Qingming small long holiday is what everyone is looking forward to. It's sunny and blooming in spring. You can use the holiday to have a good time. Do you know the custom of Qingming Festival? Come and have a look!
Sweep the tombs
Tomb sweeping in the Qing Dynasty is called "the respect of thinking about time" to ancestors. Its custom has a long history. Tomb Sweeping existed before Qin Dynasty, but not necessarily at the time of Qingming Dynasty, which was later. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that it began to prevail. "Qing Tongli" said: 'at the age of' years, during the festival of cold food and frost fall, I visited Xieng tomb. At that time, I had been serving the tomb for a long time. I had the tools of wine and cutting grass and trees. Zhou callosum sealed the trees and cut the Bush and grass, so I called it tomb sweeping. 'it's passed down to this day.
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.
Outing
Outing is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring, seeking spring, etc. April is clear, spring returns to the earth, the nature everywhere presents a lively scene, it is a good time for outing
Since the tomb going to the suburbs in the Qingming Dynasty, while mourning the ancestors, and galloping through the green fields in the bright spring light, it is also a way of adjusting the mood of mourning and self-respect. Therefore, Qingming Festival is also known as the outing Festival. Children who are fond of playing by nature are often not satisfied with going on a outing only once in Qingming, just as Wang Wei, a great poet of Tang Dynasty, once said, "when you travel in different days, you don't have to go to Qingming and go to Shangsi.".