When is Qingming Festival? What is the origin of Qingming Festival?

When is Qingming Festival? What is the origin of Qingming Festival?
The Qingming Festival means that the temperature will gradually rise and spring ploughing will enter a busy period. We all know that Qingming Festival is a national statutory holiday. From ancient times to the present, there has been a custom of tomb sweeping and offering sacrifices on Qingming Festival. So what is the origin of Qingming Festival? Winter has gone and spring has come. February in the lunar calendar has already entered spring. The Fortune Teller website provides you with more detailed information about February in the lunar calendar of 2018! Qingming Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China and also the most important festival for commemorating ancestors. It is not only a day for commemorating ancestors and sweeping tombs. Tomb sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave, which is an activity to commemorate the dead. Most of the Han people and some ethnic minorities sweep tombs on Qingming Festival. It is also a bond for the Chinese nation to trace their roots, and it is also a day for hiking and getting close to nature. The Qingming Festival has a history of more than 2,500 years. In ancient times, the Qingming Festival was also called the Outing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, Tomb Sweeping Festival, Grave Sweeping Festival, Arbor Day, Ghost Festival, etc. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Prince Chong'er of Jin fled abroad to escape persecution. On his way, he came to an uninhabited place, where he was so tired and hungry that he no longer had the strength to stand up. The attendants searched for a long time but could not find anything to eat. Just when everyone was extremely anxious, the attendant Jie Zitui went to a secluded place, cut a piece of meat from his own thigh, cooked a bowl of broth and gave it to the prince to drink. Chong'er gradually regained his spirit. When Chong'er found out that the meat was cut from Jie Zitui's own leg, he shed tears.
Nineteen years later, Chong'er became the king, known as Duke Wen of Jin in history. After ascending the throne, Duke Wen generously rewarded the meritorious officials who had accompanied him in exile, but he forgot Jie Zitui. Many people felt sorry for Jie Zitui and advised him to ask the emperor for reward. However, Jie Zitui despised those who sought rewards the most. He packed his luggage and quietly went to live in seclusion in Mianshan.
When Duke Wen of Jin heard about it, he was so ashamed that he took people to invite Jie Zitui himself. However, Jie Zitui had already left for Mianshan. Mianshan is high and the roads are dangerous with dense trees, so it is not easy to find two people. Someone suggested burning Mianshan from three sides to force Jie Zitui out. The fire burned all over Mianshan, but there was no sign of Jie Zitui. After the fire was extinguished, people found that Jie Zitui, who was carrying his old mother on his back, had died sitting under an old willow tree. Duke Wen of Jin cried bitterly when he saw this. To commemorate jie ziti, Duke Wen of Jin ordered that this day be designated as cold food festival. The next year, Duke Wen of Jin led his ministers to the mountain to offer sacrifices and discovered that the old willow tree had come back to life. He named the old willow tree "Qingming Willow" and announced to the world that the day after Cold Food Festival should be designated as Qingming Festival.

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