Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day eat canned peaches?

The third day of the third lunar month is Tomb-Sweeping Day. This "two-festival encounter" is just a coincidence and completely normal. Why is there a saying that "the year is not good"? Because in southern China, people pay more attention to the third day of the third lunar month, while northerners often don't care much. This is because on the third day of the third lunar month, the north is still very cold, while the south is just spring, which is the season when everything recovers and various infectious diseases and plagues prevail. Therefore, southerners think that this day is unlucky, and people will fly kites and other activities on this day to get rid of bad luck. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival to worship ancestors, and the main activity is to sweep graves. So some people think it's unlucky to meet these two days. People in China often think that red cloth is an auspicious color when they drive away evil spirits and take refuge. As for canned peaches, they use the homonym of "peach" and "escape" and think that eating peaches can "escape" the disaster. There are also popular ways to buy a red vest to ward off evil spirits and a golden axe to seek happiness. In fact, these are all psychological hints for people to avoid disasters, which have no practical significance. This year's Tomb-Sweeping Day coincides with the third day of the third lunar month. According to folklore, the third day of March is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and a flat peach party will be held on this day. In order to prevent flat peaches from attracting boys from all over the world, you must eat peaches and homophonic "escape" to escape this robbery.

It is said that the third day of the third lunar month this year coincides with Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is considered unlucky. Some rural families began to buy red cloth and canned peaches to "avoid disasters", while folklore experts said that such "two festivals meeting" was just a coincidence and completely normal, and there was no need to "avoid disasters and rush for happiness".

"The third day of the third lunar month happens to be Tomb-Sweeping Day. Some people say this situation is unlucky. Now in some rural areas around Anshan, every household will buy three-foot-three red cloth and canned peaches.

According to China folklore, the third day of the third lunar month is the birthday of the Queen Mother (Peach Blossom Festival on Earth). On this day, the Queen Mother has no time to manage the fairies and let them come to the world to enjoy the beautiful scenery on earth. Mortals know this news, fearing that you fairies will take a fancy to your children while enjoying the beautiful scenery, and thus "take them away", so they thought of the above method.

The Queen Mother's Flat Peach Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day's Ghost Festival are on the same day. There are rich children at home. Wear a red jacket and yellow socks.

Red and yellow are traditional festive and evil spirits in China. Besides, Tomb-Sweeping Day is regarded as Halloween, so wearing a red vest and yellow socks is probably a way to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters.

The third day of the third lunar month is Tomb-Sweeping Day. This "two-festival encounter" is just a coincidence and completely normal. Why is there a saying that "the year is not good"? Because in southern China, people pay more attention to the third day of the third lunar month, while northerners often don't care much. This is because on the third day of the third lunar month, the north is still very cold, while the south is just spring, which is the season when everything recovers and various infectious diseases and plagues prevail. Therefore, southerners think that this day is unlucky, and people will fly kites and other activities on this day to get rid of bad luck. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival to worship ancestors, and the main activity is to sweep graves. So some people think it's unlucky to meet these two days. People in China often think that red cloth is an auspicious color when they drive away evil spirits and take refuge. As for canned peaches, they use the homonym of "peach" and "escape" and think that eating peaches can "escape" the disaster. There are also popular ways to buy a red vest to ward off evil spirits and a golden axe to seek happiness. In fact, these are all psychological hints for people to avoid disasters, which have no practical significance.

In fact, if there is no special leap year, generally speaking, this phenomenon will occur every 19 years and on March 3rd, the same day in Tomb-Sweeping Day.