What festival is the first day of the fourth lunar month and what is its significance?

The first day of April in the lunar calendar is "He Qing Festival". There are many sayings about He Qing Festival in February and He Qing Festival in April in classical poetry and prose. In ancient times, "He Qing" meant quiet and peaceful, describing the peaceful scene of the country or the temperament of the people. The weather is sunny and warm. Xie Lingyun of the Southern Dynasties said, "The early summer is especially peaceful, and the grass does not rest."

The origin of Qinghe Festival has not been verified, but literally, it should be related to the four seasons. Cao Piyan said: "The replacement of late spring in Iraq means that the sky in early summer is sunny and warm, and the air is calm and peaceful." This should be the most appropriate description of the name of Qinghe Festival. At the same time, it introduces the time point of Qinghe Festival. The first summer is April, so the April of the lunar calendar is also called "Qinghe Moon".

About Qinghe Festival, it is frequently mentioned in ancient poems, such as Sima Guang's "April is sunny and rainy, Nanshan is bright"; Xie Lingyun's "The first summer is particularly peaceful, and the grass does not rest".

The custom of Qinghe Festival, in the cultural field of China, some areas pay attention to "eating pancakes" on this day and insert saponin leaves in temples, which is said to ward off diseases and ward off evil spirits.

In addition, due to the Buddha's birthday, in areas where pancakes are eaten, they will also choose to offer pancakes to the Buddha and share them after eating. It is said that adults are strong after eating, and children are anorexic without biting their teeth. In addition, people who believe in Buddhism and Taoism will go into the mountains to worship in laojunmiao, and more Buddhists will go to temples to participate in activities such as offering and releasing Buddhists.