One day, I looked for scenic spots in Henan on the map. In addition to the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, there is also the Qingming Shanghe Garden in Kaifeng. These are the two places I want to find, which are about my trip to Henan. I have known the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival since I was a child. It's a painting by Zhang Zeduan, a painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. Now hidden in the Palace Museum, it can really be called a national treasure.
In the riverside scene on Qingming Festival, there are all kinds of people and all kinds of scenery. I just like watching a lot of people rush into the bridge. The stone arch bridge is semicircular, like a bow that has not yet been strung. Ships on the river, masts and trackers on the shore are all moving in the crowd. The prosperity of Bianjing is understandable.
I am particularly familiar with the scene in the picture. I suddenly realized that my eyes suddenly lit up. In the 100-meter Fiona Fang of Guanggu Square, the crowd is also crowded. The overpass on Minzu Avenue is only a steel structure building, which is certainly not as good as the stone arch bridge in Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. People today are not Song people, and noise may be the only similarity that can be far-fetched.
Speaking of my primary school Chinese teacher, it reminds me of the fifth grade. Teacher Liu loves to talk about history and allusions, and his lectures often digress. He can infinitely extend any text involving history. There are only a few simple words about history in primary school Chinese textbooks, and there is no detailed explanation. Teacher Liu is different. He loves to talk about Three Kingdoms, Water Margin and Dream of Red Mansions. I don't think any other classes are as interesting as his.
Of course, Teacher Liu also told the story of meson tui and Zhong Er, which is the origin of the Cold Food Festival. Only then did I understand that the Cold Food Festival is the original source of Tomb-Sweeping Day and has undergone constant evolution. Today's tradition is rooted in the cultural soil of China people. I still remember some story outlines, which are not comprehensive enough. Jie Zitui was a fallen monarch, while Zhong Er was a loyal minister. On the way to the victim, in order not to starve to death, Zhong Er cut off a piece of meat from his leg, cooked it and gave it to Jiezitui.
Later, after the restoration of the country, meson rewarded his hero, but forgot Zhong Er. In this case, Zhong Er made an excuse to return to the village and took his mother to the mountains. Meson pushed his conscience and sent people up the mountain to find the whereabouts of Zhong Er. Search for a long time, but no news. Therefore, meson push ordered the release of Yamakaji, thus forcing Zhong Er to appear.
It turned out to be a tragedy. Zhong Er refused to go down the mountain and was burned alive with his mother. Jiezitui was so sad that he regretted burning his minister. So he ordered the people of the whole country not to make a fire to cook on Zhong Er Memorial Day every year, and every household should prepare cold food to commemorate Zhong Er. This is the original source of Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the legend of the story has been circulated. This is an allusion that Teacher Liu told me, and it has always been the source of my story.
This idiom comes from this story and is often used to refer to people who help themselves in their careers and are like-minded. Femur, humerus and thigh. Refers to Zhong Er cut off his thigh meat, cooked it, and gave it to meson to satisfy his hunger. Zhong Er thinks that meson tui forgot his friendship in those days, and it would be fatal to go to him.
The legend about Tomb-Sweeping Day comes entirely from the story of Teacher Liu. One day, I wrote about Teacher Liu. It should be an interesting time, at least I was fascinated.
I often go to the grave alone and look at the grave in the field. I'm not afraid. Sometimes at night, I will stay a little longer to see that there is no one around. Look at the graves far and near. It's too quiet. In recent years, I haven't had the opportunity to go to the grave with my relatives and friends at home, so we can't be together. I haven't visited the grave in Tomb-Sweeping Day for many years, and the day of going to the grave has been postponed until after Tomb-Sweeping Day.
Burning paper money is the main way to pay homage. Burning incense and kowtowing let my knees and forehead touch the ground. These are all rituals of going to the grave, which is closer to the tradition in my mind. Flowers can never become the mainstream, and it doesn't seem to conform to the concept of rural people. Therefore, we are still happy to burn paper money and incense. As for kowtowing at the grave, few people have done it.
During the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day, all localities began to build graves and monuments. There are also many graves without tombstones, and no one is piling up soil. The rain washes them to the ground. On one side is a tomb made of glazed tiles, and on the other side is a low mound. No matter what form it is, in every grave, there are worries buried.