully embodies the humanistic spirit of the Chinese nation's respect for ancestors and cautious pursuit of the future. The historical development of Tomb-Sweeping Day bears rich cultural connotations. Due to different regional cultures, there are differences in the content or details of customs in different parts of the country. Although the festival activities vary from place to place, sweeping graves to worship ancestors and going out for an outing are the same basic customs.