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Tomb-Sweeping Day's English Expression
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day, which originated from the ancestor belief of early human beings, is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation.
Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Grave-sweeping and hiking are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs handed down from ancient times in China.
The second bucket (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day gas, and the time of gas exchange in Tomb-Sweeping Day generally changes from April 4 to 6 in Gregorian calendar, which is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5 is the most common.
Qingming, a solar term, is full of vitality, and everything "spits out the old and absorbs the new". The earth presents the image of spring and tranquility, which is a good opportunity for a spring outing and Qingming ceremony in the suburbs. Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship is very long, 8 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day 10, and 8 days before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day 10 (at the turn of the middle and late spring). These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.
Natural solar terms
Tomb-Sweeping Day, with both natural and humanistic connotations, is not only one of the "24 solar terms", but also a traditional festival for ancestor worship. "Twenty-four solar terms" is the product of ancient farming civilization, which is related to the time of gossip and has a long history.
"Twenty-four solar terms" not only play a guiding role in agricultural production, but also affect the basic necessities of life and even cultural concepts of ancient people. In the early days of observing images and timing, bucket handle made a clockwise rotation according to the movement of stars, which was called one year old.
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