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The ancients said: "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. If I ask where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village." When I think of this poem by a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, I think that the Qingming Festival is coming soon. The steps of Qingming are not far away, and there is only one step left.
Because Qingming Festival is celebrated at school and cannot be celebrated at home. At home, eating the Qingming fruit that you can’t usually eat is really a delicacy! And I can’t go to the countryside with my family at home to visit graves (outing), pay respects to my dead friends, pay them New Year greetings, and give them delicacies made at home - Qingming fruit, so that they can bless me to study better and succeed in my studies.
So, my father was very busy at home on Saturday and decided to take me back to the countryside to visit my grandma’s grave. I immediately brought the Qingming fruit made at home, took a basket and spread a clean newspaper underneath, and then carefully spread the Qingming fruit inside to avoid unexpected "accidents". Finally, I put the basket in the trunk of my car. When everything was ready, our family got into the car. The car kept bumping on the bumpy mountain road. At this time, I thought about the delicacies in the trunk and became very worried and anxious. I told my dad to drive slower, especially where there are potholes. We just took the car slowly, like an old cow dragging its legs.
After half an hour of jolting, we finally arrived at grandma’s grave. I took out the Qingming fruit and put it away. I took the incense and bowed deeply and paid several respects. I said hello to my grandma and asked him how the excellent essays are copyrighted. After performing the Chinese etiquette on him, he took out the firecrackers and started "cracking" them. The sound was deafening, like thunder in the sky. The younger brother was so frightened that he burst into tears. Later, I silently made a wish in front of the grave, "I hope my grandma can bless me to make faster progress in my studies, and that my whole family will live a happy life, be healthy, and be successful in my studies." (The process of visiting the grave is not specific)
As expected, this is a traditional festival of our Chinese nation. It is so meaningful, it is much better to be unusual, and it is so interesting and unusual. There are activities, learning, and delicious food. It is a festival that is different from other festivals. It is much more interesting than Western festivals and has profound meaning.
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It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die.
Ask where the restaurant is, the shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village.
Everyone knows that this is an ancient Qingming poem written by Du Mu.
Today is Saturday. My dad said early in the morning: "The Qingming Festival is here and we have to worship our ancestors' graves. This is our Chinese custom." I said proudly: "Who doesn't know? It seems that you are the only one who knows Same." Mom and I sang together so much that Dad didn't dare to say a word.
Our family of three came to the ancestral grave. We first took out a lighter, and then took a few strings of small firecrackers to set off. As soon as we started to set off, I hid in the arms of my parents without even turning my head. When I dared to go outside and take a look, my father said, "Don't be afraid, kid. There's nothing to be afraid of when setting off firecrackers." My mother said, "Yeah, don't be afraid when setting off firecrackers." I said, "I'm afraid, I'm very scared!" "I was originally a person who liked to set off firecrackers, but why am I so afraid now? This is all the fault of a small firecracker. It was when I was six years old. I found a small firecracker when I was playing. I set it off, but it exploded too fast. I only heard a pop. , my hand was bleeding, and I was crying in pain. My neighbors saw what I was doing, and immediately told my parents. My parents were very frightened and sent me to the hospital immediately. The wounds were bandaged in the hospital. Since then, I have not dared to play with firecrackers, and sometimes I get scared when I hear the sound of firecrackers. After we set off the firecrackers and lit some incense, I followed my parents' example, bowing first, and then saying something. I couldn't hear what my parents were saying, but I was saying: "I want to study hard. I will be admitted to college in the future, so that I can respect my parents. "I know that it is useless for me to just talk but not do it, but I need to take practical actions. Finally, my father took out some food and wine. He poured the wine into a small teacup and then poured it onto the ground in front of the tombstone. On the way home, I said, "Aren't you afraid that the weeds next to your ancestor's graves will catch fire when you worship your ancestors' graves like this?" They said, "Of course you are! But just be careful."
Back home, Dad Taking out some "Qingming Fruits" that he made for the first time, he said: "I have never made "Qingming Fruits" before, so this time the "Qingming Fruits" may be much tastier than the ones grandma made before." I tasted After taking a bite, I felt it was not delicious, but I still ate it because I believed that Dad would make it even more delicious next time!
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It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance.
Qingming Festival makes people remember their ancestors, which makes people nostalgic, sad and exciting. It contains many deeds of our ancestors. When they lay in their graves, their stories will end. As far as I know, April 5th is my country’s traditional Tomb-Sweeping Festival, which began in the Zhou Dynasty and lasted more than 2,500 years. In the history of Qingming, Qingming is a very important solar term at the beginning. When Qingming comes, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring plowing and spring planting. Therefore, there are "before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans" and "Afforestation is better than Qingming." Farmer's proverb.
But there is another custom during the Qingming Festival. There are no fireworks on the Qingming Festival and only cold food is eaten.
Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Festival, Ghost Festival, and Ming Festival, together with the Ghost Festival on July 15th and the Xiangyuan Festival on October 15th, are collectively called the Three Underworld Festivals, both of which are related to worshiping ghosts and gods. related.
If you follow the old Qingming customs, when sweeping the tombs, people will bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer the food in front of the graves of their relatives, and then burn the paper money to build new soil on the tombs. , break a few tender new branches and insert them on the branches, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating wine and food.
"Listen to the wind and listen to the rain" of course refers to the poem "Qingming" by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die. May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village. "Du Mu's poem describes the special atmosphere of Qingming Festival.
Who are you remembering on another Qingming Festival?
Many friends are asking what Qingming fruit is. I went to Baidu to check it and put some information up for everyone to see:
Qingming fruit is made before and after Qingming. A kind of food said to be used to pay homage to ancestors. Before and after the Qingming Festival is a good season for picking Qingming grass. The soft light powder ball is kneaded in the hand, and there is a faint fragrance. The smell is the sweet smell of spring.
It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like dying. "This poem written by Du Mu must be recited by everyone, right? It's Tomb-Sweeping Day, and we should go to the graves to pay homage to our seniors. This is the etiquette of our juniors. We will set off on Saturday afternoon.
Mom, dad, brother, my cousin and I bought food for worship and prepared to go up the mountain. Soon, we reached the bottom of the mountain. The mountain was said to be steep, but not very steep. It was said to be flat. But at first glance, this mountain looks very sloping. Although we come here once a year, it doesn't feel very strange.
We saw many graves on the way. Some of the tombstones had a five-cornered heart on them, and the color on them had faded. Later, I asked my grandma and I found out that this meant someone who had sacrificed his life for the country. I really wanted to go up there and pay homage, but because of limited time, I didn't. A lot of time was spent here, so this dream had to come to nothing.
We arrived, finally. We set up the ceremony of worship and started burning yellow paper and other necessary things for sweeping the tomb. Staying nearby, there are a lot of tea leaves nearby, which are tender and green. Although there are many tombs nearby that are not in good condition, but the chirping of birds in spring and the fragrance of tea leaves seem to be invisible next to them. I just thought that I was almost left behind by them.
When we reached the last stop, beads of sweat broke out on everyone’s foreheads, and it gradually seemed that our purpose was not to sweep the tombs, but to collect food. Tea leaves (I hope the seniors in heaven won’t be angry.), we picked a lot of tea leaves. Looking at the tea leaves, I can seem to see the taste of the tea leaves that have been processed by us.
The annual Qingming Festival is coming tomorrow.
I got up early in the morning. After washing myself, I recited "The rain falls heavily during the Qingming Festival, and the people on the road are dying." I saw on the road. Many people took this small shovel and a large bag of "renminbi" and "gold ingots" and set out with respect for their ancestors.
Finally we arrived at our ancestral land, and we set up the offerings for worship. The ceremony started with burning yellow paper and talking to the dead ancestors. After I paid my respects, I started to stay nearby. There were a lot of tender and green tea leaves nearby. Although there were many tombs nearby that were not in good condition, they were still there. , and the chirping of the spring birds was so scented that they seemed to be invisible.
It was almost noon and everyone left reluctantly. Ninety percent of people haven’t “met” their parents for a long time.
I was reluctant to leave by the grave, and finally left under the persuasion of my family...
I was deeply touched by this visit to the grave!