A short answer to the origin of Qingming Festival What are the customs and habits?
Jin Guo The monarch Chong’er wanted to ask Jie Zitui to go down the mountain, but Jie Zitui refused, so Duke Wen of Jin ordered the mountain to be burned, and wanted to force him and his old mother to go down the mountain.Unexpectedly, Jie Zitui and his old mother were burned to death in the mountain.In order to commemorate Jie Zitui, Duke Wen of Jin ordered Mianshan to be changed to Jieshan.In the second year when Duke Wen of Jin came to offer sacrifices, he saw the willow tree coming back to life from the dead, so he named the old willow tree as Qingming Liu, and designated this day as the Qingming Festival.
Qingming Festival The origin of Jie Zitui in the Spring and Autumn Period.
According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Chong’er, the son of Jin, went into exile to escape persecution.He was starving when he was in exile.The meat was boiled in soup for the son to eat, and Chong’er regained his spirits.Afterwards, when he found out that the meat was Jie Zitui’s meat, he shed tears.
Chong’er took the throne nineteen years later.After he ascended the throne, Duke Wen rewarded the heroes who accompanied him in exile, but Jie Zitui was the only one who forgot.Many people pushed for Jie Zi’s injustice and persuaded him to face the king for rewards, but he packed up and lived in seclusion in Mianshan.When Duke Wen of Jin heard about it, he was so ashamed that he personally took people to invite Jie Zitui.However, the road was dangerous and the trees were dense, so it was not easy to find two people.See Jie Zitui’s figure.
After the fire was extinguished, Jie Zitui, who was carrying his old mother, was found dead sitting under an old willow tree.Duke Wen of Jin cried when he saw this.During the funeral process, a blood book was found in a tree hole.It wrote:"I cut the flesh and serve the king with all my heart.I hope the lord will always be clear and bright." To commemorate Jie Zitui, Duke Wen of Jin ordered this day to be the Cold Food Festival.In the second year, Duke Wen of Jin led his officials to climb a mountain to pay homage and found the old willow tree dead and resurrected.He gave the old willow tree the "Qingming Willow" and told the world that the day after the Cold Food Festival was designated as the Qingming Festival.
What are the customs and habits of Qingming Festival
The customs of Qingming Festival include sweeping tombs to worship ancestors, outing, planting trees, flying kites and so on.Tomb-sweeping and offering sacrifices to ancestors:Qingming Festival is also known as Ancestor-Sacrificing Festival.Tomb-sweeping sacrifice during Qingming Festival is a way of cherishing the memory of ancestors, and its custom has a long history.Outing:generally refers to a walk in the suburbs in early spring.The Qingming solar term provides important conditions for the formation of the Qingming outing custom in terms of time and climate characteristics.Tree planting:Before and after Qingming, the rainfall increased, the survival rate of planting saplings was high, and the growth rate was fast, so there was the habit of planting trees during Qingming.
The most solemn custom of the Qingming Festival is to visit the graves to worship ancestors, commonly known as "going to the grave".On this day, wanderers who leave home in time usually return to their hometown to visit the graves of their deceased relatives.Remember and mourn, and send them paper money for them to use in another world.In ancient times, there was a poem "the rain is pouring on the Qingming Festival, and the pedestrians on the road want to die", expressing the meaning of mourning for their relatives.
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