The Pure Brightness Day清明节

The Pure Brightness Day清明节的思维导图，一起来看看Festival Introduction、Origins of Festivals、Inheritance and development、Main customs.

The Pure Brightness Day

• Festival Introduction
  • Qingming Festival, also known as the Spring Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, Ancestral Worship Festival, etc., is celebrated at the turn of mid spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originated from the ancestral beliefs and spring festival customs of early humans, and is the most grand ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation. The Qingming Festival combines both natural and cultural connotations, serving as both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship, as well as outings, are the two major themes of the Qingming Festival. These two traditional themes of etiquette and customs have been passed down in China since ancient times and continue to this day.
• Origins of Festivals
  • Natural solar term
    • Qingming Festival, with both natural and cultural connotations, is not only one of the "24 solar terms" but also a traditional ancestral festival. The "24 solar terms" are a product of ancient agricultural civilization, which is related to the time of the main branches and the Eight Trigrams, and has a long historical origin. The "24 solar terms" not only played a guiding role in agricultural production, but also influenced ancient people's clothing, food, housing, and even cultural concepts.
  • Cultural Connotation
    • Qingming Festival is the most solemn and grand ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, belonging to a cultural tradition of respecting ancestors and pursuing the future with caution. The Qingming Festival embodies the national spirit, inherits the sacrificial culture of Chinese civilization, and expresses people's moral feelings of respecting their ancestors, worshipping their ancestors, and inheriting their aspirations. The Qingming Festival has a long history, originating from the ancestral beliefs and spring festival customs of early humans.
• Inheritance and development
  • Festival integration
    • The Qingming Festival has integrated the customs of prohibiting fire and cold food during the Cold Food Festival, which are popular in northern regions, into its historical development. Legend has it that the Cold Food Festival was established during the Spring and Autumn Period to commemorate the loyal minister of Jin, Jie Zitui. Although it is related to Jie Zitui in folk legends, the origin of Cold Food is not to commemorate Jie Zitui, but to follow the ancient tradition of changing fire.
• Main customs
  • go for a walk in the country in spring
  • tree planting
  • kiteflying
  • Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship
  • Inserted willow
  • tug-of-war
  • play on a swing