Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday Arrangement, Shandong University.

Tomb-Sweeping Day of Shandong University is closed on Wednesday, April 5th, and the school is closed 1 day.

Qingming Festival

Also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. This festival is 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 outing 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, who worships his ancestors, is very long. There are two statements: 8 days before 10 and 10 days before 10. These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, 04-06 Gregorian calendar, the activities of offering sacrifices to sweep away the ancestors (Tomb-Sweeping Day) are usually 10 days before and 10 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day. In some places, the activities of offering sacrifices to sweep away the ancestors last for one month. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important "eight festivals a year" in China. As a festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from pure solar terms. Solar terms are signs of phenological changes and seasonal order, while festivals contain spiritual beliefs and customs.

Tomb-Sweeping Day bears rich cultural connotations in its historical development, and there are differences in the content or details of customs in different parts of the country. Although the festival activities vary from place to place, grave sweeping and outing are the same basic custom theme. During Tomb-Sweeping Day, no matter where people are, they will return to their hometown to participate in ancestor worship activities and remember their ancestors.