Introduction: Tomb-sweeping day and dragon boat festival, the Mid-autumn Festival, Spring Festival calls 4 big traditional red-letter days of Chinese. Declared by Chinese culture ministry 2006, via approval of the State Council, tomb-sweeping day was included national form by the first batch in directory of immaterial culture bequest. Also became one of legal holiday of China formally 2008. Often be before " rain of Pure Brightness season in succession, the pedestrian on the road is about to break spirit " , tomb-sweeping day did not rain this year, still gave the sun Oh! Do not tell ancestors family member " there " weather how? Wish them all healthy joy, go well!
One, the origin of tomb-sweeping day
Tomb-sweeping day, it is spring equinox hind the 15th day, for one of 24 solar term, with agriculture production is having close relationship. Olden society is main production activity with agriculture, people for a year of agronomic bumper harvest, nature is can invocatory natural good weather for the crops. Pure Brightness arrives, air temperature is elevatory, rainfall grow in quantity, be the auspicious season that spring ploughing spring plants, also be spring the good period of time of hold a memorial ceremony for. Can have so " Pure Brightness around, kind melon nods a beans " , " afforestation, not cross Pure Brightness " such agronomic adage. At the same time people also can ask an ancestor people great protect bless. Chinese since ancient times civilized Jing Zuxian, careful pursue idea of far etiquette and custom eventually, reason this is formed gradually in Pure Brightness season spring hold a memorial ceremony for of hold a memorial ceremony for, pay respects to sb at his tomb ancestor traditional.
2, of tomb-sweeping day pay attention to and mobile content
Tomb-sweeping day besides it is natural solar term outside, general in the Gregorian calendar people can undertake around on April 5 spring hold a memorial ceremony for, hold a memorial ceremony for of pay respects to sb at his tomb ancestor, in folk we also call pay respects to sb at his tomb the section. Pay respects to sb at his tomb of tomb-sweeping day visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead is paid attention to commonly " before 3 hind 4 " or " before 7 hind 8 " , that is to say after before 3 days of tomb-sweeping day 4 days, some places are before 7 day hind can have activity of pay respects to sb at his tomb 8 days, do not set must tomb-sweeping day undertakes one day this. The specific time of visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead pays attention to ＂ of ＂ early Pure Brightness, be in commonly in the morning 8-9 o'clock to afternoon 3 before 3 o'clock. The period of the day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (11-13 is nodded) the fastigium that this paragraph of time is visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead, went with respect to rare person at 3 o'clock afternoon more than visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead.
Tomb-sweeping day absorbs confluence cold feed section and on of Si section consuetudinary, countrywide each district because of district different, the content of sacred activity and consuetudinary also existing difference, have Xi of outskirts You Chun, Chun Yu, Fu (face a river to wash bath, with calamity of pray blessing disappear) wait for an activity, but hold a memorial ceremony for of pay respects to sb at his tomb ancestor, the main subject that outing of go for a walk in the country in spring is tomb-sweeping day, also be the earliest consuetudinary, be called section of go for a walk in the country in spring again. Now nowadays, people can be in hold a memorial ceremony for of pay respects to sb at his tomb of visit a grave to cherish the memory of the dead of tomb-sweeping day around ancestor: For graveyard of family member nap, eradicate fireweed, earth up add new ground, put offerings, go up before the grave sweet pray wishs, light paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead to wait, can present on one bundle of flower sometimes, grow a tree to insert willow, in order to place pair of ancestors, elder people yearning. Also have the people of a few district, consuetudinary because of cold feed the effect that prohibits fire, paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead does not burn, the sapling that is hanged in graveyard however or on bamboo pole, perhaps be pressed in grace mound with La of Ke of block, earth or be a grave by.
Discover Guangdong later here Pure Brightness pay respects to sb at his tomb, also call " do obeisance to hill " . Have " travel is clear " with " go for a walk in the country in spring " consuetudinary. This " travel is clear " with " go for a walk in the country in spring " but indicate,differ, go for a walk in the country in spring is an outing, travel Qing Dynasty is the home or time of one gens person agreement go together pay respects to sb at his tomb. People can be in pay respects to sb at his tomb when, keep clear of the fireweed all round ancestral grave first, ancestral grave plunges into paper (if plunge into Bai Ma, house, a shoe-shaped gold or silver ingot used as money in feudal China,wait a moment) , place all sorts of pig of gold of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for, meat next kind, wine water, cake, Xian Guo undertake doing obeisance to hold a memorial ceremony for, still can put firecracker finally (also can put firecracker in Hunan, but northwest moment seems to be compared scarce) . After completing the ceremony that do obeisance to hold a memorial ceremony for, on the spot is cut burn a pig to deserve to get together with fresh fruit refreshments banquet, or come home get together banquet. Of Hong Kong person consuetudinary with Guangdong here about the same, hear in in the sanded brilliance forbidden zone of harbor border can have limit ground to open, let a person do obeisance to hold a memorial ceremony for to sanded mountain graveyard field, this I arrive to had not seen.
3, tomb-sweeping day is mixed besides the yearning chase after think of, outing of go for a walk in the country in spring also can give the child full joy and memory euqally.
Remember be in before northwest, tomb-sweeping day can listen not quite father generation explains what festival origin, or culture connotation, but meeting and father, aunt goes together the graveyard of grandfather grandma, vegetable big canopy is passed on the road, still can go inside oneself start work pick a few cucumber now, taste fresh, faint scent circles a mouth. Arrived graveyard, display on pick from the wild flower around, burn joss sticks prays, the current situation that also can say oneself with grandfather grandma, hope, watch learns well every day up determination. On the way home, had picked Sha Cong (it is one kind grows in altitude the plant in taller arenaceous soil desert, pettier, be similar in shape young green, have very thick green sweet smell) dumpling of bag coming home, Sha Cong scrambles egg particularly delicious; Once still putting kite to come home all the way together, although kite always is put not tall, but old that day father is pulling kite to running livelily, be being chased after by me, resemble a happy big child, the sort of relaxed warmth, happy sense is really good.
Its are really olden tomb-sweeping day, fly a kite also is one of traditional activities that people place loves. People is met not only days is put, also meet nightly also fly a kite Oh. On one string is hanged to string together illumed small lantern below kite in night, also be called " divine lamp " , can rise night sky as kite, the star that resembles twinkling is same. Still some of person can be in after kite flies high at blue sky, clipping pull wires, wind of at one's convenience takes kite toward distance, can divide ill disappear calamity so allegedly, bring to oneself lucky Oh.
Key clew: Tomb-sweeping day is 4 big traditional red-letter days of China, also be one of 24 solar term, with pay respects to sb at his tomb outing of ancestor of hold a memorial ceremony for, go for a walk in the country in spring is primary activity theme, because the area is different, consuetudinary also have difference.
Now topic: Tomb-sweeping day, you go hold a memorial ceremony for of pay respects to sb at his tomb ancestor, still mix outing of friend go for a walk in the country in spring? In your home town, what does tomb-sweeping day have consuetudinary? Welcome to share!
