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What are the customs of Qingming Festival in 2018

What are the customs of Qingming Festival in 2018

4hw.com.cn: Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in our country. It is also a legal holiday in our country. Besides tomb sweeping, there are many traditional customs. Do you know what day is Qingming Festival? What are the customs of Qingming Festival? Let's have a look.

Qingming Festival 2018 is Thursday, April 4.

What are the customs of Qingming Festival

Sweep the tombs

The ritual of the Qing and Ming Dynasties should have been held in person in the tombs, but because of the different economic conditions of each family and other conditions, the way of the ritual was different. The main form of ancestor worship is "burnt package". The so-called "package", also known as "package", refers to the postal package sent from the yang to the "Yin" by filial piety. In the past, nanzhidian sold so-called "wrappers", that is, pasted a large bag of white paper. There are two forms: one is to use a woodcut version to print the Sanskrit transliteration of the mantra of past life around, with a lotus seat in the middle, which is used to write the area code of the dead people's name taboo, such as: 'the late Zhang Fu Jun taboo Yunshan old man', which is both a parcel and a tablet. The other is plain bag leather, which does not print any pattern, only pastes a blue sign in the middle, and writes the name of the dead. Also used as the main card. There are many kinds of money in the bag.

Insert willow

It is said that the custom of planting willows is also to commemorate Shennong, the ancestor of farming, who teaches people how to farm. In some places, people put willows under the eaves to forecast the weather. There is an old saying that willows are green and rainy, and willows are dry and sunny. During the Yellow nest uprising, it was stipulated that the name of the uprising was "Qingming period, Dai Liu". After the failure of the uprising, the custom of wearing willows was gradually eliminated, and only inserting willows prevailed. Willow has a strong vitality, as the saying goes: 'have the heart to plant flowers without hair, have no heart to insert willow into shade. 'if you plant willows in soil, you will live. If you plant them, you will live. If you plant willows every year, you will become overcast everywhere. There is also a saying that people in China use Qingming, July half and October new moon as the three Ghost Festivals. It's the time when hundreds of ghosts come and go for help. In order to prevent the invasion and persecution of ghosts, people insert willows and wear willows. Liu has the function of exorcising evil in people's mind. Under the influence of Buddhism, people think that willows can be turned into ghosts, which is called "ghost wood". GuanShiYin uses willows to touch the water and help all living beings. According to Jia Sixie's Qi Min Yao Shu in the Northern Wei Dynasty: 'take the willow branches and set them up in the house, and a hundred ghosts will not enter the house. 'Qingming is the ghost festival. When the willows are sprouting, people naturally put them in to ward off evil spirits.

To swing

Swing is a custom of Qingming Festival, and also the most common custom. This is the custom of Qingming Festival in ancient China.

Swing means to move by the leather rope. Its history is very old. It was first called Qianqiu. Later, in order to avoid taboos, it was changed to swing.

In ancient times, swing was made of tree branches and colored ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into a swing with two ropes and pedals.

Swing can not only improve health, but also cultivate courage. It is loved by people, especially children.

Tree planting

Before and after the Qingming Festival, when the spring sun is shining and the spring rain is sprinkling, the survival rate of planting seedlings is high and the growth is fast.

Therefore, since ancient times, our country has the habit of planting trees in Qingming. Some people also call Qingming Festival "Arbor Day". The custom of planting trees has been handed down to this day.

In 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stipulated that March 12 is the tree planting day in China. It is of great significance to mobilize the people of all ethnic groups to actively carry out the activities of greening the motherland.

Fly a kite

Flying kites is also a favorite activity in Qingming. During the Qingming Festival, people not only put it in the daytime, but also at night. At night, a string of small colorful lanterns, like twinkling stars, is hung under the kite or on the wind stable cable, known as the "magic lamp". In the past, when some people put kites into the blue sky, they cut the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck to themselves.

ancient game of kicking a ball

Ju is a kind of leather ball. The ball skin is made of leather and the ball is stuffed with fur. Cuju is to play football with your feet. This is a kind of game that people loved in ancient Qingming Festival.

According to legend, it was invented by the Yellow Emperor and was originally used to train warriors. Playing polo is also one of the Dragon Boat Festival plays.

The picture of polo in Prince Zhanghuai's tomb shows the prosperity of polo in Tang Dynasty: in the picture, more than 20 horses gallop, their tails are tied up, the players wear Futou towels, long boots, and hold the club to fight against each other.

"Analysis of Jin Zhi" records that the Liao Dynasty regards playing polo as the traditional custom of the festival, hitting at the Dragon Boat Festival and the ninth heavy game. "History of Jin Dynasty & middot; Li Zhi" also records that Jin people hit at the Dragon Boat Festival.

In Song Dynasty, there were dance teams of "playing music". By the Ming Dynasty, Polo was still popular. According to the "middot; lekao", Chengzu of Ming Dynasty once hit the ball and shot willow in Dongyuan several times.

The picture of Xuanzong enjoying Polo is painted in the long volume of the picture of Xuanzong's entertainment in Ming Dynasty. Wang Zhi, an official at that time, wrote a poem about playing ball at the Dragon Boat Festival Temple: 'a thousand Golden Horses in yulie, carved seven treasure balls. Fly the shock switch, and feel the stars. The hot page turns into three triumphs, which is the first step of happy pass. Qingyun follows Yizu and winds around the east of the hall. '

In front of baiyun temple in Beijing, there was also a ceremony for the masses to ride horses and hit the ball. There was also polo in the temple of heaven in the Qing Dynasty. It was not until the middle of the Qing Dynasty that Polo disappeared. In recent years, the ancient Polo has appeared in Xi'an, which makes the ancient sport reappear in China after many years of extinction.

Outing

It's also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring, seeking spring, etc. April is clear, spring returns to the earth, nature everywhere presents a lively scene, it is a good time for outing. Chinese people have been keeping the habit of Qingming outing for a long time.

Cockfighting

In ancient times, the game of cockfighting was popular in Qingming, which started from Qingming and lasted until the summer solstice. The earliest record of cock fighting in China can be found in Zuo Zhuan. In the Tang Dynasty, cockfighting became popular, not only among the people, but also among the emperor. For example, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty liked cockfighting the most.

Silkworm Flower Fair

Canhuahui is a unique folk culture in canxiang. In the past, during the Qingming Festival, Wuzhen, Chongfu, zhouquan and other places had this folk activity. Among them, the silkworm Flower Fairs of maming temple in zhouquan and Shuangmiao temple in Qingshi are the most splendid and grand. Maming temple, located in the west of zhouquan Town, is known as the "king of the temple". Every year, silkworm Flower Fair is full of people and frequent activities. There are more than ten activities, such as greeting silkworm God, rocking express boat, making stage Pavilion, worshiping incense stool, boxing, Dragon lantern, raising pole, singing and so on. Some of these activities are carried out on shore, the vast majority of which are carried out on ships, with the characteristics of water villages. In recent years, the silkworm flower fair in Xiangshi of Wuzhen has only several projects, such as greeting the silkworm God, stepping on the white boat and raising the pole, which has great potential to be explored.

Tug-of-war

In the early stage, it was called "hook" and "tug of war" in the Tang Dynasty. It was invented in the late spring and Autumn period, began to prevail in the military, and later spread among the people. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty held a large-scale tug of war in the Qing and Ming Dynasties. Since then, tug of war has become part of the custom of the Qing and Ming Dynasties.