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How to say Happy English in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Happy Tomb-Sweeping Day and happy Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day had better not describe it as happiness.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important traditional Spring Festival, and the custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors is still prevalent in Lingnan area. Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has absorbed and integrated the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival, which has extremely rich cultural connotations. There are differences in customs and contents in different parts of the country. Although the festival activities vary from place to place, grave sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are the basic customs and themes.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which is both a solar term and a festival. The formation of festival customs is closely related to the characteristics of solar terms at this time. Solar terms provide a prerequisite for the emergence of festivals.

Qingming outing is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called spring exploration. It means stepping on the grass, playing in the country and watching the spring. Qingming Festival is the time when spring returns to the earth. People use the benefits to pay homage to their ancestors, and the whole family, old and young, enjoy themselves in the countryside of Shan Ye.

Walking and ancestor worship are the earliest customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day. With the passage of history, the concept of family and ancestor worship in many places has gradually faded, and most of these activities have declined. In ancient times, the traditional custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors was still popular in Lingnan area, and it has been passed down to this day. Whenever Tomb-Sweeping Day, no matter where they are, people will go back to their hometown to participate in ancestor worship activities.