Qingming hit the "three March" folklore expert: do not affect grave sweeping
Author: Shen Yujie
this year's Qingming Festival in the 3th day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar, just overlapped with the traditional festival "March three". For this kind of phenomenon that only happened once in the past 19 years, there has been a recent saying in the society that "Qingming is not suitable for sweeping the grave" this year. There is no intersection between Qingming Festival and 'three March'. Qiao Runsheng, a folklore expert in Ji'nan, denied this in an interview in April 2nd. "The public can sweep the original plan."
Qingming Festival, one of the twenty-four solar terms, is also an important traditional festival. Han and some ethnic minorities usually worship and sweep their tombs at this time. This year's Qingming Festival was in the 3th day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar, and it overlapped with another traditional festival in China, "March three". Recently, there is a popular saying in the society: because the two festivals hit the sky, it is not suitable to sweep the grave this year. Not only that, but there are also rumors that mothers should buy canned peaches and red cloth for children on this day. The sound of peaches can be homophones as "escape", which means "escape" from bad luck, and red cloth has always been the Chinese folk law to dispel evil.
it is understood that the "March three" was evolved from the ancient Shangsi Festival, which was fixed on the day of the 3th day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which itself is the festival for people to seek blessing for disaster. With the passage of time, this day gradually evolved into a god sacrificial activity. It also became a day for the legendary queen mother to open a flat peach meeting. Therefore, it was also called "the Queen Mother thousand Autumn Festival". The traditional folk custom of this day is to go on a trip, a temple fair and a love song. In fact, many people regard the lunar calendar March three as China's Valentine's day. Li Bai's poem "Xiao Sheng Yan", Qin Er dreams of Qin Lou month, Qin Lou moon, Liu Liu year, the baling wounded. In the autumn festival, the years of willow in Xianyang's ancient road, the year of the year of the lunar calendar is three, a pair of lovers walking on the sunny day of the spring harmony. "March three" is a unique festival in Chinese traditional culture, because it is often ignored by many people before and after the Ching Ming Festival. Ji'nan folkloric expert Qiao Runsheng told reporters that this year's "two collisions" is only a calendar coincidence, and there is no special meaning, the so-called taboo is only a few people in strained.
"Qingming Festival" is not only a holiday for people to worship their ancestors, but also a time for outing and getting close to nature. Qiao Runsheng believes that the Qing Ming Festival and the "March three" are both Chinese traditional cultural festivals, and they do not exist in their own "punching". "If there is any connection, it is only on the folklore of the outing."