The Origin and Customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day

First, the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from the Spring Festival and the Spring Festival in ancient times. Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Qingming has two connotations: solar terms and festivals. Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi provided important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and meteorological phenology.

Second, the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

1, fly a kite?

Kites are also called "paper kites" and "kites". Flying kites is the most popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Kite is an aircraft that sticks paper or silk with bamboo strips and other skeletons, pulls a long line on it, and drops it into the sky under the action of wind. It belongs to an aircraft that only uses aerodynamic force. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night.

2. sweeping graves to worship ancestors?

Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping, which means "grave-sweeping sacrifice", is a "respect for time and thought" for ancestors. Sacrificing ancestors is a way of remembering ancestors, and its custom has a long history.

There are differences around Tomb-Sweeping Day. In Tomb-Sweeping Day, according to the custom, we usually set out to visit the grave in the morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The ways or projects of offering sacrifices to green vary from place to place. The common practice includes two parts: one is to renovate the tomb, and the other is to hang paper money to offer sacrifices.