There are obvious local differences when China people visit Tomb-Sweeping Day:
1, Jiangsu
Farmers in Taizhou, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Jiangsu Province used to hold a boat race in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which was called "supporting the boat". Zhenjiang people use seven willow leaves to make tea, which is said to improve eyesight. The villagers near Lushan Mountain in Dantu County still retain the old customs of "looking at cotton" and "Mianshan". On the day when Fang Maoshan in Wujin County took Qingming as the incarnation of the dragon mother, the villagers rushed to pray for blessings.
2. Shanghai
In Shanghai, Tomb-Sweeping Day used to eat peach porridge and purple bamboo shoots tea, and there was a sacrificial platform to welcome the city gods to patrol the city.
3. Anhui
Huizhou Prefecture makes wine in Qingming Taoxin Spring. In Guichi County, Tomb-Sweeping Day, women make cocoons to offer sacrifices to silkworms and pray for a good harvest. Jingxian County called Tomb-Sweeping Day the "Willow Festival". It is called "wild ghost" when the birthday is clear and the family inserts willows and hangs paper money on the grave tree.
4. Zhejiang
On Qingming night in Haining county, silkworm families will wrap their eggs under cotton-padded clothes when they sleep. It is said that silkworm eggs are easy to reproduce when they are popular. Eating green snails on Qingming night in Jiaxing County is called "picking green snails". There is a dragon boat performance in Qingming, Haiyan County. There is a clear willow in Taizhou Prefecture, named nine niang Quxiang. Shaoxing people should prepare some candies and biscuits when they go to the grave, which are called "fruit of going to the grave" and give them to children living near the ancestral grave. Zhoushan people go to the grave to worship their ancestors. When paying homage, out of respect for ancestors, people cut weeds, trim the wood and move the soil to cultivate graves, so it is called sweeping graves. Then light incense, candles, and offerings such as snails, green cakes, striped cakes and plates. Old-fashioned parents lead the whole family to kneel and kowtow, while new-style parents bow and salute. After the ceremony, bamboo sticks are inserted at the top of the grave, paper money and money are burned, and "hemp money" (hemp money is a green cake with a round shape and a diamond shape) is distributed to the children watching the grave. After going to the grave, I have to make "Qingming soup rice" when I go home.
5. Shandong
Zhaoyuan, Jimo, Linqu, Linqing and other places should add new soil to the grave when sweeping the grave in Qingming. It is said that this is to repair the house for ancestors to avoid leaking rain in summer. In Weihai, Qixia, Huangxian and other places, the whole people eat steamed bread and dishes after the ancestral graves, which is called "room food" or "water club". The custom of "cockfighting" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties has also been preserved in northern Shandong. On this day, children in Bin County support each other with boiled eggs. Whoever breaks the egg first loses. Qishan, Boshan and other places cook a pot of millet dry rice in Tomb-Sweeping Day to let the cows have a full meal, which is called "rice cow". There is a proverb: "If you beat a thousand and scold a thousand, a meal will be clear.".
6. Hunan
Changsha's "Qingming inserting willows" is called "reminiscing about the past". Tomb-Sweeping Day, Yongzhou Prefecture, draws water in the early morning, and the taste remains unchanged for several months, which is especially suitable for brewing. Xintian county agricultural proverb: "Qingming, everything is done."
7.shaanxi
Xingping county is clear that in-laws give each other paper money and worship each other's graves. Every household in Fuping County invited the spring of a famous mountain to fetch water at Qingming Festival, and shared it with a god. It is called "swimming" to prepare sacrifices to pray for a bumper harvest. After the Qingming Festival in Tongzhou County, willow branches were inserted into the door; And put paper money on the trunk, which is said to prevent insects and ants. Luochuan county steamed buns for food, and the buns were decorated in the shape of birds and snakes. It is said that meson was protected by birds and snakes when it was pushed to Mianshan, so it was kept as a souvenir.
8. Sichuan
In Chongqing, Wanxian and other places in eastern Sichuan, there was a custom of "going to the wild grave" in the old society. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, three or two women went to the suburbs for a picnic with wine and vegetables. Men, whether they know each other or not, can join in the fun. In Shifang and other places, women dip shepherd's purse flowers in oil and throw them into the water, depending on the pattern of the water surface, which is called "oil divination". In Chengdu, fried rice balls are sold, decorated with colors and connected with lines, which are called "Happy Groups".
9. Guangxi
Tomb-Sweeping Day, a villager in Hengzhou, soaked willow leaves and snails in water to wash his eyes, which is said to brighten his eyes. After sweeping the grave in Xingren County, a long banner made of white paper is hung on the tomb head, which is called "marking the grave" and "hanging the green". When sweeping graves in Kaiyang County, the chief priests on duty prepare wine and food as sacrifices. After the sacrifice, relatives and friends will hold a banquet nearby, which is called a "picnic".
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Qingming Festival in Xinjian County, taking spring cakes as an example. Tomb-sweeping in Yongfeng County lasts three days, and then seven days. In addition to sacrificial ceremonies, rice flour is also used as fruit, called cocoon fruit, or glutinous rice is pressed into cakes and poured with sugar juice, called rice fruit, which still has the legacy of cold food. In Anyi County, Tomb-Sweeping Day is only held by men, and women do not participate.
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Ruyuan County called the first ten days of Tomb-Sweeping Day "windless days", and all the residents in the county wore peach leaves on their heads. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Puyang County, after sweeping the grave, issued a memorial ceremony, that is, the priest presided over the ceremony, and the grave sweeper cooked the sacrifice and invited him to eat it. Grave-sweeping is called "worshipping the mountain" in Guang Ningxian.
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In Tomb-Sweeping Day, Fuzhou, tourists in the eastern suburbs are very busy, and most of them pick up wild vegetables and cook them, which is called cooking. Hui 'an people fly kites and play wheat flutes when sweeping graves. Quanzhou Qingming eats "wet cakes" and makes "feet and eyes", which is a spherical snack. It is said that Tomb-Sweeping Day can increase his strength by eating his feet. /kloc-Children under 0/0 also put up colorful flags in Tomb-Sweeping Day for fun. In Tomb-Sweeping Day, Taiwan Province Province, people in Zhangzhou used to sweep graves on March 3rd (commonly known as dog days), while people in Quanzhou used to sweep graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. There is a saying about the difference of this day: Zhang Quan people and Zhang Quanren often have disputes and fight with each other for buying food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Therefore, after mediation by the government, it is stipulated that Zhangzhou people will sweep graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day on the third day, and Quanzhou people will sweep graves.
Hebei 13
Hebei pays attention to "Qingming in the early morning and 11th in the evening (Lunar Ghost Festival)". A week before Qingming Festival, people began to sweep graves and burn paper. Few people in Tomb-Sweeping Day went to sweep graves. Southern Hebei chose to sweep graves at the Cold Food Festival the day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day. All the men and women in the city go out for an outing, see flowers, pick vegetables and make willows. There is a proverb: "Qingming does not wear willow, beauty becomes the head." .
Dong 'an county knows all about flowers. Five or seven days before the festival, someone offered sacrifices to sweep the graves, and Tomb-Sweeping Day offered sacrifices to sweep the ancestors in his class that day. Yongping House takes the day before cold food as maggot day to make acyl sauce. The government offered sacrifices to the altar. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Yuanshi County, also known as the Flower Festival, people buy flowers and hold banquets to invite guests.
14, Henan
Gongxian Qingming, son-in-law also offered sacrifices to the ancestral graves of Yue family. People offer sacrifices to young crops, ox king and Hongshan God. In Mengjin County, during the Qingming Festival, seedlings are being planted in the wheat field.