What day is the lunar calendar in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth day of the third lunar month.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Walking Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, the fifth day of March and ancestor worship festival, is celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancient ancestor belief and spring worship custom. Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is not a lunar calendar, because Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and the 24 solar terms are divided according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic (that is, the orbit of the earth around the sun). The dates of solar terms are relatively fixed in the solar calendar. For example, beginning of spring in the solar calendar always falls between February 3rd and 5th. Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually between April 4th and June in the Gregorian calendar, but it cannot be based on the determined lunar calendar date.

The Origin and Legend of Tomb-Sweeping Day

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Jin Dynasty, Jin Wengong was persecuted and exiled abroad. Jiexiu, a loyal minister, 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 the master, saving his life. Later, Jin Wengong returned to the court and rewarded many people who helped him, except meson tui.

Jie Zitui didn't care about this, but he lived in seclusion in Shan Ye with his mother. After leaving, Jin Wengong recalled the past and felt ashamed of his loyal subjects. So he led the department to find meson push, but he didn't expect to find anything. Jin Wengong thinks that the other person hates himself, so he lets Yamakaji try to force the meson. I didn't expect the other party to be honest and upright, and would rather be burned to death than come out.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day.