The origin of the Ching Ming Festival
The origin of the Ching Ming Festival (Reprinted)

About China's traditional Qingming Festival began in the Zhou dynasty, has 2500 years of history. Ching Ming Festival, the beginning is a very important solar terms, one to the Ching Ming Festival, the temperature rise is an excellent spring season planting in spring, therefore, "after the Ching Ming Festival, tending to grow beans." "Afforestation, source is the Ching Ming Festival," the farming proverb. Later, as the days close to the Ching Ming Festival and Cold Food, and the Cold Food is the grave of civil fire ban days, gradually, the Cold Food and Qingming Festival on the combined, and the Cold Food Festival and not only as another name for the festival season has become a custom, fixed the date of the Ching Ming Festival fireworks, eat cold food.
Ching Ming is the custom of rich and interesting, and pay attention to the fire ban, grave, there outing, swing, Kickball, playing polo and getting a series of custom sports. This is because the festival is said to ban fire Cold Food, Cold Food buffet in order to prevent beverages, so we come to take part in sports activities, to exercise. Therefore, this festival do not have both Jisaoxinfen students from the tragic death of acid tears, the laughter of playing another outing, is a characteristic of the festival.
Swing
This is our ancient custom of the Ching Ming Festival. Swing, which means tugging leather cord and migration. Its history is ancient, the earliest known and the future, after the order to avoid the taboo, to swing. Swing and more ancient as the frame with a tree crotch, and then plug the ribbon made. Then gradually add the development of the pedal with two rope swings. Swing can not only improve health but also to cultivate courage, has to love people, especially children.
Cuju
JU is a ball, the ball made of leather with a leather ball plugged in with the hair. Cuju, is to use enough to play. This is the ancient Ching Ming Festival, when people love a game. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor invented the first purpose is to train warriors.
Outing
Also known as spring outing. Ancient times called Tan Chun, search chun. Ching Ming Festival in March, spring, nature everywhere scene of thriving vitality, is an excellent outing time. Ching Ming Festival Chinese Folk long maintained the habit of outing.
Tree Planting
Before and after the Ching Ming Festival, Chun Yang Zhao Lin, Chun-yang Zhao Lin, Chun Fei Sa, planting seedlings with high survival rate, grow fast. Therefore, since ancient times, Chinese have the habit of tree planting festival. Hai Ba festival was called "Arbor Day." Planting custom has been passed so far. In 1979, the Standing Committee that each year on March 12 as Arbor Day in China. This mobilization of people of all nationalities actively greening the motherland of great significance.
Kite
Ching Ming is also the season that people enjoy. Every festival season, people not only put the day, also at night. Night in the kite or the stability tied onto a string of little lanterns, like shining stars, is called "Magic Lamp." In the past, some people put into the blue sky kite, they cut to pull strings, even if the breeze sent them away, is said to cure disease and prevent calamities, to bring their own luck.
About Cold Food, there is such a legend:
According to legend, the Warring States period, concubine Li Ji Xi continued to allow his son to the throne of Qi Xi, is located deadly trap murdered Prince Nobuo, Nobuo forced to commit suicide. Shen Sheng Chong Er's brother, to escape the scourge, leaving in exile. In exile, Chong Er suffered the humiliation. The original one, fled to the courtiers to follow him, most of the land after another and rushed out of way to go. Only a few dedicated people, have followed him. One of them Jie Zitui. Once, Chong Er hungry fainted. Jie Zitui to save Chong Er, from his leg cut off a piece of meat, roasted on the fire sent Chong Er to eat. 19 years later, made a return to monarchy Chong Er, that is one of the famous and Evolution of Lord Wen.
Lord Wen took office, those who have shared weal and woe of the courtiers and his big plus Feng Shang, only forgot Jie Zitui. It was in front of Lord Wen Jie Zitui done an injustice. Lord Wen suddenly remember the old thing, his guilt, immediately send to please Jie Zitui towards a reward by the official seal. However, satisfactory to a few times, Jie Zitui not come. Duke Wen had pro to please. However, when Lord Wen Jie Zitui came home, saw the door closed. Jie Zitui unwilling to see that he has been carrying a mother hid in the Mianshan (now Jiexiu County, southeast of Shanxi). Lord Wen will make his Guards on Mianshan search was not found. Someone had an idea that I would set fire to the hill, firing on three sides, leaving one side, starting the fire himself when Jie Zitui will come out of. Duke Wen is ordered held fire mountain, guessed big fire for three days and three nights, the fire goes out, after all not see Jie Zitui out. The mountains look, Jie Zitui mother and son holding a big willow burnt dead. Lord Wen looked at the bodies of Ku Bai Jie Zitui a while, and then buried the remains, found Jie Zitui backbone Duzhe willow tree holes, the hole seems to have something. Took out a look, turned piece skirt, a blood above the title of the poem:
Flesh Bong best loyalty, hope for His Excellency Chang Ching Ming Festival.
Liu to make an end not seen a ghost, be superior Banjun for Jian Chen.
If my lord with my heart, my memories of the often self-reflection.
Chen in Jiuquan a clear conscience, diligent Ching Ming Fu Ching Ming Festival.
Lord Wen reservoir into the sleeve will be in blood. Then Jie Zitui and his mother were buried in a large willow tree charred. To commemorate Jie Zitui, the lord ordered Mianshan to "medium mountain", the establishment of ancestral halls in the mountains, and to set fire to the mountain that day as the Cold Food Festival, spoke to the country, every year the day taboo fireworks, eat Cold Food.
Away, he had a charred willow cutting, to make a pair of clogs the palace every day looking at it and complained: "How sad indeed with a single step." "First step" is the ancient lower to higher levels or the titles of respect between peers, It is said to come from this.
The second year, the lord led his ministers, Su Fu foot mountain memorial, mourning. Line to the grave, saw the old willow tree resurrection of dead trees, softwood 1000, with the wind flying. Lord Wen looked at the old willow resurrection, the same as seen Jie Zitui. He walked in front of respect, love to pinch a bit branches, compiled a round of lobbying on his head. Jisao after, the lord the resurrection of the old willow Ciming as "Ching Ming Liu", again this day as the Ching Ming Festival.
Later, the lord of the blood often book sleeve with me, as a spur to govern their own motto. He diligently Ching Ming Festival, good to very good national governance.
Since then, Jin's people to live and work, not on the active home, do not miss Jie Zitui of wealth plan. Every day he died, we honor the memory of prohibited fireworks to. Also with the flour and the Zaoni, shape into Swallow's appearance, together with willow string section, inserted in the door, called his soul, this thing called "the push Yan" (Jie Zitui also be referred push it). Since then, the Cold Food Festival and became a national people's celebration. During Cold Food, people that do not light a fire to cook, eat cold food. In the north, people eat well in advance of the cold, such as jujube cake, wheat cakes, etc.; in the South, many of the Youth League and the glutinous rice sugar lotus. Each Qingming Festival, people wicker woven round of lobbying on his head, to insert the willow branches around their houses, to show miss.
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