20 12 April 4th is Qingming, April 5th is Tomb-Sweeping Day. What's the difference between them?

20 12 April 4th is Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to the regulations of national holidays, Tomb-Sweeping Day in the lunar calendar is Tomb-Sweeping Day. So April 4th of 20 12 is also Tomb-Sweeping Day, and April 5th is not Tomb-Sweeping Day.

On February 7, 2007, the 1 98th executive meeting of the State Council adopted a decision on amending the National Festival and Memorial Day, stipulating that "Tomb-Sweeping Day will have a holiday1day (the first day of the Lunar New Year is clear)", and Tomb-Sweeping Day will officially become a legal holiday in 2008, with one day off.

Qingming Festival is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and it is also a traditional folk festival in China. Tomb-Sweeping Day and other 24 solar terms are fundamentally determined by the position of the earth when it revolves. One revolution of the earth is 360 degrees of the yellow meridian, and when the earth reaches zero degrees of the yellow meridian, it is designated as the vernal equinox, and then there is a solar term every time it runs 15 degrees, and there are 24 solar terms in * * *. Therefore, the dates of solar terms in the solar calendar are fixed, and there will be two-day differences in leap years. So Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually on April 5th every year, but sometimes on April 4th and sometimes on April 6th.