Origin: During the Qing Dynasty, during the Qingming Festival one year, a scholar named Li Xiucheng was hunted down by the Qing soldiers. A farmer helped him avoid being hunted by the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers added troops and set up sentries to prevent Li Xiucheng. To eat food, the farmer picked mugwort and went home to make dumplings, mixed them in the grass, and evaded the sentry. Li Xiucheng also ate the dumplings and returned to the base camp safely, so the Youth League spread.
Meaning: Eating Qingtuan dumplings on Qingming Festival is just like eating rice dumplings on Dragon Boat Festival and eating mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. It has a certain meaning. Eating Qingtuan dumplings on Qingming Festival is mainly to sacrifice and commemorate ancestors; but now with With the development of society, the function of Qingtuan as a sacrifice is increasingly weakened, and more and more people are used as spring outing snacks.
Customs:
Qingtuan is a traditional snack eaten by people in Jiangnan during the Qingming Festival. According to research, the name Qingtuan dates back to the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,000 years. Qingtuan dumplings are almost always steamed during the Qingming Festival;
In ancient times, people made Qingtuan dumplings mainly for sacrifices. Although Qingtuan dumplings have been passed down for thousands of years and their appearance has not changed, their function as sacrificial objects has become increasingly important. It was diluted and became a very seasonal snack.