In this dissertation, I discuss in detail the folk custom development and the literature creations about festivals of Shangsi, Hanshi and Qingming before Song dynasty.
In chapter I, I mainly discuss the Shangsi , Hanshi and Qingming festivals' custom development before Song dynasty. The festivals of Shangsi and Hanshi developed independently and the Qingming festival was only a solar term before Tang dynasty. In Tang and Song dynasty,Qingming came into a festival from a solar term. Three festivals...