According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the Jin Dynasty, went into exile to escape persecution. On the way to exile, he was tired and hungry in a deserted place and couldn't stand up anymore. Zhong Er grew up in the palace and could not eat wild vegetables. One of the waiters is called Jie Zhitui. He cut a piece of meat from his thigh and made soup for Zhong Er, saying it was sparrow soup. Zhong Er even called it delicious after drinking it. Later, when he was on the road, Zhong Er found Jiezhitui limping. Only after questioning did he understand the truth. Zhong Er was deeply moved and promised to reward Jietui when he returned home.

Nineteen years later, Zhong Er became the monarch, that is, the historical Jin Wengong. After he ascended the throne, Wen Gong rewarded the heroes who accompanied him in exile at first, but forgot to push the meson. Many people complained about meson push and advised him to admire it. However, mesons despise those who strive for merit the most. He packed his bags and quietly went to Mianshan with his mother. Hearing this, Jin Wengong was ashamed and personally took someone to ask Jiexiu, but Jiexiu had left home for Mianshan.

Some people complained, so he wrote a poem to satirize Jin Wengong's ingratitude. The poem spread in the street and soon reached Jin Wengong's ears. When Jin Wengong realized his mistake, he personally took his ministers to Mianshan to meet him and pushed him out of the mountain as an official. Jay couldn't push him out. Zhao Shuai, Hu Yan and others were very jealous, so they set a trick and told Jin Wengong that Jiezhitui was a dutiful son and had to go down the mountain for his mother's sake.

Jin Wengong didn't know it was a trick, but Zhao Shu, Hu Yan and others burned mountains all around, and the fire spread all over Mianshan, but there was no meson push. After the fire was put out, it was found that Jiezitui had died under an old willow tree with his old mother on his back. Jin Wengong cried. When I was buried, I found a bloody book in a tree hole, which said, "May my master be clear forever."

In order to commemorate meson push, Jin Wengong ordered that this day be designated as "Cold Food Festival". The following year, Jin Wengong led ministers to climb mountains to pay homage. He found that the old willow was dead and resurrected, so he gave it the title of "Qingming Willow" and told the world, so he named the day after the Cold Food Festival "Tomb-Sweeping Day".

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Subsequent development

Tomb-Sweeping Day combines two festivals and customs, namely, cold food and thinking about the past. In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a traditional festival centered on ancestor worship and grave sweeping was formed, which combined the custom of prohibiting cold food with the custom of thinking about outings. The Ming and Qing Dynasties generally inherited the old system of the previous generation, and Tomb-Sweeping Day still adhered to and developed its position as an indispensable festival in spring life.

During the Republic of China, on this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, in addition to the original customs of sweeping graves and hiking, tree planting was also determined as a routine project, which was actually just an official recognition of the long-standing tree planting folk custom. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, such as Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day (a traditional festival of the Chinese nation)

Baidu encyclopedia-the push of solution