The Origin and Customs of Qingming Festival

by hongri1000 on 2009-05-14 12:26:41

The customs of Qingming Festival are rich and interesting. In addition to the taboos about making fire and tomb sweeping, there is also a series of folk custom sports activities such as spring outing, swing, cuju (ancient Chinese football), polo, and inserting willow branches. It was said that this was because the making fire was taboo during the Qingming Festival, in order to prevent the cold food from hurting the body,...