How does tomb-sweeping day become dominate exclusively the big red-letter day March: Cold eat a red-

Tomb-sweeping day is the traditional red-letter day with a long history. Tomb-sweeping day about only then Yu Zhouchao, be apart from already had more than 2500 years of histories today. 2006, tomb-sweeping day is included the first batch of countries directory of immaterial culture bequest; 2008, tomb-sweeping day is decided formally by establish law holiday, call 4 great traditions of contemporary China consuetudinary festival with the Spring Festival, dragon boat festival, the Mid-autumn Festival.

When mentioning tomb-sweeping day, what can you remember?

I think everybody is met remember to this is for a short while sacred with keep thinking about the festival of deceased family member.

But is the culture that the ancients spends tomb-sweeping day consuetudinary also follow same today?

Antelope chats for everybody today, how does the ancients spend tomb-sweeping day, they have what culture consuetudinary, return those who have tomb-sweeping day to evolve into a process.

Tomb-sweeping day also cries March section, because Pure Brightness is one of 24 solar term,be. To Pure Brightness this solar term when, climate of our country major area is warm, cold winter is already far go, the wood of withered begins to grow afresh, appear everywhere give a vibrant picture.

so-called season clear ground bright, everythings on earth anabiosises, be the inning of spring ploughing, and right now companion lifts as air temperature, rainfall also can increase, farmhouse is right " Pure Brightness rain " take very seriously.

Explaining tomb-sweeping day is the earliest basically is one urges spring ploughing March section.

But how did tomb-sweeping day evolve into the festival that is a sacred ancestor later?

This must mention another red-letter day -- cold eat a red-letter day.

Cold eating a red-letter day also is the traditional red-letter day with a long history, meson of official loyal to his sovereign is pushed and fokelore is established. Actually from historical angle for, cold eat a red-letter day establish, basically be to result from Chinese fire culture.

Igneous culture of China is of long standing and well established, fokelore is person family name gets You Sui to wood takes internal heat and come, but kindling keeps not easy, because seasonal change wants to often change fire to perhaps be called,the tree that takes internal heat is planted trade fire. Because this changes fire in ancient time,perhaps trading fire is a very grand thing. In March, everythings on earth anabiosises, spring answer the earth, be the good time that established by usage changes wood to change fire, people is in before new fire did not arrive, should prohibit making a fire, so need eats cold drinks and snacks, and cannot eat heat to feed, cold feed a section to come because of this.

Chinese day period, say cold feed a section to be section of ban on opium-smoking and the opium trade, because this day of everybody cannot make a fire, arrived to just can light candlelight by palace midpoint in the evening, plant work ordinal in passing into expensive relative to weigh official home, and common people people should arrive there just can be smoke from kitchen chimneys rise in the home the following day.

Cold eat a red-letter day besides the cold drinks and snacks that forbid fire consuetudinary outside, another main consuetudinary it is pay respects to sb at his tomb of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for. The wind of pay respects to sb at his tomb of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for, also be only then Yu Hanchao, according to " Chinese book " account chancellery Yan Yannian, although leave Beijing a thousand li, also should come home regularly pay respects to sb at his tomb of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for. Plus the mortuary custom of thick bury of Han Chaoliu travel, ancestral grave of each ancestor temple is quite extravagant, also need somebody to often be done for guard against theft sweep, but the frequent hold a memorial ceremony for that return country ancestor, can affect regular job, formed slowly then in cold eat a red-letter day this day everybody returns country jointly the custom of pay respects to sb at his tomb of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for, but did not rise to legal state.

Develop Tang Chao, cold those who feed a pay respects to sb at his tomb of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for is consuetudinary was decided formally come down. In Tang Dynasty no matter person person or common people, inspect cold feed a section to be chased after originally to return ancestor festival. Because tomb-sweeping day is in cold after eating a red-letter day, and very close, then people often extends time of pay respects to sb at his tomb to Pure Brightness, two pass, often also be alluded in Tang poetry.

Arrived period of day of the Song Dynasty, because of the change that food is used to, after the invention that stir-fries especially, those who ban igneous cold drinks and snacks is consuetudinary slowly by common people people slam the door, bring about the cold position that eat a red-letter day to also drop slowly.

Last tomb-sweeping day was absorbed cold after those who feed a pay respects to sb at his tomb of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for is consuetudinary, the position begins to rise slowly, absorbing another after the festival March, tomb-sweeping day becomes dominate exclusively the political integrity March is affected up to now.

This another what is the festival March?

It goes up namely Si section.

Go up Si section, ancient time with " the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches " age day, in March the day of the first Si of the first ten days of a month, call " go up Si " . After Wei Jin, this festival instead at the beginning of March 3, friend says to weigh again 3 or in March 3.

Go up Si item is main custom is Xi of go for a walk in the country in spring, Fu (river side bath, calamity of pray blessing disappear) , after reacting people has experienced a depressing winter, be badly in need of the need that spirit adjusts.

This is at that time people is in on the true and vivid portraiture of Xi of Si section go for a walk in the country in spring, Fu.

Begin from Tang Dynasty about, tomb-sweeping day besides hold a memorial ceremony for ancestor outside the content of pay respects to sb at his tomb, the with go on a journey of go for a walk in the country in spring habit that also accompanies, be in more because of ancestral grave outskirts, arrange go on a tour, tomb-sweeping day of as time passes and on the custom of Si section is jumbly was in one case.

The open country of sufficient Qing Qing steps in beautiful spring scenery, also be restrain one's grief the means of a kind of ego adjustment of self-prossessed changeover mood.

Arrived period of day of the Song Dynasty, on Si section and tomb-sweeping day these two old festivals supplement each other gradually confluence was in one case, ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for and go for a walk in the country in spring became the changeless thematic custom content of tomb-sweeping day, period of bright Qing Dynasty delays his old make, last to today all the time.

Tomb-sweeping day develops today, became a dominate exclusively not only the big red-letter day March, and absorb confluence traditional section, cold in March eat a red-letter day, on of Si section a lot of and consuetudinary.

Of the festival evolved to also mirror instead the Chinese advocates compatible and harbour, agglomeration a group of things with common features group, Hai Naibai plain culture spirit, thematic content of the festival mirrorred Chinese never forget where one's happiness comes from, careful the good convention that seeks far, close nature eventually.

The historical culture with long nation of an ancient name for China is edifying descendants of an ancient name for China, descendants of an ancient name for China is sure the according to legend of fire of folk-custom culture firewood the motherland!

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