Why do we drink alcohol during Qingming Festival? What is the meaning of drinking during Qingming Festival?
As Qingming Festival approaches, many people begin to get busy preparing for the Qingming Festival to worship their ancestors. People use a variety of things to worship their ancestors, among which wine is the most important. So why do people drink during the Qingming Festival? . Spring is a great time full of energy, with everything reviving and full of vitality. Please come to the Fortune Teller website to learn more details about the second month of the lunar calendar in 2018!Why do we drink alcohol during Qingming Festival? What is the meaning of drinking during Qingming Festival?As early as the Spring and Autumn Period in the State of Jin, there were corresponding drinking activities on Qingming Festival, and drinking was not restricted. During the Qingming Festival, when family banquets are held, the upper seat is reserved for the deceased ancestors. The head of the family can only sit in the secondary position at this time. Wine and food are placed at the upper seat for the ancestors, and the family members are instructed to let the ancestors drink or eat first before they can start drinking and eating. In front of the ancestor's spirit statue, candles are lit, a glass of wine and several dishes are placed to express grief and respect for the deceased.In "Youyang Zazu" written by Duan Chengshi in the Tang Dynasty, it is also recorded that during the Tang Dynasty, after a banquet and drinking ceremony was held in the palace on Qingming Festival, Emperor Xianzong Li Chun gave Li Jiang, the prime minister, sweet wine. It is generally believed that there were two reasons why the ancients drank alcohol during the Qingming Festival: one was that during the Cold Food Festival, people could not make fire to eat hot food and could only eat cold food, and drinking alcohol could increase calories; the other was to use alcohol to calm or temporarily numb people's mood of mourning their loved ones. As mentioned earlier, the reason why Qingming Festival has an inextricable relationship with wine is because it is related to the Cold Food Festival. Qingming Festival and Cold Food Festival are actually two festivals. Some say that Cold Food Festival is on the day before Qingming Festival, while others say it is two days before Qingming Festival. Perhaps due to the close time and the integration of tomb sweeping and the custom of banning fire during the Cold Food Festival, the ancients often extended the activities of the Cold Food Festival to Qingming Festival. Over time, the Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival became one. Historically, Cold Food Festival was important before the Tang Dynasty, while Qingming Festival was important after the Song Dynasty. During the Cold Food Festival, every household is prohibited from using fireworks and can only eat pre-prepared cold food. Legend has it that this was to commemorate Jie Zitui, an important minister of Duke Wen of Jin who retired after achieving success and burned himself by hugging a tree in the Spring and Autumn Period. It usually takes three days from the ban on fire during the Cold Food Festival to the lighting of fire during the Qingming Festival, and it is very uncomfortable to eat only cold food for three consecutive days. Since fire is prohibited during the Cold Food Festival but alcohol is not, the custom of drinking to warm the body has spread. According to Ye Zhong Ji written by Lu Hui of the Jin Dynasty, "On the third day of the Cold Food Festival, sweet wine is made." This shows that there was a custom of making and drinking sweet wine on the Cold Food Festival at that time. In the Tang Dynasty, many poets also chanted poems about drinking on Cold Food Festival. Zhao Gu wrote "Let's toast a cup of Cold Food Wine", Zhang Yi wrote "A draught of Cold Food Wine in a wild temple"... and the most famous ones are Bai Juyi's "Where can I forget the wine, the beautiful young man in the rich family, after the flowers bloom on the Spring Equinox, before the bright moon on Cold Food Festival", "In the jujube shop on Cold Food Festival, the willow branches are low in spring. The fragrance of wine keeps the guests, and the orioles sing and people write poems." Later, with the changes of the times, the customs of Qingming Festival have continued to change, but activities such as tomb sweeping, outings, and picnics are still valued by people today. Moreover, in these activities, whether it is to remember and pay tribute to ancestors or to enjoy the beauty of nature in spring, drinking is still indispensable, whether in the wild, at home or in a restaurant. |
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