Ching Ming Festival

Ching Ming Festival
Festival: the Ching Ming Festival
Festival hours: Lunar Solar Terms Tomb Sweeping Festival (calendar on April 5 or 6)
Ching Ming Festival tradition in China so far unique in the folk festival, the festival is the solar terms of the big folk festivals. As one of the 24 solar terms, clean time after the winter solstice in 102 7, after the spring equinox 15, the calendar of April 5, 2001 in the seasonal changes in a special position. Say the Ching Ming Festival, in ancient times from a very famous, now has lost the festival - Hansik start with. The two former Cold Food Observance in the vicinity of cemeteries on or 1, also known as the "Cold Day", "no-smoking section." Legend Hansik to mark the Spring and Autumn Period of the loyal Jiezi Tui.
Jie Zaitui is that the Xian Chen Jin, serve son Zhonger. Jin civil unrest, the son Zhonger forced to flee abroad. Jie Zaitui not afraid of difficulties and hardships to follow Zhonger 19 years in exile, have cut their Tuirouaotang, dedicated to the Zhonger. Zhonger done a monarch, that is the history of the Jinwen Gong, after the Zhongshang enthronement was accompanied by his exiled hero, and only forgot Jie Zaitui. Many people Jie Zaitui Mingbu Ping, persuaded him to discuss face-jun tours. However Jie Zaitui most despised those who seek power struggle tours of the people, he better pack up and quietly with her mother to Mianshan to the seclusion.
Jinwen Gong heard that, shame-and, personally leading people to find Jiezi Tui. However Mianshan Shangao Lu insurance, lush forests, looking for two people is easier said than done. Some people offer, from three fire Mianshan extracted Jiezi Tui. The burning times Mianshan, but not the sight of Jiezi Tui. After the fire out, people found carrying old mother sitting in the Jiezi Tui has been under an old willow was burnt to death, but also from tree to find a hole of the blood. Jie Zaitui blood in his book that his Gerou Bong-Jun has done for the Hill Road, Zhugong would not have to find him. If Zhugong can always self-examination, to clean governance, he Jiuquanzhixia also pleased to be a Mingmu.
To commemorate the death of Jiezi Tui advice, Jinwen Gong ordered this day as "Hansik," orders to prohibit the use of fire. Zhong Chen Jin Wengong the second year rate climbing Festivals, Nake old willow found the sprout and grow, it Ciming as "Ching Ming Liu," and the Hansik the day after as the Ching Ming Festival.
Glorious Spring is the Ching Ming Festival, the season of clean air, people have a place for ancestral worship grave-sweepers and Liu Ta-Qing into the custom.

Ching Ming grave-sweepers

Chinese people have a traditional virtue of respecting the elderly, the death of the more cherish the memory of their ancestors and reverence. Therefore, the Ching Ming Festival this every day, every household should be to the countryside to Jisao ancestral graves. People for the tomb to remove weeds and add new territories, in Fenqian point Shangxiang, put on the food and Zhiqian, said the thoughts and pay tribute to their ancestors. Now, people respond to the call, funeral means a lot to change. Abolition of burial, cremation practice, in the field more and less grave. However, every day, people will use a variety of ways to remember their ancestors, or is in this day Jisao martyrs tomb in memory of martyrs of the activities. People are going to cemeteries, presented flowers and wreaths, placed on the private grief.

Ching Ming Festival, the guitar team of students went to the martyrs cemetery pondered heroes.

Qingming hours, the weather warming, well-meng, a new green everywhere, it is a good time to play outdoors. People often accompany the countryside to enjoy the spring, breathe fresh air, watch the blue sky, green trees, grass and flowers. Walking to the outskirts of the ancient custom called "Ta-Qing", so the Ching Ming Festival, also known as "Ta-Qing Festival." Panicum people to pack roots in the head wear, drive out ghosts and disaster, pray for peace happiness, called "interpolation Liu." Ta-Qing also pick Mosla ancient customs, such practices can also be seen until now. Each before and after Tomb Sweeping Festival, are girls, women Ta-Qing, pick some of the fresh vegetable, dumplings come back and do maroon, Qingxiang delicious, Bieyoufengwei. Some women also like the small white flowers planted on the Shepherd's Purse Faji on.
Tomb Sweeping Festival season, people there are kite-flying, the tug-of-war, swinging customs. At this time of spring sowing is a good farming season, there are many Nongyan that clean and agriculture, such as "before and after Tomb Sweeping Festival, Zhonggua kinds of beans." Liu into the ancient Ching Ming Festival is also available in the tree planting activities, there is poetry, "Green streets willow like breathing to allow the vicinity of cemeteries in March days" of the sentence.

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