What are the customs of Qingming Festival?

What are the customs of Qingming Festival?
It is the time of Qingming Festival. As a traditional cultural festival in my country with profound cultural significance, it has rich festival activities and commemorative significance. The editor has compiled the national customs of Qingming Festival for everyone to learn about! Furthermore, the Fortune Teller website also provides you with more content related to the second month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome to learn more about it!

Qingming Festival customs

1. Tomb sweeping: People have the custom of visiting tombs and paying homage to their ancestors around the Qingming Festival. They burn incense and pray in front of the tombs, burn paper money and gold ingots, or simply offer a bouquet of flowers to express their remembrance of their ancestors.
2. Outing: During the Qingming Festival in March, spring returns to the earth and nature is full of vitality. It is a great time for an outing.
3. Swinging: Swinging can not only improve health, but also cultivate courage. It is still loved by people, especially children.
4. Shooting Willow: Shooting Willow is a game for practicing archery skills. According to records from the Ming Dynasty, they would put a pigeon in a gourd, then hang the gourd high up on a willow tree, shoot the gourd with a bow, and the pigeon would fly out, and the winner would be determined by how high the pigeon flew.
5. Pulling hook: "Pulling hook" is an ancient name, which is actually the modern tug-of-war sport.
6. Silkworm Festival: The Silkworm Festival is a unique folk culture in the silkworm hometown. There are more than ten activities such as welcoming the silkworm god, rowing speedboats, making noise on the stage, worshiping incense stools, boxing, dragon lanterns, lifting high poles, singing operas, etc.
7. Flying a kite: Some people fly the kites into the blue sky and then cut the strings, letting the breeze carry them to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can ward off diseases and disasters and bring good luck. The above are the ethnic customs of the Qingming Festival. I hope it can help everyone understand more about ethnic culture.

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