Which solar term is the custom of outing?

Walking is a custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. Held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day, which originated from ancient ancestral beliefs and spring sacrifices, is the most solemn ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation. Tomb-Sweeping Day has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Grave-sweeping and hiking are two major custom themes in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to visit graves and worship ancestors, but also a festival for people to get close to nature and enjoy spring outing. Zhi Dou B (or the longitude of the sun reaches 15) is Qi in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the festival time is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, everything is full of vitality, and the earth presents a scene of spring, tranquility and peace, which is a good time for the suburbs to go for an outing and worship their ancestors in Qingming.

Main customs

In Tomb-Sweeping Day, on the 4th-6th day of 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 include spiritual beliefs, festivals and customs.

Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important carrier of inheriting faith and family ethics. Tomb-Sweeping Day's sacrifice is a cultural expression and an important way to thank ancestors and get close to human feelings. The custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day has been passed down to now, and it has become a fixed etiquette and custom theme. Whenever people are in Tomb-Sweeping Day, no matter where they are, they will go back to their hometown to participate in ancestor worship activities and remember their ancestors.