What's the difference between Tomb-Sweeping Day and Valentine's Day?

The time is different: Valentine's Day is February14; Tomb-Sweeping Day is on April 4th.

Different customs: 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. Valentine's Day is a festival about love, romance, flowers, chocolates and greeting cards. On this day, men and women exchange gifts to show their love or friendship.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

1, the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is said that it began with the tomb sacrifice of ancient emperors? Later, people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day, which was followed from generation to generation. Originally, the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day were two different festivals. In the Tang Dynasty, the day of sweeping graves was designated as the Cold Food Festival.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Youth Day? It is one of the traditional twenty-four solar terms in China, and it is also one of the important sacrificial festivals. The turn of mid-spring and late spring happens to be April 4 or 5 in the solar calendar. "Almanac" contains: On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, the bucket refers to Ding, for the purpose of Qingming, everything is clean and bright, and when it is covered, everything is clean and bright, hence the name. ? As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring ploughing and sowing. So, before and after Qingming, did you grow melons and beans? Planting trees is better than Qingming? Agricultural proverb. It is also written in The Hundred Questions at the Age that when everything grows, it is pure and clear, so it is called Qingming. ?

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom:

1. Grave-sweeping: Cold food and burning fire to worship ancestors were forbidden in the history of China, and grave-sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day has since become a continuous custom and tradition. Even in today's society, before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, people still have the custom of going to graves to pay homage to their ancestors: uprooting weeds, placing offerings, burning incense and praying in front of graves, burning paper money and gold ingots, or simply offering a bunch of flowers to express their memory of their ancestors.

2. Go for an outing: During the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, and nature is full of vitality everywhere, which is a good time for an outing. Our people have kept the habit of walking in Tomb-Sweeping Day for a long time. Legend has it that the Qingming outing began a long time ago. The intrinsic significance of Qingming outing is to conform to the seasonal solar terms. In spring and March, life began to flourish and everything sprouted. People go out to the wild and actively cater to the weather, thus promoting the circulation of yang in the body, which is of great benefit to health.

3, Cuju: Cuju Cuju is the predecessor of football now, the ball skin is made of leather, and the ball is stuffed with wool. According to legend, Cuju existed before the Shang Dynasty, and it flowed into the people during the Warring States Period. In the Han Dynasty, it was even used to practice martial arts in the military and was included in art books. Cuju was the most prosperous in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it often happened that the ball didn't land all day? The ball never leaves the foot, and the foot never leaves the ball. Huating saw it, and thousands of people saw it. Scene, "Song Taizu Cuju Map" depicts the scene at that time. In Du Fu's poem Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is written that Cuju will be far away in ten years, and so is the custom of swinging in Wan Li? It also shows the popularity of cuju activities at that time.