古代，清明与寒食本是两个不同的节日，因时间接近，元朝将寒食节和清明节合二为一。这一天百姓以出城扫墓、踏青为主。西郊和高粱桥向来都是踏青的热门景点。

In ancient, Cold-Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Festival were two different festivals. Since the time was quite close to each other, the two festivals were combined in Yuan Dynasty. On this day, people would swept graves of their relatives and had an outing in spring. The western suburb and Gaoliang Bridge were especially the popular travel spots.