Early April customs

Early April customs about the Ching Ming Festival began in the Zhou dynasty, has a history of more than 2,500 years. Custom is rich of the Ching Ming Festival, with the exception of jinhuo, grave-sweepers to foreign, also spring, swing, cuju, playing Polo, inserting willow and a series of custom sports activities.

Swing is the ancient Ching Ming Festival customs in China. Ancient swings with the branches, then tying ribbons. Later grow to two ropes together with pedal swing. Swing not only improves health, can also cultivate courage.

CU Ju Ju is a ball, a game called cuju, is by foot to kick (similar to football now), which was the ancient Ching Ming Festival when people like a game.

Planting trees before and after the Ching ming, spring sun shines, chunyu splitter, planting the seedlings survival rate high. Therefore, since ancient times, China has a habit of Ching Ming tree planting, to green the environment, health is very useful.

Kite-flying was early April of the most popular activities. During this time, not only during the day, the night-and-drop. The past, after some people put the kite on the sky, will cut the pull strings, let the breeze it sent to the ends, it is said that this will subject to disaster, bring good luck to the kite. See the original April 2, 2009 Edition of the family health report "health care"