The Origin and Significance of Qingming Festival

From 65438 to 0935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5th as a national statutory holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.

Meaning:

Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. 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, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day announced by the Ministry of Culture of China was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.