Text information about Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of the vernal equinox and the end of spring, usually around April 5, after the vernal equinox 15 on the Gregorian calendar. From 65438 to 0935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5th as a national statutory holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival. 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. It was changed to three days in 2009. 20 14 Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday is from April 5th to April 7th.

Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important traditional Spring Festival, and the custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors is still prevalent in Lingnan area. 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. There are differences in customs and contents in different parts of the country. Although the festival activities vary from place to place, grave sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are the basic customs and themes.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day announced by the Ministry of Culture of China was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.