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Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Get to know Tomb-Sweeping Day with me ~

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

It is said that the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the "grave-sweeping" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals. Later, people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day. Originally, the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day were two different festivals. In the Tang Dynasty, the day of sweeping graves was designated as the Cold Food Festival. The correct date of the Cold Food Festival is from winter to the future 105, around Tomb-Sweeping Day. Because the two dates are similar, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cold Food merged into one day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Grave-sweeping, commonly known as going to the grave, is an activity of offering sacrifices to the dead.

Most Han people and some ethnic minorities visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. According to the old custom, when sweeping graves, people should bring wine, food, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, cultivate the soil for the graves, fold some green branches and insert them on the graves, and then kowtow to worship.

To this day, the custom of worshipping ancestors and mourning the dead relatives in Tomb-Sweeping Day is still prevalent. Remembering our ancestors, carefully pursuing the future, remembering the martyrs, looking forward to the future and creating a happy and beautiful future are the themes of our sacrifice.