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What day is it in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day usually changes from April 4th to 6th in the Gregorian calendar, and it is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5th is the most common.

Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in spring. When the sun reached 15, it was sunny. Tomb-Sweeping Day got its name because it was "clear and beautiful, and everything was obvious" during the festival. Qingming is a solar term that reflects the phenological changes in nature. At this time, the sun is shining, plants are sprouting, flowers are in full bloom, and nature presents a vibrant scene.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is both a solar term and a festival, and Tomb-Sweeping Day atmosphere provides important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and weather phenology. Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi related to phenology at the age of 20 is often used to guide farming, which means sunny weather and timely spring ploughing. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day when people pay homage to their ancestors and pursue the future cautiously. Because of the integration of the two, Qingming has both natural and humanistic connotations.

Meteorological changes:

Qingming is a solar term that reflects the phenological changes in nature. At this time, the sun is shining, plants are sprouting, flowers are in full bloom, the air is fresh, everything is obvious, and nature presents a vibrant scene. In the south of China, the climate is fresh and warm, the land is like spring, and the scenery is pleasant. In the northern region, the snow began to break and gradually entered the sunny spring.

The weather here seems to be two different days in the south and the north. The north is dry and rainy, while the south is wet and rainy. During the Qingming period, the rainfall in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China increased significantly. Except the eastern coast, the average rainfall in April in most areas south of the Yangtze River is above 65,438+000 mm.. Because of its geographical location to the south and South China close to the ocean, when affected by the front formed by the intersection of cold and warm air, heavy rainfall began to appear.