Qingming festival 1 (清明节)- one of the chinese traditional festival Apr 01, 2011 four days later is Qingming festival, for this i will write somethings about it,such as how this come from,what we will do in that day... if anything u will want to know u can tell me,i will do my best to give u a good answer. as i chinese girl i love history,poem and also be intresting to travel someplace of china known the people's life style,speaking intonation and how to communicate with others.from my daries i hope u can get some ideals about china now and before,but the primary things u must be know all i write dowm just show what i think about. about Qingming festival there is a old legend popular between the normal people.during the Spring and Autumn Period and The Warring States Period the king of Jin was dead,then one of his wifes wanted her son be the next king,so she killed the prince which had to be the king. So Chong er the little brother of the prince had fled from this country.during his exile he went into many troubles ,the biggest one is hungry, so Jie Zitui one of his chancellor provided some meat by cutting it from himself. when 19 days later the prince being the king rewarded the officials who had stayed loyal to him but he forgot about Jie Zitui.therefor he lead a hermit's life with his mother in the mountains. somedays later Jie Zitui refused the Chong'er invitation when he been renmered by the lord. then he was burnt to death when the lord forced his out of the mountains by burning.To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the "cold food feast", a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit. The "cold food" festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming festival.