What kind of feelings and wishes did Tomb-Sweeping Day place?

Tomb-Sweeping Day has arrived, which is a festival that contains the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.

For thousands of years, our ancestors created many rich and touching customs for each festival out of their desire for life. These poetic holiday customs have comforted and delighted the soul of our nation from generation to generation. Similarly, Tomb-Sweeping Day entrusted people's special feelings and carried people's wishes and blessings for a better life.

It is noteworthy that since 2008, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival have received the same national legal holiday treatment. How to further promote Chinese culture by relying on traditional festivals has become a hot topic in society.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 solar terms in the China lunar calendar. In ancient China, where agriculture was developed, people held grave sweeping, hiking, swinging and flying kites on this day. Only with the changes of society, Tomb-Sweeping Day has been confined to the days of sweeping graves to worship ancestors, adding soil to ancestral graves, burning paper, or erecting monuments and making a scene, which is really lively. What's more, with the improvement of life and the increase of income, the wind of Chinese people sweeping graves to worship their ancestors is also escalating-from the initial adding soil and burning paper to issuing "yin coins" for the underworld; From paper men, paper horses and paper carts to a wide variety of paper carts, villas and mistresses; From family-based national sacrifices to grand ceremonies and public sacrifices that some local governments are keen on, thousands of people attend, with bright lights and loud music. ...

Of course, officials in many places compete to hold "public sacrifices" activities, aiming at expanding investment attraction through the effect of celebrities or resorts and creating momentum for local economic and social development. But the ostentation and extravagance of competitions and memorial ceremonies and the luxury of cemeteries are thought-provoking!

Our country has experienced 30 years of reform and opening up. At the age of 30, with the rapid improvement of economic strength, the concept of traditional culture is also entering a new stage. It is one of the symbols that traditional festivals become national legal holidays, and many people will celebrate it. Through this small step, people have seen the conscious propaganda of cultural heritage supported by the government. Many places are willing to enhance the cultural connotation and festival value of traditional folk customs through various supporting theme cultural activities that meet the needs of the times and people's livelihood. This is a valuable and meaningful exploration.

With the progress of society, Tomb-Sweeping Day should be endowed with richer contents with the harmony and progress of society, and the harmony between nature and humanity should be reflected first. The so-called humanistic spirit, one is to miss the old friend, and the other is to maintain the new life. During the Qingming Festival, the weather is getting warmer, everything is in bud, flowers are red and green, and birds are singing together. People greet the arrival of the new growing season with joy, taste nature and appreciate spring, including festivals such as sweeping graves to worship ancestors and spring outing, which shows the closeness and harmony between man and nature.

Secondly, in the contemporary society where the traditional extended family lifestyle has gradually disintegrated, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for family members to reunite. Tomb-Sweeping Day can not only show his respect for his family, but also express his gratitude to his ancestors. It also shows the nostalgia for the elderly and the recognition of family ties. Undoubtedly, this will inevitably promote the harmony between individuals and families, and then promote social harmony.

Also, the desire for life and the fear of death are human nature. With the help of Tomb-Sweeping Day, people can remember their ancestors, be grateful to their parents, enhance family ties and enjoy life. At the same time, they can also enlighten us to treat death calmly, regard death as the inevitable destination of life and have a good attitude towards life and death.

More importantly, the educational function of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Confucius said, "Be cautious and pursue far, be wise and be sincere." Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave to pay homage to his ancestors, recalled the hardships of his ancestors, remembered their merits, and carried out activities such as "Reading Classics of Chinese Studies" and "Collection of Chinese Odes" in order to let people know the truth of morality and gratitude to their ancestors, as well as the endless national spirit implied in it, so as to have more social responsibilities, leave a little precious spiritual morality and pass on the excellent culture of individuals, families and even nations.

Qingming is a festival in spring. In the bright spring, we can go hiking, feel the quietness and freshness of nature, and practice the romance and joy of "men and women meet in the mid-spring moon"; You can wear willows, insert willows, sing, dance and swing, experience all kinds of hearts and family close to the earth, and experience the breath and warmth of spring; Or plant trees and grass to create a green world, add fuel to the elegant environment of nature and make the Spring Festival colorful.