Do you need a drink from Cixi to Shengzhou in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Qingming is generally located in early April. Among the 24 solar terms, only Qingming is both a solar term and a festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day was also called March Festival in ancient times, and the Gregorian calendar was called Tomb-Sweeping Day from April 4th to 6th every year. As a festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from pure solar terms.

Solar terms are symbols of phenological changes and seasonal order in China, while festivals contain certain customs and activities, which have certain commemorative significance.

At this time, the climate is getting warmer, plants are sprouting, the sky is clear and everything is thriving. "When I was 100 questions" said: "Everything grows clean and bright at this time. So it is called Qingming. " This means that Qingming comes, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good time for spring ploughing and sowing.

Therefore, there are agricultural proverbs such as "before and after Qingming, point melons and plant beans" and "planting trees, not crossing Qingming". It can be seen that this solar term is closely related to agricultural production.