What is the origin and significance of sweeping graves on Qingming Festival? Is it superstition?
The origin of tomb-sweeping on Qingming Festival can be traced back thousands of years ago Since ancient times, it has been a festival for the royal family to worship ancestors.Until the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty issued a decree to stipulate that Qingming tomb-sweeping was a holiday, and the activity of Qingming tomb-sweeping and ancestor worship was widely implemented.Tomb-sweeping on Qingming Festival has the meaning of "respecting ancestors, thanking for the beginning", not superstition.
The Qingming Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival are also known as the four traditional festivals.Outing to celebrate Qingming Festival.The customs and legends of tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period.In the Tang Dynasty, a statutory holiday was established to popularize tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival.It means to promote filial piety, respect ancestors, and be grateful for the beginning.It is not what we call feudal superstition.
A brief introduction to the origins of tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival
The Qingming Festival was not a tomb-sweeping festival at first, but a spring festival.Legend has it that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Wen of Jin, Chong’er, held the Cold Food Festival to commemorate Jie Zitui, a loyal and virtuous minister.However, according to the records of Zhou Li, the first Cold Food Festival appeared because of smoking and preventing fires.Later, the custom of offering sacrifices to the royal family was gradually derived..In the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang promulgated a statutory holiday, and set the Hanshi Festival and the Qingming Festival as four-day holidays, which is convenient for people to visit tombs to worship their ancestors.After the evolution, the Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival gradually merged together, and the folk custom of worshiping ancestors and sweeping the tombs during the Qingming Festival emerged.
What is the profound meaning of tomb-sweeping on Qingming Festival
Tomb-sweeping on Qingming Festival is a folk custom that has been passed down for thousands of years.Behind it, it represents a kind of national ethics and filial piety.The meaning is "respect for ancestors" and "thank you for the beginning".Respecting ancestors is the embodiment of filial piety, which represents our respect and remembrance for our ancestors and elders.Gratitude is a way of self-improvement.During the Qingming Festival, we are grateful to our ancestors and elders who have passed away, and recall the past.Reflect on the present and encourage yourself.
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