What are the main activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day's main activities are: ancestor worship, grave sweeping, outing and swinging.

1, ancestor worship and grave sweeping

Sacrificing ancestors and sweeping graves are the main customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day. There are many forms to commemorate ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Grave-sweeping is the earliest custom, which continues to this day. With the progress of society, the form is gradually simplified. Because cremation of remains is becoming more and more common, people do not sweep graves, but go to places where ashes are placed to worship their ancestors.

Step 2 go for an outing

Going for an outing, also called a spring outing, is a Qingming custom maintained by the people for a long time. During the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, full of greenery, and nature presents a vibrant scene, which is a good time to go out for an outing.

Step 3: Swing

Swing is also one of the customs of ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. It has a very old history and was very popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At first, it was called Qian Qiu, not a swing, but later it was changed to a swing to avoid taboos. In ancient times, swings were usually made of branches and tied with ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into two ropes, a pedal swing.

Qingming Festival

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival and ancestor worship festival, is celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival, and sweeping graves to worship ancestors is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.