20 17 what month is it in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day date 20 17, holiday time: April 4, 20 17.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is calculated according to two solar terms. So April 4th is not always in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year. Qingming Festival is one of the twenty-four solar terms, on Qingming Day in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The annual Qingming Festival is usually from April 4th to April 6th in the solar calendar. The division of solar terms is based on the angle between the sun and the equator, so there are no specific days in the lunar calendar.

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Because the 24 solar terms objectively reflect the changes of temperature, rainfall and phenology in a year, ancient working people used them to arrange agricultural activities. Huai Nan Zi. "Astronomical Training" says: "On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, when the finger is pointed at B, the Qingming wind will come." According to the question of centenarians, "at this time, everything grows clean and bright." So it is called Qingming. " As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good season for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, there is an agricultural proverb that "before and after Qingming, point melons and plant beans" and "it is better to plant trees than Qingming". It can be seen that this solar term is closely related to agricultural production.