Spring outing

This seasonal folk activity of outing has a long history in our country, and its source is the custom of welcoming spring in ancient times.

In the outing season, in addition to mountaineering and visiting the water, people also carry out various sports and entertainment activities at the same time, such as kite flying, swinging, Cuju, pulling hooks (tug-of-war), etc., which are richer in content.
Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the custom of outing has also been the same. “Hangzhou Prefecture Chronicle” says: “In the past of the second month of the flower, scholars and women rushed out of the suburbs first, which is called exploring the spring. Painting boats and boats, comparing the scales, first Nanping, and then released the Shengchi, Huxinting, Yuewangfen, Lu She’an, then enter Xiling Bridge, Fanghe Pavilion, Gaoting Mountain and Liufen Village. Every spring day, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the view is like a brocade, and tourists often ask about it.” “Jinhua House Records”: “Qingming Day , people planted willow branches at the door, long trips to the suburbs called outings, and more than ten days before and after the sacrifice and sweeping of the first tombs.” Shaoxing area is still carrying out sacrifices to Dayu during the outing season. When spring comes back to the Qingming Festival, when the earth and vegetation are green, people are excited to go out to the suburbs, play and fly kites.
Even today, the spring outing activities are still loved by people.