This year's Qingming "three festivals" are connected, and the rural old man said that it is extraordinary. What should I pay attention to?

Tomb-Sweeping Day will be here soon. It is our fine tradition for Tomb-Sweeping Day to pay homage to our ancestors. This year's Tomb-Sweeping Day is April 5, the fifth day of the third lunar month, and there is a coincidence day "May". Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth festival in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, because the temperature is suitable, everything grows and is full of vitality. However, according to the old man, this year's Tomb-Sweeping Day is connected by "three festivals".

1. Why are the three sections connected this year? This year's Tomb-Sweeping Day falls on the fifth day of the third lunar month, and there are two festivals ahead, namely, the third day of March and the fourth day of March. What are the first two festivals? Let's have a look.

1, the third day of March.

Due to geographical reasons, the customs and mileage of different towns and villages in Bali are different, and there are customs and habits everywhere. In the north and the Yellow River valley, their tradition is that the dragon rises on the second day of the second lunar month, just like in our south. There is also the saying that the dragon head is shaved on February 2, but on March 3 of the lunar calendar, you should worship Xuanyuan. In our traditional totem culture, Xuanyuan is the ancestor of human beings and the earliest Yellow Emperor era in China.

Therefore, on March 3, Chinese descendants will go to the hometown of the Yellow Emperor to worship their ancestors, ask the Yellow Emperor to bring them good luck, and at the same time educate the children to find out where our roots are and why they are called descendants of the Yellow Emperor.

This custom has continued, and there are methods and customs of sacrifice everywhere, forming the Shangsi Festival. On this day, a grand sacrifice will be held, especially in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which has formed a traditional festival. Now, two days will be off for people to hold sacrifices.

2. Cold Food Festival on March 4th.

The Cold Food Festival is even more difficult. It has been circulating for more than 2,000 years and is called 1 festival in China. It is also the only festival named after food. This story starts from the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, went into exile for 19 years to escape years of war and political needs.

After Zhong Er became lord protector, this was the later famous Jin Wengong, but meson tui lived in seclusion with his mother. Jin Wengong invited mesons to push out of the mountain many times, but mesons refused. In this case, Jin Wengong ordered the release of Yamakaji to force meson to push down the mountain, but meson insisted on not coming out of the mountain and was finally burned to death. To remember his loyalty, Jin Wengong hid it in Mianshan and restored it.

The Cold Food Festival is the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day and a good way to commemorate it. After the Cold Food Festival, you can go to Tomb-Sweeping Day and continue to worship.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day on the fifth day of March.

"There are many rains during the Qingming period, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls." One sentence reveals the characteristics of Tomb-Sweeping Day. It rained one after another, and people who walked on the road to worship their ancestors were heartbroken because they missed their loved ones. According to when you are asked, there is one of the most important words: "Everything grows, and at this time, it is pure and clear." As can be seen from this sentence, before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Rural proverbs say that the weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day is fine, "It rains before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the wheat harvest is good", "It should be sunny in Tomb-Sweeping Day and rainy in Grain Rain", all of which indicate that it rains before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, but it rains successively before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, indicating that it will rain lightly before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, unlike pouring rain.

Of course, there will be some anomalies in the climate this year. I just watched the weather forecast. In Chuxiong, Yunnan, there will be strong cooling rain from March 3/KLOC-0 to April 2. The maximum temperature can drop by 10~ 14 degrees, and the local temperature can reach 16~ 18 degrees. In some high-altitude areas, there was little to moderate rain in April1-April 2, and there was even snowfall in some high-altitude areas, and the climate was abnormal. Different from the rainstorm in Tomb-Sweeping Day in previous years. When paying homage to ancestors, we should pay attention to the weather and make preparations for travel in advance.

We should also pay attention to the weather. According to the weather forecast of the Central Meteorological Observatory, "the gale and cooling weather brought by cold air to the central and eastern regions from March to April 2, as well as the adverse effects of local heavy rainfall and strong convective weather in Jiangnan, South China and Sichuan Basin on traffic, epidemic prevention and control, and agriculture. ; 3 1 April 1 Adverse effects of rain and snow in eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; The adverse effects of sea fog in parts of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea ".

Regarding Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship, there is a saying of "before 3, after 4, before 7, after 8", and there is a taboo to avoid giving a single gift instead of a double gift. Because the third day of March is the biggest Halloween, and the fourth day of March is the Double Cold Food Festival, it is not suitable for going to the grave, so this year Tomb-Sweeping Day is really different from previous years, and the weather has changed, so it is better to go to the grave sooner than later. what do you think? Welcome to exchange and discuss in the comment area.