Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important sacrificial festivals. It is a day for ancestor worship and tomb sweeping. What is the origin and origin of Qingming Festival? Now, let's follow sihai.com to have a look?
The origin of Qingming Festival
Qingming Festival is an important traditional folk festival in China. It is one of the eight important festivals: Shangyuan, Qingming, Lixia, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongyuan, mid autumn, winter solstice and new year's Eve. April 5 of the Gregorian calendar, but the festival period is very long. There are two versions: the first eight days of the 10th day and the first ten days of the 10th day. All of them belong to the Qingming Festival in the past twenty days.
The origin of Qingming Festival
It is said that it began with the ceremony of "Tomb sacrifice" of ancient emperors and generals. Later, the folk also followed suit. On this day, it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. Originally, cold food festival and Qingming Festival were two different festivals. In the Tang Dynasty, the day of worship and tomb sweeping was defined as cold food festival.
The name "Qingming Festival" also comes from the Qingming solar term in the 24 solar terms of Chinese lunar calendar. The 105th day after the winter solstice is the Qingming solar term. The Qingming solar term lasts for 15 days. As a solar term, Qingming is after the spring equinox. At this time, the winter has gone, the spring is full of vitality, the weather is clear, the four fields are clear, and the nature is full of vitality. To call this period "Qingming" is the most appropriate word.
One hundred and five days after the winter solstice is called cold food. Once upon a time, fire and cold food were forbidden, so it is also called "cold day" and "no smoking day". According to the folklore, cold food is to commemorate the burning of jieziti in Mianshan mountain in the spring and Autumn period. The Emperor Wen of Jin ordered the fire to be banned. Jieziti is from Shanxi, so cold food is the first popular custom in Shanxi. In the old days, cold food cut off the fire. The next day, there was a ceremony of drilling wood to get new fire in the palace. People also often begged each other for new fire with wickers. (this article is compiled by yxx, editor of sihai.com. It contains thousands of knowledge and popular science skills. More highlights can be found in Sihai knowledge channel https://www.4hw.com.cn/zhishi/)