Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Pear flower falls is in the back. What season is Qingming?

Pear flower falls is in the back. What season is Qingming?

Pear blossoms fall, and Qingming refers to spring.

After the Qingming Festival in pear flower falls, it means that after pear flower falls went, it ushered in the Qingming Festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the "twenty-four solar terms" and a traditional festival for ancestor worship. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth of the 24 solar terms, which is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, and it is also 108 days after the winter solstice. It starts on April 4th, 5th or 6th and ends on April 18, 19 or 20th.

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. Grave-sweeping and hiking are the two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette and customs, and these two traditional themes have been passed down from ancient times to the present in China. Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day gas, and the node time is around April 5 of Gregorian calendar. At this time, the vitality is booming, the yin is declining, everything is "going to the old and welcoming the new", and the earth presents a scene full of spring, which is a good time to go for a walk in the spring and sweep the graves. 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. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China.