What is China's Tomb-Sweeping Day?

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Besides China, some countries and regions in the world have also visited Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as Viet Nam, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to sweep graves and worship ancestors, but also a happy festival for people to get close to nature, go for an outing and enjoy the fun of spring. Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day gas, and the node time is around April 5 of Gregorian calendar. At this time, the vitality is booming, the yin is declining, everything is "going to the old and welcoming the new", and the earth presents a scene full of spring, which is a good time to go for a walk in the spring and sweep the graves. Tomb-Sweeping Day, who worships his ancestors, is very long. There are two statements: 8 days before 10 and 10 days before 10. These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.

3. Sweeping graves is to worship ancestors, commonly known as "going to the grave". On this day, vagrants who leave home in time usually return to their hometown to pay tribute to their deceased relatives to show their memory and condolences. In ancient times, there was a poem "It rained in succession during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road wanted to break their souls", which expressed their mourning for their loved ones.

4, willow branches, northern regions, every day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, every household's door should be inserted with willow branches, and children will weave a wicker hat to wear on their heads.

5. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring is bright and the spring rain is falling, and the planted saplings have high survival rate and fast growth. Therefore, China has the habit of planting trees in Qingming since ancient times. Some people even call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day, and the custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day.

Go for an outing in Tomb-Sweeping Day, with beautiful spring scenery and beautiful scenery, so our country has always had the habit of Tomb-Sweeping Day for many years.