Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Today is Tomb-Sweeping Day's birthday, and it is also my birthday. I don't know what this means or symbol. Are there any taboos?

Today is Tomb-Sweeping Day's birthday, and it is also my birthday. I don't know what this means or symbol. Are there any taboos?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar, which is between mid-spring and late spring, that is, from winter to the future 108 days. The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. "Almanac": "On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, the bucket refers to Ding, which is used for Qingming, when everything is clean and bright, and when it is covered, everything is clean and bright, hence the name." As soon as Qingming comes, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring ploughing and sowing, so there is a saying that "before and after Qingming, we plant melons and beans".

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.

What you are worried about is the popularity of grave sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In fact, sweeping graves is the content of Tomb-Sweeping Day's Cold Food Festival the day before. According to legend, cold food originated in Jin Wengong to mourn Jiexiu. During the twenty years of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, he ordered the world to "eat cold food in the ground". Because cold food is associated with Qingming, it gradually spread to sweeping graves in Qingming.

Folk activities during the Qingming period include flying kites, hiking, planting trees, inserting willows and fighting cocks. Qingming in the true sense should be a solar term representing phenology, which means sunny weather and lush vegetation.

So don't worry, this birthday is of special significance and there is no taboo.