This trip is very different from usual, so the mood is not so excited, but more solemn and sad.
after some bumps, we came to the martyrs cemetery. As soon as I walked into the gate. The first thing you see is a huge stone tablet, which vividly depicts the picture of soldiers charging on the battlefield. This reminds me of the war years, and countless revolutionary predecessors, in order to * * * and the birth of the country, and the enemy fought bravely, many soldiers gave their young lives. With a deep feeling, we walked slowly to the wide square under the guidance of the teacher. Under the monument with the words "The revolutionary predecessors are immortal", all our teachers and students held a grand sweeping ceremony. From recitation to oath, every sincere word represents our infinite respect and nostalgia for the revolutionary martyrs. Then, we walked around the circular tomb of the martyrs in the center of the cemetery. Twenty-four martyrs are buried here, and some have not even left their names. There were deep sorrows and sorrows in my ears, and every classmate's footsteps were light, for fear of waking up the martyrs who were already "sleeping". We presented small white flowers made by ourselves to the martyrs. Although the flowers are small and not delicate, they represent our hearts. Finally, we came to the History Museum, which showed us the touching stories and biographies of countless martyrs, and the glorious certificates and relics of the martyrs. Although they may be just ordinary soldiers, they all guard their posts and make their own contributions to the motherland and the people.
when I was about to leave, I was attracted by a small stone tablet at the door. It is engraved with eight Chinese characters written by Chairman Mao himself: "The greatness of life is the glory of death." Isn't this a description of all the revolutionary ancestors who died?
when I walked out of the martyrs cemetery, I was filled with emotion. Let's * * * inherit the legacy of our ancestors, cherish the great time ahead, study hard, be positive, and make our own contribution to the motherland when we grow up.
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Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important traditional folk festival in China, and it is one of the eight important festivals: Shangyuan, Qingming, long summer, Dragon Boat Festival, Zhongyuan, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve. Generally speaking, it falls on April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, which is the introduction map of traditional festivals in China, but its festival period is very long, and there are two kinds of sayings: eight days before the 1th and ten days after the 1th, which are all festivals in the past 2 days.
It is said that the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the ceremony of "tomb sacrifice" by ancient emperors and generals. Later, the people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day. Originally, the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day were two different festivals. In the Tang Dynasty, the day to worship the grave was designated as the Cold Food Festival. The correct date of the Cold Food Festival is 15 days after the Winter Solstice, around the Qingming Festival. Because the two dates are similar, Qingming Festival and cold food are merged into one day.
The custom of worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves in front of graves originated very early in China. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, great attention was paid to tombs. Mencius Qi Ren Pian in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period also mentioned a person who was laughed at by people in the State of Qi. He often went to the tomb of Dongguo to beg for offerings from the tomb, which shows that sweeping graves was very popular in the Warring States Period. When I arrived in Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, I made it one of the "five rituals" to sweep the grave with cold food. Therefore, whenever Tomb-Sweeping Day came, "the fields and roads were full of scholars and women, and the servants and beggars of the soap merchants all got their parents' graves." (Liu Zongyuan's Book with Xu Jingzhao) Sweeping graves has become an important social custom.
In the spring when it is still cold, it is necessary to ban fire and eat cold food, for fear that some old and weak women and children can't stand the cold, and in order to prevent cold food and cold food from hurting their health, outdoor activities such as hiking, outing, swinging, playing football, playing polo, inserting willows, tug-of-war and fighting cocks are planned, so that everyone can come out to bask in the sun, exercise their bones and muscles and increase their resistance. Therefore, in addition to worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves, Tomb-Sweeping Day also has various outdoor fitness activities, which makes this festival not only have sentimental feelings of pursuing the future with caution, but also blend the atmosphere of enjoying spring with joy; There are both where will you go's sad and sour tears, and there are fresh and bright vivid scenes everywhere. It's really a very special festival. Tomb sweeping in Qingming Festival is a festival custom related to funeral customs. According to records, in ancient times, "the tomb was not a grave", that is to say, only the grave pit was dug, and no grave mound was built, so the sacrifice was not recorded. Later, tombs and graves, the custom of offering sacrifices to sweep, had a support. In the Qin and Han dynasties, tomb sacrifice has become an indispensable ritual activity.
According to the biography of Yan Yannian in Han Dynasty, Yan's family will "return to the grave site in the East China Sea" in Qingming, even though he is thousands of miles away from Beijing. As far as China people's ancestor worship and kinship awareness are developed and strengthened, Yan Yannian's actions are reasonable. Therefore, the tomb sacrifices that were not included in the norms in ancient times were also included in the Five Rites: "It is advisable for a scholar's family to go to the tomb and be included in the Five Rites, which will always be a routine." With the official approval, the wind of tomb sacrifice is bound to flourish.
As the days of Qingming and cold food are close, and cold food is the day when people ban fire to sweep graves, gradually, cold food and Qingming become one, and cold food has become another name for Qingming, and it has also become a custom in Qingming. On Qingming Day, no fireworks are used, only cold food is eaten. One of the 24 solar terms. On April 4th or 5th and 6th every year, folk customs sweep graves during this period.
Due to the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors, sweeping graves and hiking on Qingming Day in China, it has gradually evolved into a traditional China festival in which Chinese people pay homage to their ancestors by sweeping graves. At the turn of mid-spring and late spring, it is generally 16 days after the winter solstice and the day after the Cold Food Festival. Grave-sweeping activities can last about ten days before and after the festival.
There is a legend about cold food: It is said that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Jin Xiangong's concubine Li Ji set a poisonous plot to kill Prince Shen Sheng in order to let her son Xi Qi succeed to the throne, and Shen Sheng was forced to commit suicide. Shen Sheng's younger brother, Zhong Er, fled into exile to escape the scourge. During his exile, Zhong Er suffered humiliation. Originally, most of the courtiers who went out with him went out one after another. There are only a few loyal people who have been following him. One of them is called meson push. On one occasion, Zhong Er fainted from hunger. In order to save Zhong Er, Jiezitui cut a piece of meat from his leg, cooked it with fire and gave it to Zhong Er to eat. Nineteen years later, Zhong Er returned to China and became a monarch, namely Jin Wengong, one of the famous five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. After Jin Wengong came to power, he raised a lot of rewards for those courtiers who share the joys and sorrows with him, except for the meson push. Someone pleaded for mesons in front of Jin Wengong. Jin Wengong suddenly remembered the past, feeling guilty, and immediately sent someone to ask meson to take the court to be rewarded as an official. However, after several trips, the meson could not be pushed.
Jin Wengong had to invite him personally. However, when Jin Wengong came to the meson pusher's house, he saw the door closed. Jiezitui didn't want to see him, and had already hid in Mianshan (now southeast of Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province) with his mother on his back. Jin Wengong asked his body-guard to search Mianshan, but he couldn't find it. So, someone had an idea, saying, it's better to set Yamakaji free, set fire on three sides, and leave one side behind, and mesons will come out by themselves when the fire starts. Jin Wengong ordered Yamakaji to be promoted. Unexpectedly, the fire burned for three days and three nights. After the fire was extinguished, mesons were not pushed out after all. Looking up the mountain, the mother and the son were holding a charred willow tree and were dead. Jin Wengong looked at meson push's body and wept for a while. Then he buried the body and found that meson push's back was blocked with a willow tree hole, which seemed to have something. When I took it out, it turned out to be a piece of skirt, on which was inscribed a bloody poem: I wish my Lord would always be in Tomb-Sweeping Day. It's better to be a ghost without seeing it, than to accompany you as a remonstrator. If your master has me in his heart, remember my frequent introspection.
I have a clear conscience in Jiuquan, and I am diligent in Tomb-Sweeping Day and return to Tomb-Sweeping Day. Jin Wengong hid the bloody book in his sleeve. Then meson tui and his mother were buried under the charred willow tree. To commemorate Jietui, Jin Wengong ordered Mianshan to be changed to "Jieshan", and an ancestral temple was built on the mountain, and the day when Yamakaji was released was designated as the Cold Food Festival, telling the whole country that fireworks were forbidden on this day every year, and only cold food was eaten. When he left, he cut a section of charred willow and made a pair of clogs in the palace. He looked at it every day and sighed, "What a pity." "The first step" is the name of the ancient people's subordinates to respect each other between their superiors or peers, which is said to come from this. In the second year, Jin Wengong led his ministers and went hiking in plain clothes to pay homage and express his condolences. Walking to the grave, I saw the dead old willow tree resurrected, with thousands of green branches, dancing in the wind. Jin Wengong looked at the resurrected old willow as if he had seen a meson push. He walked up to him respectfully, pinched a branch lovingly, braided a circle and put it on his head. After the sacrifice, Jin Wengong named the resurrected old willow "Tomb-Sweeping Day Willow" and named this day Tomb-Sweeping Day.
In the future, Jin Wengong often took the bloody book with him as a memorial to spur him to be in power. He worked hard in Tomb-Sweeping Day and made great efforts to govern the country well. Since then, the people of the state of Jin have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and they are very nostalgic for meson Tui, who has made meritorious deeds and is not seeking wealth. On the day of his death, fireworks are forbidden to commemorate him. It is also made of flour and jujube paste, kneaded into the shape of a swallow, strung together with willows, inserted in the door, and summoned his soul. This thing is called "pushing the swallow" (also called the push of the intermediary). Since then, cold food and Tomb-Sweeping Day have become a grand festival for people all over the country. Whenever there is cold food, people don't make a fire to cook, but only eat cold food.
In the north, people only eat cold food prepared in advance, such as jujube cakes and wheat cakes. In the south, it is mostly green balls and glutinous rice sugar lotus roots. In every Tomb-Sweeping Day, people put wicker into a circle and put wicker branches in front of and behind the house to show their memory. Tomb-Sweeping Day's customs are rich and interesting. Apart from paying attention to forbidding fire and sweeping graves, there are also a series of customs and sports activities, such as jogging, swinging, cuju, playing polo and inserting willows. According to legend, this is because Tomb-Sweeping Day wants to ban cold food and fire. In order to prevent cold food and cold meals from hurting people, we all take part in some sports activities to exercise. Therefore, this festival is a distinctive festival, with both sad tears to sweep the new grave and laughter for an outing. Swing is a custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day in ancient China. Swing, which means pulling the leather rope and moving. Its history is very old. It was first called Qianqiu, and later it was changed to a swing to avoid taboos.
In ancient times, swings were made of branches of trees and tied with ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into a swing with two ropes and pedals. Playing swing can not only improve health, but also cultivate courage, which is loved by people, especially children. Cujuju is a kind of rubber ball, the skin of which is made of leather, and the ball is stuffed with wool. Cuju is to play football with your feet. This is a popular game in ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to legend, it was invented by the Yellow Emperor, with the original purpose of training warriors. Walking is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called tanchun and xunchun. In March, Tomb-Sweeping Day, spring returns to the earth, and nature presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time for an outing. The folk in our country have kept the habit of Tomb-Sweeping Day's outing for a long time. Before and after planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring sun shines, the spring sun shines, and the spring rain flies. The survival rate of planted seedlings is high and the growth is fast. Therefore, since ancient times, China has the habit of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Some people even call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day. The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day.
In 1979, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stipulated that March 12th every year was Arbor Day in China. This is of great significance to mobilizing people of all ethnic groups in China to actively carry out activities to green the motherland. Flying kites is also a favorite activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. During the Tomb-Sweeping Day season, people not only play it during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of small colored lanterns is hung under a kite or on a wind-stable stay line, like a flashing star, which is called a "magic lamp". In the past, some people put kites in the blue sky, then cut the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can eliminate diseases and disasters and bring good luck to themselves.
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