How many days will Tomb-Sweeping Day schools have a holiday in 2023?

In 2023, schools in Tomb-Sweeping Day were closed for three days.

April 3rd to April 5th, and April 4th is Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancestors' beliefs and spring worship customs.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China. The integrity of Tomb-Sweeping Day generally changes from April 4th to 6th in Gregorian calendar, and it is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5th is the most common.

Introduction of seasonal food

With the cold food custom of the Cold Food Festival transplanted to Tomb-Sweeping Day, some places in northern China still keep the habit of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In Shandong, Jimo eats eggs and cool cakes, while Laiyang, Zhaoyuan and Long Island eat eggs and cool sorghum rice. It is said that if not, there will be hail. Taian eats cold pancakes and rolls bitter vegetables. It is said that his eyes are bright.

Jinzhong area still retains the habit of banning fire the day before Qingming. In many places, after the sacrificial ceremony is completed, food will be sacrificed. People in southern Shanxi used to steam steamed bread with white flour, with walnuts, dates and beans in the middle. The records of folk cold food customs almost suddenly appeared in the documents of the Eastern Han Dynasty, mainly concentrated in Shanxi.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day.