In which dynasty did Qingming Festival originate? What does it mean to hang tombs during the Qingming Festival?

In which dynasty did Qingming Festival originate? What does it mean to hang tombs during the Qingming Festival?
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In which dynasty did Qingming Festival originate?

The origin of Qingming is generally believed to be in the Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,500 years ago. Although Qingming Festival has a long historical origin, it became popular nationwide and established as a holiday for tomb sweeping after the Tang and Song dynasties.
The Tang Dynasty began to stipulate a four-day holiday for the Cold Food Festival: "On February 21st of the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736), an imperial edict was issued: 'Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival are four days off.'" ("Tang Hui Yao" Volume 82), and according to the imperial edict of the 12th year of Dali (777), the Tang Dynasty government offices followed the custom of giving a five-day holiday: "From now on, Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival will be a five-day holiday." By the sixth year of Zhenyuan (790), the number of holidays was increased to seven days. In this way, officials can calmly carry out tomb sweeping and memorial services. In the Tang Dynasty Wang Lengran's "Cold Food Festival" it said: "The Double Ninth Festival in autumn and the wax candle in winter are both valuable, it is better to hold the Cold Food Festival before spring." This shows that the Cold Food Festival had become a very grand festival in the Tang Dynasty at that time.

What does it mean to hang tombs during the Qingming Festival?

Hanging graves means sweeping graves and visiting graves.
According to the local custom in southern Hunan, the first sweeping of new graves is called "She" on a day about ten days before Qingming Festival. Sweeping new graves on this day is called "Gua Shefen". Hanging a tomb is solemn and grand for the relatives. Those with better financial conditions will hire two musicians to accompany them and play folk music all the way to the grave. Gua She means visiting a new grave during the Qingming Festival. If the ancestor has been dead for less than 3 years, the grave is considered a new grave. Gua She means visiting the new grave before the Qingming Festival, while Gua Qin means visiting the old grave after the Qingming Festival. Generally speaking, Gua She means visiting the grave during the Qingming Festival.
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