The Meaning and Proverbs of Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the trunk and branch calendars, which indicates the change of seasons. At this time, it is a good time for outing in the suburbs (spring outing) and Qingming (grave-sweeping sacrifice). The old and new smells are coming out, the temperature is rising, everything is clean and tidy, and the earth presents a beautiful scene of spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is rich in customs, which can be summarized as two festivals and traditions: one is to respect the ancestors and be cautious to the end; The second is outing and getting close to nature. Tomb-Sweeping Day has both natural and humanistic connotations, which are both solar terms and festivals. Tomb-Sweeping Day not only has the theme of sweeping, remembering and remembering, but also has the theme of taking an outing and enjoying the body and mind. The traditional concept of "harmony between man and nature" has been vividly reflected in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has integrated the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival, and integrated various folk customs, which has extremely rich cultural connotations.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's proverb

◇ Qingming Snow Rest, Grain Rain Frost Rest (East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan, Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau)

◇ Qingming Snow Rest, Grain Rain Frost Rest (Hebei, Shanxi).

◇ Qingming without rain and drought, Qingming with rain (Jiangsu, Hubei)

◇ Wheat is afraid of Qingming frost, and the valley wants Qiu Lai drought (cloud)

◇ It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival (Su)

◇ Clear and foggy, rainy in summer and autumn (Jiangsu, Hubei)

◇ Clear and foggy, sunny every day (Henan).

◇ Dust rises at Qingming Festival, and loess buries people (Shanxi, Inner Mongolia)

◇ The first plum in Qingming Thunder (Zhejiang)

◇ Qingming cold, good years (Liaoning, Hebei)

◇ Qingming is warm, cold dew is cold (Hunan)