Tomb-Sweeping Day's Custom Activities
play on the 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.
play football
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.
spring 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. People in our country have always maintained the habit of going for an outing in Qingming.
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 designated March 12 every year as China's Arbor Day. This is of great significance to mobilize people of all ethnic groups in China to actively carry out activities to green the motherland.
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.
Tomb-Sweeping Day traditional food
1, Youth League
People in the south of the Yangtze River have a family reunion dinner when they are in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Green balls are made by mashing a plant called wheat straw with a tool, squeezing out the juice, and kneading the juice into a ball with glutinous rice flour, so that the green skin of the green ball is ready, the middle is wrapped with stuffing made of red bean paste, then steamed in a steamer, and the surface is coated with a layer of vegetable oil after taking out the pot, so that the green ball is ready.
2. Wet cake dishes
Quanzhou people have the custom of eating moist cake dishes in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Runbing vegetables are baked with flour into thin skin. When eating, it is wrapped with Shanghai oysters, shredded pork, shredded carrots, shredded radishes and other ingredients, and then eaten. It tastes refreshing and sweet.
3. Xunzi
When I was in Tomb-Sweeping Day, there was a custom of eating prickly heat in both the south and the north, and prickly heat is a kind of fried food. Although both the north and the south will eat prickly heat, the practices of the north and the south are different. The prickly heat in the south is mainly rice flour, which is exquisite and meticulous, while the prickly heat in the north is mainly wheat flour, which is generous and free and easy.
Step 4 push steamed bread
When I was in Tomb-Sweeping Day, I used to eat steamed stuffed buns to commemorate the quality of meson pushing without seeking fame and fortune. The purple-legged steamed stuffed bun is shaped like the helmet of an ancient general. One of them weighs half a catty to a catty, also called an old steamed stuffed bun. Zi tui Xiao Long Bao, with red dates or eggs wrapped in the middle and flour flowers sprinkled on all sides, is a small steamed bread made of flour and can be kneaded into various shapes. There are also some rules for eating steamed buns. Different shapes of steamed buns are eaten by different people. For example, round buns can only be eaten by men, strip-shaped shuttle buns are eaten by married women, unmarried women eat buns, and children eat noodles with different shapes.
5. Zongzi
Everyone knows that eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan's seasonal food, but it was not the Dragon Boat Festival at first, but the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, so there are still many places where Tomb-Sweeping Day has the custom of eating zongzi.
6. eggs
Eating eggs in Tomb-Sweeping Day is a dietary custom, which originated in some places in the pre-Qin period. The ancients thought that eating eggs in Tomb-Sweeping Day meant having a good body all year next year. Eggs on this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day can not only be eaten, but also used for fun. There are two main ways to play eggs, egg painting and egg carving. Eggs can also be eaten, and eggs are carved for fun.
7.pancakes
There is a saying in Xiamen that "Tomb-Sweeping Day eats pancakes", that is, in Xiamen and Tomb-Sweeping Day, after sweeping the grave, the family eats pancakes together. Not only Xiamen, but also most parts of southern Fujian have the custom of eating pancakes. When the older generation of Xiamen people eat rolled pancakes, they like to put some shredded scrambled eggs, crispy seaweed and some special sauces in the pancake skin. Pancakes are packed with all kinds of vegetables, and some places choose celery and leeks, because they are homophonic, which makes people bear hardships and live a long life.
8. Onions and omelets
Qingdao people have the custom of eating green onions and egg rolls in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which means cleverness. In the past, Qingdao people would knead flour flowers into white-flour chicken, which was called "Steamed Xiaoyan", so on the morning of this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the whole family would eat white-flour chicken and eggs together.
9. Pu Guo Zi
In Tomb-Sweeping Day, there is a diet custom of eating soybeans. Puguozi is made by mashing the leaves and fruits of Puguozi and fermenting them with the ground rice powder. After fermentation, add sugar and steam in the mold. This is Pu Guo Zi. There are generally two shapes, peach and plum. Steamed cakes are light green because they taste sweet with sugar.
10, mustard rice
People in eastern Fujian have the custom of eating mustard in Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is said that mustard rice cooked with mustard and rice will not get scabies for a whole year after eating it.
1 1, jujube cake
In the north, Tomb-Sweeping Day has the custom of eating jujube cakes. Jujube cakes are made of fermented grains, and then steamed with dates in the middle. Spring health preservation is suitable for storing acid and sweetening. Eating dates can strengthen the spleen and nourish the liver.
12, Qingming rice
Qingming rice, as its name implies, is eaten in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Qingming rice is made of various edible herbs. Commonly used herbs are shepherd's purse, Lycium barbarum leaves, wormwood, hemp leaves, paederia, white male Weng and so on. These herbs are washed and cooked, kneaded into rice balls with glutinous rice and brown sugar, and finally steamed.
13, Bo Guo Bo
People in Fuzhou want to eat spinach in Tomb-Sweeping Day on this day. Spinach is a unique wild vegetable spinach in the south, which is mashed into juice, then kneaded into skin with rice paste, with stuffing such as red bean paste and shredded radish in the middle, and then cooked. Spinach is sweet and cool, which is beneficial to human body after eating.
14, Zifu
In Jinzhong area, Tomb-Sweeping Day has the custom of eating children's blessings. In many places in Jinzhong, there is a custom of sharing sacrificial food, including blessing for children. Zifu is a big steamed bread made of white flour, with red dates, walnuts and beans in the middle, a dragon-shaped dish on the outside and an egg in the middle of the dragon's body, hence the name Zifu.
15, black rice
Her family has the dietary custom of eating black rice in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Black rice is made by every household of She nationality and given to relatives and friends, including Han people. Therefore, since then, the Han people have formed the custom of eating black rice in Tomb-Sweeping Day.
16, Happy Group
People in Chengdu, Sichuan Province have the dietary custom of eating happy groups in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The glee club is made of fried rice, and then threaded through it. It is different in size and color, so it is called the glee club.
17, warm mushroom bag
When people in Taining area are in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they have the dietary custom of eating steamed stuffed buns with warm mushrooms. Warm mushroom bag is made of what locals call warm mushroom grass. The scientific name of warm mushroom grass is mouse grass, also known as foer grass. Warm mushroom buns are made in different places. Fresh-picked warm mushroom grass is used in the south, and the shape of warm mushroom bag is like steamed stuffed bun, round, and the shape of warm mushroom bag is like jiaozi and crescent moon.
18, Aizan
There is a saying that "eating mugwort leaves before and after Qingming Festival will keep you from getting sick all year round", and mugwort leaves are a necessary traditional food for Hakka people in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Wormwood is made by boiling water with wormwood, draining the boiled wormwood, chopping it into grass mud, the finer the better, then mixing and kneading it with wormwood mud, glutinous rice flour and the water that boiled wormwood before, then wrapping the stuffing such as sesame seeds and peanuts in the middle, sealing and kneading it into a square or round shape, and steaming it in a steamer, so that wormwood is ready.
Tomb-Sweeping Day healthy
Clearing heart qi
When Tomb-Sweeping Day worships his ancestors, many people will see some things and think of others, which is human nature. However, excessive meditation during sadness will lead to depression, block qi activity, and induce or aggravate cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Qingming is the season when everything grows, and the mood should be smooth. We should take outdoor walks, outings and other activities to clean our hearts and achieve the purpose of pleasure.
Clearing lung qi
Tomb-Sweeping Day gas is a high incidence period of influenza and other infectious diseases. We should insist on going outdoors, to parks and rivers, to breathe fresh air, to exercise properly, to take a deep breath in the face of pine and cypress trees and to change the air for our lungs. The lung is a big filter for the human body. If you stay in a closed room all day and breathe the unventilated air in the room, your lungs will inhale a lot of tiny "waste" and deposit it in your lungs, which will increase the risk of lung infection.
Clearing liver qi
During the Qingming period, a bowl of "Qianming Tea" every day has the functions of diuresis, dampness elimination, blood circulation and blood stasis removal. Qianming tea is a scavenger of blood vessels, which can promote blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, clear liver and benefit gallbladder. There are mainly West Lake Longjing, Huangshan Mao Feng and Dongting Biluochun tea in the market. To make tea before tomorrow, you should use water at about 80℃. If the temperature is too high, it will easily destroy the nutrients of tea.