Why do we fast during Qingming Festival? Is Shangsi Festival the same as Qingming Festival?
Different festivals and solar terms have different customs. As one of the traditional festivals, Qingming Festival also has many customs. So, let’s take a look at why we have to fast on Qingming Festival? Is Shangsi Festival the same as Qingming Festival? As the last month of spring, March in the lunar calendar is also known as late spring, late spring, and late spring. Click on Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2022.Why do we fast during Qingming Festival?Reason 1: It is necessary to fast before visiting the graves on Qingming Festival.Generally speaking, when you start to sweep the graves, it is best not to eat or to eat vegetarian food, and to dress neatly to show courtesy and respect to the ancestors. Therefore, there is a custom of fasting during Qingming Festival. Reason 2: The fusion of customs of Qingming Festival and Cold Food Festival In the course of its historical development, the Qingming Festival has incorporated the customs of banning fire and eating cold food popular in the northern region during the Cold Food Festival. Is Shangsi Festival the same as Qingming Festival?No, Shangsi Festival is not Qingming Festival.Introduction to Shangsi Festival: Shangsi (Sì) Festival, commonly known as March 3, is a traditional festival of the Han nationality. Before the Han Dynasty, the festival was designated as the Si day in early March, and later it was fixed on the third day of the third month in the lunar calendar. Shangsi Festival was the most important festival in the ancient "purification and bathing" activities. People went to the waterside to bathe in groups, which was called "purification". Later, sacrificial banquets, winding stream flowing wine cups, and spring outings in the suburbs were added. In ancient times, days were recorded using the "ganzhi" system. The first Si day in early March was called "Shangsi". The word "Shangsi" was first recorded in the literature of the early Han Dynasty. Zheng Xuan's note in "The Book of Zhou" reads: "The annual purification ceremony is like the Shangsi Festival in March, such as on the water." After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the festival date of Shangsi Festival was changed to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, so it is also called "Double Third" or "March 3rd". Although Shangsi Festival is not Qingming Festival, with the development of the times, the customs of Shangsi Festival and Qingming Festival have gradually merged. The main customs of the Shangsi Festival are spring outings in the suburbs, spring bathing, and purification (bathing in the river to pray for blessings and ward off disasters). In ancient times, people would go to the waterside to offer sacrifices every March. Lu Ji of the Jin Dynasty wrote a poem: "It is late spring, the weather is soft and pleasant. On the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, people wash away their dirt and swim in the Yellow River." This is a vivid portrayal of people's purification rituals and outings on the Shangsi Festival at that time, just as the great Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei wrote in his poem: "Young men divide their days into trips, and do not need to celebrate both Qingming and Shangsi Festival." By the Song Dynasty, the Shangsi Festival gradually disappeared and was no longer recorded in any literature. |
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