Qingming Festival

traditional

⛰️ Origins Combining the Cold Food Festival (honoring Jie Zitui of Jin State) and Shangsi Festival, it became a dual-purpose occasion for tomb sweeping and spring outings since the Tang Dynasty. 🌱 Traditions Rituals 🕯️ Tomb sweeping (weeding, offering chrysanthemums, burning joss paper) 🍚 Ancestral feast ("Ten Bowls" ceremony in Jiangsu-Zhejiang) Seasonal Activities 🪁 Kite flying (cutting strings to "cast away bad luck") 🌿 Planting willow branches ("Without Qingming willow, beauty turns white-haired") Cuisine 🍡 Qingtuan (mugwort glutinous rice with red bean paste/salted egg yolk) 🥨 Sanzi (crispy fried dough from Han Dynasty "Cold Dishes") 📜 Cultural Heritage Became a public holiday in 2008, launched "Internet + Qingming" virtual memorials in 2016