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Chapter 345 Correct Explanation of "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival" (Subscribe)
Li Yuan also said with a smile: "Well, April and May are the most embarrassing time in the Northeast. It can be said...in this season, it is also the time when we Northeast people wear the most distinctive clothes."

"It may be better now. After all, the weather has not completely risen. After about a month, you will find that on our northeast streets, some people are wearing short-sleeved shorts, and some are wearing down cotton trousers... "

"Some people use electric mattresses because of the cold, and some people eat popsicles while they are hot."

"Sometimes, you can even experience scorching sun, strong wind, hail and sleet in one day. It can be said that...you can feel the four seasons of the year in one day."

Studio.

"One day, four seasons?"

"I'm going, are you so perverted?"

"Where is the abnormality? Every year in the Northeast, we experience such weather for a few days. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a day and experience the four seasons."

"That's right..."

"My friends, come to Northeast China in spring, and let you experience what it feels like to experience the four seasons in one day. It's definitely worth the money."

"Forget it, it sounds a little scary."

Li Yuan couldn't help chuckling.

Li Yuan couldn't help sighing when he saw the growing spring atmosphere in the mountains and the familiar fragrance of plants and trees.

"Before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans. The ancients really did not deceive me. It seems... the weather in the Northeast is really warming up."

Tomb-sweeping day, as one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, is also a traditional statutory holiday.

To talk about the festival tradition of Qingming Festival, I am afraid it has to be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty more than 500 years ago.

"Almanac" has a cloud: "Fifteen days after the spring equinox, Dou Zhiding is Qingming, when everything is clean and clear, when the weather is clear and the scenery is clear, everything is clear, so it gets its name." '

When it comes to Qingming, it really means that the temperature has risen and the rain has increased.

And Qingming is also a good time for spring plowing and spring planting, so there has always been a proverb in folk homes that "before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans".

It is said that Qingming is getting warmer and farming has started.

Li Yuan looked at the Gregorian calendar when he went out this morning. The day after tomorrow, it will be Qingming in the 24 solar terms.

Studio.

"Is Qingming coming?"

"So soon, is it clear already?"

"Time flies so fast... It's already April in a blink of an eye."

"No, it's time to pay homage to the ancestors again."

Li Yuan: "Well, Qingming Festival can be said to be one of the most important traditional festivals in our country. But... Qingming Festival is not only a festival to pay homage to and remember ancestors."

"Traditionally speaking, it is also a link for us to recognize our ancestors and return to our ancestors. It is also a spring ritual that allows us to go hiking and get close to nature."

"As for the sacrifices and outings that are important festivals of the Qingming Festival, in fact, this custom mainly comes from the Cold Food Festival and the Shangsi Festival."

Studio.

"Isn't Qingming Festival just for sweeping graves? Are there other sayings?"

"I knew that Ching Ming Festival is for worshiping ancestors..."

"I've heard of the Cold Food Festival, but what kind of festival is the Shangsi Festival?"

"Don't talk about the Shangsi Festival, I haven't even listened to books during the Cold Food Festival."

"Cold Food Festival? Is it a festival for eating green balls?"

Li Yuan: "The so-called Cold Food Festival actually comes from the ancients' cognition of nature."

"The old people think that the rebirth of a new fire after the cold food means saying goodbye to the old and ushering in the new. It is also a link between the seasons, and it symbolizes a new season, new hope, new life, and a new cycle."

"And the later transmission gave this festival an additional meaning of 'gratitude', and this gratitude, more importantly, is a kind of remembrance of the past."

"So, in ancient times, cold food was banned from fire, eating cold food, and offering sacrifices to ancestors. The fire ban was for the sake of fire, and the death sacrifice was for the protection of life."

"As for Qingming festivals, which take new fires and go outing in the green, although the two festivals are similar, the themes and contents are completely different."

"The former is nostalgic and mourns the death, while the latter seeks the new and protects the new life. It can be said that one yin and one yang, one breath for life. The two are closely related."

"It's just that later, that is, after entering the Song Dynasty, Qingming and Cold Food Festival gradually transformed into a festival. The original Cold Clothes Festival was also included in Qingming Festival, and the sacrificial customs in Cold Food Festival naturally also It has become a necessary custom of Qingming Festival."

"Not only that, but the customs of the Shangsi Festival are also included in the Qingming Festival, resulting in the original three adjacent festivals in the spring being planned and unified, commonly known as Qingming."

"So it can be said that Tomb-sweeping Day is a synthesis of all the festivals in spring, and it is rich in content and culture. But the old saying is 'gratitude and commemoration' and 'maintenance of new life'."

Studio.

"It turns out that Qingming Festival is not only Qingming Festival, but also Shangsi Festival and Cold Clothes Festival."

"Isn't this Qingming too awesome? Killing two solar terms in one festival will make you the boss of spring in one fell swoop!"

"No... it is indeed a cow."

"That said, there should indeed be a lot of customs on Qingming Festival, after all, it is a fusion of three festivals."

"Traveling and grave sweeping, didn't the anchor just say that?"

"I speak of other customs."

"That's right, the anchor is telling us common sense!"

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Okay, then... I will talk about common sense again."

"In terms of solar terms, Qingming is the first solar term after the vernal equinox, and it is also when the weather is getting warmer and full of vitality. Therefore, this custom, that is, spring outing was born."

"If we talk about outings, the purpose is actually to get close to nature, absorb the pure yang energy of nature, and dispel the stagnant cold air and depression. To put it bluntly, it is for the sake of our physical and mental health."

"Since the Tang Dynasty, Hanshi and Qingming have been held together as holidays, and different years have four to seven days of holidays."

"Like the Song Dynasty, life became increasingly urbanized, and folk entertainment gradually increased. During the Qingming Festival, a three-day holiday was specially stipulated. And the very famous "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", the painting depicts the prosperous scenery of the Qingming Dynasty at that time. "

Studio.

""Along the River During the Qingming Festival""

"The so-called "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival" is actually painted like this!"

"Damn, so that's the case?! I didn't notice until the anchor said that."

"This Qingming turns out to be that Qingming..."

In fact, for Qingming, it can be said that with the accumulation of culture and the passage of time, it has become a solar term with more and more flavor.

Especially in recent years, Ching Ming Festival has been paid more and more attention by people.

Tomb-sweeping Day is a festival that has been given affirmation among many festivals, because this festival is not only for offering sacrifices to ancestors, but also a festival that fully proves that our clan attaches great importance to filial piety and pursues the future with caution.

Its meaning is just like Thanksgiving abroad.

This kind of culture is actually the pillar that has allowed us to develop stably for thousands of years.

(End of this chapter)