The origin of the Qingming Festival in ancient China The food customs of Qingming
my country’s traditional Qingming Festival began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.The Qingming Festival was a very important solar term at the beginning.When the Qingming Festival arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring ploughing and spring planting."Afforestation is better than Qingming".Later, because the days of Qingming and Hanshi were close, and Hanshi was the day when people banned fire to sweep graves, gradually, Hanshi and Qingming became one.
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Origin of Qingming Festival
my country’s traditional Qingming Festival began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.The Qingming Festival was a very important solar term at the beginning.When the Qingming Festival arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring ploughing and spring planting."Afforestation is better than Qingming".
Later, because the days of Qingming and Hanshi were close, and Hanshi was the day when people banned fire to sweep graves, gradually, Hanshi and Qingming became one, and Hanshi became another name for Qingming, but also changed.It has become a custom during the Qingming Festival, when there are no fireworks on the Qingming day, only cold food is eaten.
There is such a legend about Hanshi:
It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Li Ji, the concubine of Duke Xian of Jin, planned a poisonous scheme to kill the prince Shen Sheng, and Shen was forced to commit suicide.Shen Sheng’s younger brother, Chong’er, fled into exile in order to avoid harm.During his exile, Chong’er suffered humiliation.It turned out that most of the courtiers who went out with him went their separate ways one after another.Only a few loyal and loyal people remained, who followed him all the time.One of them was Jie Zitui.Once, Chong’er fainted from hunger.In order to save Chong’er, Jie Zitui cut a piece of meat from his leg, roasted it with fire, and gave it to Chong’er to eat.Nineteen years later, Chong’er returned to the country and became the monarch.He was Duke Wen of Jin, one of the famous five hegemons in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Diet customs in all parts of my country during the Qingming Festival
1.Sichuan
The Qingming Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan, has glutinous rice as a group, and threads are used to wear it.Small, dyed in various colors, it is called "Happy Tuan".In the old days, it was sold all the way from outside the North Gate of Chengdu to "Huanxi Nunnery".
2.Shanxi
The habit of banning fire on the day before Qingming Festival is still preserved in the Jinzhong area.In many places, the sacrificial food is divided and eaten after the sacrificial ceremony is completed.During the Qingming Festival, people in southern Jin Dynasty used to steam big steamed buns with white noodles, with walnuts, dates and beans in the middle, and the outside was coiled into a dragon shape.It is necessary to steam a big total "Zi Fu", which symbolizes the family reunion and happiness.When going to the grave, the total "Zifu" is dedicated to the ancestors, and the whole family eats it after the tomb sweeping.
3.Shandong
Jimo eats eggs and cold pastry, and Laiyang, Zhaoyuan, and Changdao eat eggs and cold sorghum rice.It is said that otherwise, there will be hail.Tai’an eats cold pancake rolls with raw bitter vegetables, and is said to have bright eyes after eating.
4.Zhoushan
Old Dinghai tomb offerings have a special feature, many dishes are cold dishes and cold dishes, as well as Qingming special snacks - green cakes and strip cakes can be eaten cold.At the end of the ceremony, the children who are watching the grave should be given "mochi money" (mochi is also a green cake, and its shape is round or diamond).After going to the grave, go home and make "Qingming Rice Soup".
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