Cultural practices
Sweep the grave
Tomb sweeping in the Qingming Dynasty is said to be the "respect for the time" of the ancestors, and its custom has a long history. The Ming "Imperial Scenery and Material Strategy" says: "On the Qingming Day of March, men and women sweep the grave, carry the honor of the hammer, hang the ingots behind the palanquin, and the Cantonese are full of Daoye." Worshippers, mourners, weeping people, and those who add soil to the grave weeds burned ingots and placed paper money on the grave. If there is no paper money in hope, it is a lonely grave. Crying, not returning, tending to the fragrant tree, choosing a garden, and sitting drunk. "In fact, tomb sweeping existed before Qin, but not necessarily at the time of Qingming, and tomb sweeping in Qingming was a matter after Qin. It did not become popular until the Tang Dynasty.
Cutting willow
During the Qingming Festival, Chinese folk have the custom of planting willows.
It is said that the custom of planting willows is to commemorate the ancestor of the "religious people", Shennong. In some places, people put willow branches under the eaves to predict the weather, and the old proverb has the saying "willow is green, rainy; wicker is dry, sunny day". Willow has a strong vitality, as the saying goes: "There is a heart to plant flowers and flowers, and there is no heart to plant willows into the shade." "The wicker is planted in the soil, where it is inserted, where it lives, and the willow is planted every year, and it is shaded everywhere."
Another theory is that this custom is to commemorate the meson push. Jiezitui burned himself under a large willow tree for the sake of Ming Zhi's observance, which made Jin Wengong and the people of the group of courtiers feel sad. The following year, when Jin Wengong led his courtiers to climb the mountain to worship Jiezi Tui, he found that the old willow tree that had been burned down had actually come back to life. Jin Wengong immediately gave the old willow tree the name "Qingming Willow", and folded a few willow sticks on the spot to wear on his head to show his nostalgia.
Tread green
Stepping on the green is also called spring travel. In ancient times, it was called exploring spring, seeking spring, etc. April is clear, spring returns to the earth, and the natural world presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time for outings.
Qingming after the break
1. Yellow plum rain during the Qingming Dynasty - this is the case every year
2. Tell Hanako to go clear - both ends are busy
3. Leeks in Qingming - knife head
4. Bamboo after the Qingming Dynasty - one festival a night
5. Before and after the Qingming Dynasty - order melons and beans
6. Spring shoots after the rain, Qingming tea - all are sharp
7. Qingming Haiwu - the poor are not available, the rich are widowed
8. Bao Gong handled the case - clearly observed the situation; Qingming public judgment
9. Cool off on a big tree – so clear
Qingming verses
No flowers and no wine, no qingming, the interest is like a wild monk. —— Wang Yu figurines "Qingming"
During the Qingming Dynasty, out of the suburbs, the lonely mountain city liuying gate. ——Yang Weizhi's "Cold Food Sent to Zheng Qi Waiter"
Wild begonia flowers fell, and hurriedly passed, the Qingming season. ——Xin Renjie, "Nian Nu Jiao Shu Dongliu Village Wall"
Thousands of strands of green greet each other. Dancing smoke and sleeping rain over the qingming. ——Yan Jidao"Huanxi Sand, February and the Wind to Bicheng"
A few stumps of apricot blossoms. Cry red is hating Qingming Rain. ——Zhao Lingyu, "Butterfly Love Flower, Want to Reduce Luo Yihan And Not Go"
Listen to the wind and listen to the rain over the clear. Sorrowful grass fistula flower inscription. ——Wu Wenying, "The Wind Enters the Pine, Listens to the Wind and Listens to the Rain Through the Qingming"
The tung flowers are scattered, the rain is at first, and the washing is clear. —Liu Yong, "Magnolia Slow, Tearing Down the Flowers"
Good wind and moon clear night, green red Xuan thorn Shi Jia. ——Bai Juyi, "Qingming Night"
Crowing magpies noisy trees, Qingming cold food who cries. —Bai Juyi, "Cold Food Wild Hope Yin"
Ting Xuan was lonely and nearly clear, with residual flowers and wine, and he was sick again last year. —Zhang Xian, "Qingmen Leads to Spring Thoughts"
A county official idle only deputy envoy, a year of cold festival is Qingming. ——Wang Yu figurines, "Drinking Alone on the Day of the Qingming Dynasty"
The moonlight in the atrium is clear, and countless Yang flowers have passed without a shadow. —Zhang Xian, "Magnolia Yi Di Wu Xing Cold Food"
Qingming is close and close, but the end of the world is a guest. ——Cao Group,"Reminiscence of Youth, Wine Companions in The Year"
A few sentimental, nowhere to say, falling flowers flying flies Qingming Festival. —Wei Chengban, "Fishing Songzi Liu Rumei"
Yan returned to the flowers, early followed, and passed the Qingming. ——Naran Sex de, "Red Window Moon, Yan Gui Hua Xie"
Cold food on the way
(Tang) Song Zhi asked
Immediately cold food, the way is late spring.
Poor Jiang Puwang, did not see the Luoqiao people.
The Lord of the North Pole is the Lord, and the South Ming is the vassal.
The old garden is broken, and the wicker is new day and night.
Cold Food
(Tang) Han Hong
Spring City is full of flowers, cold food east wind royal willow oblique.
Candles were passed down at the Han Palace, and light smoke spread into the Wuhou family.
"Lu Men Are The Thing"
(Tang) Zhang Ji
The cultivator recruits the love building boat, and the spring grass is green and green;
Try Wumen peeping at The County, there are new smokes in several places in Qingming.
《Qingming》
(Song) Wang Yuqiao
No flowers and no wine, no qingming, the interest is like a wild monk.
Yesterday the neighbor begged for a new fire, and the window was divided into books.
"Su Causeway Qingming Matter"
(Song) Wu Weixin
The pear blossom wind is clear, and the wanderer is looking for spring and half out of the city.
The sunset song is packed up, and the willows belong to the warblers.
"Cold Food Uezuka"
(Song) Yang Wanli
Naoto Ho Ho! Bridge hazard can be exempted from support?
The distant mountains are weak outside the maple, and the broken house is lonely.
The spring breeze of the grass is again, and the new caste has gone to the age of nothing.
Pear blossoms eat from the cold, and only worry about the festival.
"Qingming Day Qu Jiang Huaiyou"
[Tang] Luo Yin
Jun and Tian Su are the old tour, and I am also silky in the intersection.
Two years of isolation under the Yellow Spring, the day is sad and cool.
The gulls and birds seem to be able to align with physics, and the apricot blossoms are suspicious and worried.
Widows and children should eat cold food, and look at Jiangling in the distance with tears.