What does it mean for Tomb-Sweeping Day to receive flowers?

Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in spring. It will clear up when the sun reaches 15. Tomb-Sweeping Day was named after "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival shows everything". Qingming is a solar term that reflects the phenological changes in nature. At this time, the sun is shining, plants are sprouting, flowers are in full bloom, and nature presents a vibrant scene. In the south of China, it has become a clear and beautiful image at this time; It began to snow in the north, the temperature rose, and spring blossomed.

Qingming usually changes from April 4 to 6 in the Gregorian calendar, and it is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5 is the most common. Tomb-Sweeping Day is both a solar term and a festival, and Tomb-Sweeping Day atmosphere provides important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and weather phenology. Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi, which is related to the phenology of 20 years old, is often used to guide farming, indicating that the weather is fine and spring ploughing is timely. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day when people pay homage to their ancestors and pursue the future cautiously.

In China's traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day, people often use delicate willow branches and bright peach blossoms to sweep graves to express their good expectations for the revival of everything in spring and the life cycle. Nowadays, chrysanthemums and carnations are popular because of their elegant fragrance and simple colors. In many European countries, chrysanthemums are also used as cemetery flowers.

Generally speaking, white flowers express condolences, and white chrysanthemums, Bai Baihe and calla lilies are more suitable for grave sweeping. White roses, gardenias or plain flowers symbolize regret and nostalgia. Others like simple and tough plants, such as lotus, gladiolus and lawn mower. Yellow flowers can also express condolences, among which Huang Juhua is the most common one. Of course, you don't have to stick to this. You can choose flowers according to the age and preferences of the deceased, or you can choose flowers such as forget me, yellow roses, red roses and birds of paradise. The specific situation varies from person to person.