How many days off does Tomb-Sweeping Day have?

Generally speaking, Tomb-Sweeping Day has three days' holiday, but only Tomb-Sweeping Day is a legal holiday, and the other two days are weekends. The specific holiday arrangements shall be subject to the announcement of the government in that year.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is not fixed every year. Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually between April 4th and April 6th, but the most common dates are April 4th and April 5th, with April 5th being the most common in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Walking Festival, Walking Festival, March Festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. Celebrate at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day, which originated from the belief of ancestors and the custom of worshipping spring, is the most solemn ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down in China since ancient times.

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom

1. Tree planting: Before and after Qingming Festival, the spring sun shines brightly and the spring rain falls, and the planted saplings have high survival rate and fast growth. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day has the habit of planting trees, and some people call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day. The custom of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day is said to have originated from the custom of crossing willows and inserting willows in Qingming.

2. Flying kites: Kites are also called "paper kites" and "kites". Flying kites is the most popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Kite is a kind of aircraft that sticks paper or silk with bamboo strips and other skeletons, pulls the long lines tied on it, and drops them into the sky under the action of wind, belonging to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night.