The meaning of "Qingming" solar terms

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, also known as the Walking Festival, which is held from April 4th to 6th every year. This day is the day when the Han people sacrifice to sweep the graves and go hiking.

According to the old custom, when sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people should bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, and then burn the paper money to cultivate new soil for the graves. The poem Qingming written by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said: "There are many rains during the Qingming period, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village. " Write about the special atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day.