Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day have April 4th and Tomb-Sweeping Day has April 5th?

This is because Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and it is not a fixed day. Tomb-Sweeping Day time is about the108th day from winter to the future, that is, around April 5th in the solar calendar, that is, the15th day after the vernal equinox.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which is both a solar term and a festival. The formation of festival customs is closely related to the characteristics of solar terms at this time. Solar terms provide a prerequisite for the emergence of festivals. Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi provides important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and meteorological phenology, and this solar term is considered as one of the origins of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

During the Qingming Festival, the earth is full of spring, yin and yang are transformed, the old and the new are forgotten, and everything is clean and tidy, which is a good time for the Spring Festival. At the same time, outing in the suburbs is also the solar term theme of the ancients. In ancient times, agriculture was the main business of traditional society. In order to have a good harvest in agriculture, besides praying for good weather, we have to pray for the blessing of our ancestors. Moreover, China people have been polite and respectful to their ancestors since ancient times, and they are also cautious in their pursuit of the future.

Therefore, the tradition of the Spring Festival was gradually formed during the Qingming period. Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has absorbed and integrated the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival, which has extremely rich cultural connotations.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day's eating habits:

Tomb-Sweeping Day Food Festival is integrated with Tomb-Sweeping Day, and some places still keep the habit of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In Shandong, Jimo eats eggs and cool cakes, while Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and Long Island eat eggs and cool sorghum rice. It is said that if not, there will be hail. Taian eats cold pancakes and rolls bitter vegetables. It is said that his eyes are bright. Jinzhong area still retains the habit of banning fire the day before Qingming.

When people in southern Shanxi crossed Tomb-Sweeping Day, they used to steam big steamed buns with white flour, with walnuts, dates and beans in the middle, coiled into dragons outside, and an egg tied in the middle of the dragon's body, named "Zifu". It is necessary to steam a big "blessing" to symbolize family reunion and happiness.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has the custom of eating dumplings. Mix Bromus inermis juice with glutinous rice to make the green juice and rice flour blend with each other, then wrap it with stuffing such as bean paste and jujube paste, and put it in a steamer with reed leaves as the bottom. Steamed balls are green in color and fragrant, which is the most distinctive seasonal food in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

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