The origins and legends of Tomb Sweeping Day

China's traditional Tomb Sweeping Day began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than two thousand five hundred years. At the beginning of the Qingming festival, it was a very important solar term. It was a great season for spring ploughing to clear the temperature and increase the temperature. Therefore, there was a great season for "planting melons and beans" before and after the Qingming Festival ". "Afforestation, not over pure brightness. Later, due to the close relationship between the Qingming Festival and the cold food, while the cold food was the day when the fire was banned from scanning the tomb, gradually the cold food and the tomb were merged into one, and the cold food became a nickname for the Qingming Festival, it has also become a customs of the period of brightness, the day does not move fireworks, only eat cold food.

There is a legend about the cold food:

It is said that in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Jin xiagong's princess ji tried to allow his son to continue his work, and he set up a drug plan to harm Prince Shen Sheng. Shen Sheng was forced to commit suicide. Shen Sheng's younger brother had a strong ears and ran out of exile to avoid harm. During the period of exile, I suffered from humiliation. In the past, the ministers who followed him went all the way out. Only a few loyal people have been following him. One of them is called the media push. Once, I lost my ears. In order to save the ears, Jiezi cut a piece of meat from his leg and cooked it with fire. Nine years later, Jin wengong, one of the famous five overlord in spring and autumn, went back to China as the monarch.

After Jin wangong was in office, he gave awards to the ministers who shared the joys and sorrows with him, but forgot to push the promotion. Some people complained in front of Jin Wong. Jin Wong suddenly recalled the old thing, and his heart was ashamed. He immediately asked the reporter to push him to the award and seal the official website. However, when a few times went by, Jack couldn't push it. Jin Wong had to invite me. However, when Jin wengong came to Jie Zi to push his house, the door was closed. Ji zipushed was reluctant to see him, and he had been carrying his mother and hiding in mianshan (now in the southeast of jiexiu County, Shanxi ). Jin wengong asked his yu lin army to search for the mountain and did not find it. As a result, someone had an idea that it would be better to set fire to the mountains, fire on three sides, and leave a side. When the fire starts, Jack will push herself out. Jin wangong ordered Shan to be held, and the fire burned for three days and three nights. After the fire went off, no media was pushed out. When I saw it in the mountains, the mother and child of Jiezi had died holding a burning willow tree. Jin Wong looked at the body of Jie zipush and cried for a while. Then, the body was buried and found that Jie zipush's spine was blocked by a willow tree cave, and there seemed to be something in the cave. I took a look. It turned out to be a piece of clothing, and I wrote a blood poem:

I hope the Lord will always be bright.

As a ghost, Liu xiawu seems to have been used as a prime minister.

If the Lord has me, I will always be introspective.

Chen has a clear conscience in Jiuquan, and is diligent and clear.

Jin Wong hid his blood books in his sleeves. Then, he buried jie zi and his mother under the burnt willow tree. In order to commemorate the promotion, Jin wengong ordered the change of mianshan to "jieshan", set up an ancestral hall on the mountain, and set the day of burning Mountains as a cold food festival. Xiao Yu, a National, and no fireworks are allowed every year, only cold food.

When he left, he cut a piece of burning Willow Wood and made a pair of wooden trees in the palace. Every day, he looked at it and said, "My sorrow is full ." The "foot bottom" is the title of mutual respect between superiors and peers, which is said to be the source.

In the next year, Jin Wong led the men and men to pay homage to the mountain hiking in fashion, expressing condolences. Walking to the grave, I saw the old willow tree resurrection, thousands of green branches, dancing with the wind. Jin Wen looked at the resurrected old willow tree, just like seeing Jie zipush. He walked up to the front with respect, pinched the branches with treasure, and made a circle on his head. After the sacrifice, Jin wangong enlightened the old willow tree to be "Tomb-sweeping Willow" and set this day as the Tomb-sweeping Day.

Later, Jin wangong will always keep his blood-book sleeves around him as a spur to his ruling role. He worked diligently and diligently to govern the country well.

Since then, the people of the Kingdom have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and they miss the promotion of outstanding deeds and wealth. On the day of his death, no fireworks are allowed. Also with flour and jujube mud, knead into the swallow's appearance, with Willow string together, inserted in the door, summon his soul, this is called "zhizhiyan ). Since then, the cold food and Qingming Festival have become a grand holiday for the people throughout the country. During Cold food, people do not need to cook, but only eat cold food. In the north, the common people only eat pre-prepared cold food, such as jujube cake and wheat cake; in the South, mostly qingtuan and glutinous rice sugar lotus root. During the Qingming festival, people put the wicker on their heads and put it in front of the house to show their nostalgia.