What time of year is Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from April 4th to 6th every year. For example, April 4th in 20021Tomb-Sweeping Day, and April 5th in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2022 and 2023.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from other traditional festivals: Tomb-Sweeping Day is based on "Tomb-Sweeping Day" in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, while other traditional festivals are based on the lunar calendar, such as Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the "Tomb-Sweeping Day" among the 24 solar terms in China, and the solar terms reflect a part of the solar calendar in the lunar calendar (the lunar calendar in China is a combination of yin and yang), so Tomb-Sweeping Day usually has three days from April 4th to April 6th.

The custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day

First, worship ancestors and sweep graves.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the four traditional festivals in China, and it is a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Grave sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave. In Han and some ethnic minority areas, according to local customs and habits, people come to the cemetery with fruits, food, paper money and other items, put their offerings in front of the cemetery, burn the paper money, add some new soil to the grave, and then kowtow to worship at the grave, so that they can pack up their offerings and go home.

Second, fold the willow to bid farewell

Willow is a symbol of spring. Willow swaying in the spring breeze always gives people a feeling of prosperity and vitality. Since the Han Dynasty, people have gradually formed the custom of breaking willows to bid farewell, in order to wish each other peace. Because "Liu" and "Liu" are homophonic, they also take the meaning of reluctant, and try to keep them. At the same time, relatives and friends who want to leave are like willow branches in other places, which can quickly take root and sprout and survive everywhere, and all of them are pinning their good wishes on their relatives and friends.