The relationship between Shangsi Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Shangsi Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day became one.

Shangsi Festival, a festival once held in Jiangxi, is similar to Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to the General History of Jiangxi, the third day of March, that is, the third day of the third lunar month, was originally a day of "Year-old" activities by the water since the pre-Qin period, and it officially became an important festival in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, there were three kinds of custom activities of Shangsi Festival: one was to hold a sacrificial ceremony at the water's edge and bathe in the water to "remove" the stains and stench of the past year, which was called "removing" or "smashing". The second is to summon souls to continue, to summon the souls of relatives in the wild or near the water, and to summon their own souls to awaken and return.

Ancestors think that their souls, like all things, are experiencing the process of germination, growth and withering with the changes of the four seasons, so they should summon their souls in early spring. The third is the Spring Opera, in which young men and women go for a walk in the wild and have sex freely.

The most important content of the early festival custom of Shangsi Festival is "illness". In ancient times, this activity was not only a witchcraft ceremony to exorcise evil spirits, but also a free and happy spring outing. In the Tang Dynasty, March 3rd was still an important national holiday.

Because the time is close to Tomb-Sweeping Day, and they are all in the suburbs, the outing banquet of Shangsi Festival and the spring outing entertainment after tomb sweeping in Qingming began to go their own way, and then gradually merged into one. The characteristics of making new friends on Shangsi Festival are integrated into the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day. It can also be said that the popular custom of spring outing in Tomb-Sweeping Day is mainly to inherit the tradition of Shangsi Festival.

The Significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's integration of natural solar terms and humanistic customs is a combination of humanistic and natural conditions, which fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of harmony between heaven, earth and people, pays attention to conforming to the right time, place and people, and follows the laws of nature.

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