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The almanac says:? Fifteen days after the vernal equinox, the bucket refers to Ding, hence the name because everything is clean and bright, and everything is clean and bright when it is covered. ?

When it comes to Tomb-Sweeping Day, most people immediately think of two things, one is to visit the graves in Martyrs Park, and the other is to go back to their hometown to worship their ancestors. A small number of people began to doubt whether Tomb-Sweeping Day could wish his friends happiness.

This can't be helped, because the most popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day now is to worship ancestors and sweep graves, so everyone thinks that the atmosphere of this festival should be terrible.

But if you think Tomb-Sweeping Day is so deserted, you are mistaken about Tomb-Sweeping Day. Do you know that in the past, there was no focus on sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and there were more people playing tricks this day than now?

So, please also take a look at this ancient man's Qingming Entertainment Guide.

First, the so-called willow insertion means that the ancients went out to break a willow branch and inserted it outside the door on Qingming Day. It is said that this can judge the weather tomorrow, so-called? Willow green, rainy; Wicker dry, sunny? Yeah, yeah.

Of course, ancient people didn't play with willows for no reason. In the past, people regarded Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30th and the first day of October as the three major ghost festivals, which were the time for ghosts to walk at night, while the green willows, which grew best in March and April, had the function of sheltering one party from peace. This is the so-called? Do not wear willow in Qingming Festival, but beauty turns white? .

This is an interesting fantasy of the old ancients. At the time of Qingming, everything germinated. At this time, going out for an outing and planting a spring willow can break evil spirits and prevent ghosts from invading.

Of course, the most interesting thing is that when Huang Chao uprising, it was agreed? How much is Liu Dai during the Qingming Festival? With the failure of Huang Chao, the tradition of Liu Dai gradually disappeared.

Second, as we all know, the constraints on women in ancient times can be described as layers, dense and snared, which is one of the seasons when ancient women can go out to play at will. Some people may be a little skeptical. Why can I go out on Qingming Day in spring? The rules and regulations that bind women, Tomb-Sweeping Day goes out, but only one? A gift? Words. "History? Great biography:? In spring, everything comes back to life. ? It can be seen that as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring Festival outing was already a ceremony.

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was the time when vegetation sprouted, so I was not afraid of trampling, so I had the habit of going for an outing.

Of course, this is also the beginning of many love stories. The poet Du Fu is obviously an old hand. What do you mean? On March 3, the weather was very new, and many beautiful women were walking on Chang 'an seaside. ? . How beautiful this refers to the girls in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

In the pre-Qin period, Tomb-Sweeping Day's outing was a blind date carnival. Zhong Chunyue, the achievement of men and women. So sometimes, runners can't help it. If he doesn't use the command without reason, he will be punished. There is no distinction between a man and a woman with a husband and a will. ?

The above passage means that unmarried men and women must go out on a blind date on March 3, so there must be dead houses that don't want to go out on a blind date now. What should I do?

The answer is? One-day tour of police station. ?

The scene at that time was really grand? Strolling through the east gate of the city is as beautiful as a cloud. ?

Of course, a good Tomb-Sweeping Day can't make all the children fall in love, and the old man and the old lady have to find something to do.

On February 2, the dragon looked up; I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. . The ancients thought that this day was also the birthday of the emperor, so the metropolis held a grand sacrifice. Today, Shaanxi held an ancestor worship ceremony irregularly in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor. I don't think there is much difference.

Flying kites, playing football, tug-of-war and parties. Flying kites is also one of the recreational activities during outings. The ancients believed that flying kites was not only for fun, but also for a year's bad luck. For example, in A Dream of Red Mansions, Li Wan advised Daiyu.

This is the fun of flying kites, so it's called bad luck. You should fly more often and take the root of the disease with you. ?

In fact, there are many supporting activities for the outing. People in the Qing Dynasty liked flying kites with their families, while women in the Tang Dynasty were keen on tug-of-war competitions. Even the emperor will go to see their maid-in-waiting tug-of-war.

Scholars in Song Dynasty were more obsessed with playing football. Their football once appeared. The ball never leaves the foot, and the foot never leaves the ball. Huating saw it, and thousands of people saw it. Even some experts can do this kind of scene? Don't drop the ball all day? .

Handsome men in Wei and Jin Dynasties liked to eat, drink and write poems. The famous Preface to Lanting Collection was written at the banquet on March 3rd.

As for men and women immersed in the atmosphere of love, they are more inclined to? Hey? That is, bathing by the river, washing with bluegrass and nodding with willow branches dipped in petal water.

Hey? , refers to cleaning the body; ? Hey? It means to get rid of the sick, so swaddling is a ritual to get rid of disasters and pray for happiness by washing and irrigating the body.

Fourth, cockfighting was popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The fun of the Qing people pursues lively scenes, and cockfighting, a lively scene where dozens of grandfathers gather together and yell, is the favorite of the Qing people. But the emperor who likes cockfighting best is not the Qing emperor, but Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. History books say that he? Music folk Tomb-Sweeping Day cockfighting? . Therefore, the cockfighting in the Tang Dynasty was still relatively strong.

Han Yu and Meng Jiao wrote a couplet for this, saying that when the fight was close, everyone in the audience was there? Shock and sweating? . When the situation on the field is clear, will you get off the stage? Knowing that the man was happy, he dared not look at the bribe. .

The palace can't fall naturally. You held a cockfighting competition in the palace, and you even bet on the quilt of 10, which shows that you are very interested in playing.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had a little general who supported Li Daguan with outstanding fighting power? Cockfighting? .

5. There is an episode in Li He Hua Ting, which is about the willow shooting competition. According to the records of the Ming Dynasty, shooting willow is to put pigeons in a gourd, then hang the gourd high on the willow tree, shoot the gourd with a bow, and the pigeon flies out, and judge the victory or defeat by the flying height of the flying pigeon.

During the Song and Jin Dynasties, the willow was shot on March 3, which was the time for the men in the military camp to perform.

On March 3rd, I read Li Xianzhong Ma Sibing in Jinling, and finally turned the willows into the DPRK, and the sergeant flew and shot. ?

In the Yuan Dynasty, this set was carried forward, with more grand scenes, more perfect rules and more detailed records.

The flags of the three armed forces are new. Wu Zhi made the willow salty yesterday. He cut a foot from the willow with wicker and inserted it into the soil for five inches. They still tie handkerchiefs to willows and remember their own musical instruments. He who leads the horse goes first, and a thousand households draw bows. Draw yesterday's golden willow, break its white, and beat the drum to take the martial arts of this military commander. ?

Of course, this activity is not the exclusive entertainment of the military camp. Every time I went to Tomb-Sweeping Day, there were also many willow shooting competitions among the people, but it was not until the Ming Dynasty that pigeons were put into the gourd.

Before the Ming Dynasty, everyone just patted willow branches.

As for why there are so many trees, why choose willow? It's not because the willow ate our rice, is it?

Of course not. First, on March 3rd, it was the time when willows sprouted and grew vigorously. Since ancient times, sharpshooters have been shooting willows. Take Yang Yuji for example. His old gentleman likes shooting willows.

There is Yang in Chu State. He is good at shooting. Go to the willow and shoot it with a hundred paces. About a thousand people are good at shooting?

Therefore, the willow tree ushered in the destruction of the magic hand for no reason, miserable.

After reading so much, I think you should understand that Tomb-Sweeping Day has nothing to do with sadness. There is no need to turn Tomb-Sweeping Day into a sad festival. Happiness is always the most important, no matter ancient or modern.

Text: A gentleman who hesitates.

References:

1 Evolution of Qingming Folk Custom and Reconstruction of Modern Cultural Functions Huang Yiming

2 From solar terms to festivals: the time and historical logic of daily chemical in Tomb-Sweeping Day? "Zhu Zhiping

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