What's the exact date in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is between April 4th and April 6th every year.

1. Because Qingming is a lunar solar term, it has its own laws to follow. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth solar term in spring at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. When the sun reaches longitude 15 degrees, the weather is fine.

During the Qingming period, everything was clear and obvious, hence the name. Qingming is both a solar term and a festival.

3. As a solar term, Qingming is a good season for spring ploughing and spring planting; As a festival, Qingming is a traditional day for people to express their feelings and comfort themselves.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 solar terms. Tomb-Sweeping Day falls on April 4th or 5th every year. These two days should be that day, depending on whether it is a leap year or a normal year. February is 29 days in leap year, April 5 in Tomb-Sweeping Day, 28 days in normal year and April 4 in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

The origin and legend of Tomb-Sweeping Day;

1. Many traditional festivals are related to ancient legends, and so is Tomb-Sweeping Day. The origin of this festival can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

2. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Jin Dynasty, Jin Wengong was persecuted, so he wandered abroad, and his loyal minister Jiezitui always accompanied him and suffered a lot. On one occasion, Jin Wengong fainted from hunger. Meson pushed off the thigh meat and made soup for his master, saving his life. Later, Jin Wengong returned to the court and rewarded many people who helped him, except for meson tui.

3. meson tui doesn't care, but lives in seclusion with his mother in Shan Ye. After he left, Jin Wengong recalled the past and felt ashamed of his loyal minister, so he led the department to find Jiezitui, but he didn't expect to find anything. Jin Wengong thinks that the other party hates himself, so he lets Yamakaji try to force the meson out. I didn't expect the other party to be honest and honest, and would rather be burned to death than come out.

To Jin Wengong's regret, in order to commemorate him, he designated the day when Yamakaji was released as "Cold Food Festival" and ordered people to be vegetarian at this time of the year to commemorate Jietui. Later, this day gradually evolved into Tomb-Sweeping Day, a day when people miss their loyalty and ancestors.