Introduction to Qingming Festival
Qingming Festival, also known as Outing Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, and Ancestor Worship Festival, falls between mid-spring and late-spring. Qingming has two connotations of nature and humanity. It is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival. Tomb-sweeping Day is a traditional major spring festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening the common memory of the family, but also promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. sense.
Qingming Festival customs
01 ancestor worship
Tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival is a "tomb sacrifice", which is called "respect for the time" to the ancestors, and its custom has a long history. Qingming is a season of vigorous vitality and a season of yin decline. On the one hand, people cherish the grace of their ancestors and relatives, and at the same time, they show the prosperity of their descendants in the form of cultivating soil, displaying tombs, and hanging green. The ancestors live in the tombs, which is related to the prosperity of the descendants, and the prosperity of the descendants can also ensure the peace of the ancestors and the continuation of the incense. Being careful and chasing the distance is the cultural spirit of Qingming Festival.
02 Outing
The Chinese nation has the custom of Qingming outing since ancient times. In ancient times, outings were called "Tanchun", "Xunchun", etc., which were called spring outings, also known as "Taking Spring". It generally refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. This seasonal folk activity of outing has a long history in our country, and its source is the custom of welcoming spring in ancient farming sacrifices, which has far-reaching influence on later generations.
03 Planting trees
Before and after the Qingming Festival, the spring sun is shining and the spring rain is blowing. The planted saplings have a high survival rate and grow rapidly. Therefore, there is the habit of planting trees during the Qingming Festival, and some people also call the Qingming Festival "Arbor Day". The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees on Qingming Festival is said to have originated from the custom of wearing willows and inserting willows during the Qingming Festival.
04 Kite flying
Kite flying is one of the traditional folk games, a festival custom on Qingming Festival. Kite is also called organ, paper harrier, harrier and paper kite. Originating in China, it is a communication tool invented by the ancient working people. The first kite was made of bamboo by Luban, and later only the imperial palace had paper kites. In Hokkien it is called wind blowing. A kite is a product that is heavier than air and can float in the air with the help of wind. In the late Tang Dynasty, people put a bamboo flute on the paper kite. After the paper kite flew to the sky, it was blown by the wind and made a "woo woo" sound, which was like the sound of a kite playing. So people changed the name of "paper kite" to "kites". As a general term, this includes paper kites without a whistle.