Introduction to Qingming Festival Customs What are the customs of Qingming Festival?

1. Sweeping graves and worshiping ancestors. Qingming Festival is a traditional spring festival, and its counterpart is the autumn festival of Double Ninth Festival. Tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival is a "tomb sacrifice", which is called "respect for the times" for ancestors. Ancestor-sweeping is a way of remembering the ancestors, and its custom has a long history. According to archeology, tombs dating back 10,000 years were discovered at the Qingtang site in Yingde, Guangdong. According to accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements, they were dated to about 13,500 years ago, indicating that the ancients had clear and conscious burial behaviors and etiquette more than 10,000 years ago. concept. Sweeping tombs and worshiping ancestors is the core custom of Qingming Festival. The Qingming Festival mainly honors ancestors and expresses the filial piety of the worshipers and the longing for their ancestors. It is a cultural tradition of paying respect to ancestors and pursuing the future with caution.

2. Outing. Outing is a spring outing, also known as "spring outing". It generally refers to walking in the countryside in early spring. During the Qingming Festival, go to nature to appreciate and appreciate the spring scenery, and go hiking in the countryside. This kind of outing is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring and looking for spring. Its meaning was to step on the green grass, play in the countryside and enjoy the spring scenery. Outing, a seasonal folk activity, has a long history in our country. Its source is the ancient spring customs of farming and offering sacrifices. This spring-welcoming custom of farming and offering sacrifices has a profound impact on later generations.

3. Inserting willows. Qingming Festival is the time when willows sprout and turn green. There are folk customs of breaking willows, wearing willows and inserting willows. When people go out for an outing, they break off a few willow sticks. They can hold them in their hands and play with them, or they can make them into hats and wear them on their heads. They can also take them home and insert them on the lintels and eaves of the house. It is said that the custom of planting willows is related to avoiding immune diseases. People in the Tang Dynasty believed that wearing willow branches on their heads could protect them from poisonous insects when offering sacrifices by the river. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, when people returned from outings, they often planted willows at their doorsteps to avoid insect pests. This is because the climate warms in spring and various germs begin to multiply. People with poor medical conditions can only hope to avoid immune diseases by planting willows. Willow branches planted under the eaves can also predict the weather. The old proverb goes: "The willow branches are green when it is raining; the willow branches are dry when it is sunny."

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