First, Tomb-Sweeping Day customs
1, swing
This is the custom of ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. Swing, that is, lift the rope, move. It has a very long history. It was originally called Qian Qiu, but later it was changed into a swing to avoid taboos. In ancient times, swings were made of branches and tied with ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into two ropes, a pedal swing. Playing swing can not only improve health, but also cultivate courage, which is deeply loved by people, especially children.
2. Cuju
Bow is a rubber ball, the skin of which is made of leather, and the ball is stuffed with wool. Cuju is kicking the ball with your feet. This is a popular game in ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to legend, it was invented by the Yellow Emperor with the original purpose of training warriors.
Step 3 go for an outing
Also called spring outing. It was called Tanchun and Xunchun in ancient times. March is clear, spring returns to the earth, and nature is full of vitality everywhere, which is a good time to go for an outing. Our people have kept the habit of walking in Tomb-Sweeping Day for a long time.
Step 4 plant trees
Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring is bright, the spring is bright, and the spring rain is falling. The planted seedlings have high survival rate and fast growth. Therefore, China has the habit of planting trees in Qingming since ancient times. Some people even call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day. The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. 1979, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) stipulated March 12 every year as China's Arbor Day.
5. Fly a kite
It is also Tomb-Sweeping Day's favorite activity. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of colored lanterns is hung under the kite or on the wind-stabilizing stay, like twinkling stars, which is called "magic lamp". Someone used to put kites in the blue sky, then cut the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck to yourself.
Second, the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day
The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day is related to meson push in the Spring and Autumn Period.
According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the Jin Dynasty, went into exile to escape persecution. He was starving when he was exiled. When everyone was extremely anxious, he and the minister meson pushed him to a secluded place, cut off his leg and cooked soup for his son. When Zhong Er found that the meat was meson's, he shed tears of joy.
Nineteen years later, Zhong Er ascended the throne. After Wen Gong ascended the throne, he first rewarded the hero who accompanied him in exile, but forgot to push the meson. Many people push mesons to push injustice and persuade him to admire, but he packed his bags and lived in Mianshan.
Hearing this, Jin Wengong was ashamed, and personally took someone to invite meson to push. However, due to the high roads and dense trees, it is difficult to find two people. Some people proposed to burn Mianshan and force mesons to push out. The fire spread all over Mianshan, but no meson was seen.
After the fire went out, I found that Jiezitui, who was carrying my old mother, had sat under an old willow tree and died. Jin Wengong cried and said. When I was buried, I found a bloody book in a tree hole, which said, "May my Lord be clear forever." To commemorate meson tui, Jin Wengong ordered that this day be designated as Cold Food Festival.
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The meaning of Tomb-Sweeping Day:
1, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival to remember the lives of the deceased, to inspire the existing lives, to remember the relatives who died around us, and to thank our ancestors for giving us life. How to continue the past life through our existing life and inspire today's life with the past life.
The significance of remembering is not only the yearning for relatives, but also a national custom and a race's reproductive ceremony. Our annual grave-sweeping for our loved ones is a ritual and a continuation of the concept of paying homage to our ancestors.
2. Tomb-Sweeping Day is still a "festival of vitality", welcoming and expanding the vitality of nature.
When nature came to Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was full of vitality. Planting trees means that the ancients expanded the vitality of nature. In ancient times, there was a custom of "inserting willows for spring". Going for an outing is to cherish the vitality of nature, go to nature, embrace nature, get close to nature, play cuju, swing, tug of war and so on, to welcome the arrival of the vitality of nature.
3. Tomb-Sweeping Day has integrated the ancient Cold Food Festival. Cold food is a natural rhythm, coupled with humanistic spirit. The so-called humanistic spirit is the traditional festivals of many legends and figures in China, most of which are transformed from natural festivals. From nature to humanity, "feel the natural rhythm and be full of humanistic spirit".