Knowledge about Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in spring.

The "Twenty-four solar terms" were originally determined by the direction of the top of the bucket handle of the Big Dipper, and the bucket handle started from the "Yin position" and then went clockwise.

Rotation, when bucket handle points to "B", is pure and clear.

During the Qingming Festival, the temperature gets warmer, plants sprout, the weather is fine and everything is thriving. Dry farming in the north and early and middle rice in Jiangnan

In the season suitable for large-scale sowing, people roll up their sleeves and trouser legs and go to the fields to sow early. North and south of the Yangtze River, the Great Wall

Inside and outside, there is a busy scene of spring ploughing everywhere.

Traditional customs:

1. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to sweep graves and worship ancestors, but also a time for people to get close to nature and have an outing.

A happy festival, have fun and enjoy the fun of spring.

2. The standard sacrifice is also called "Qingming Hangzi". Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, after the sacrifice of all ethnic groups, a bamboo is often inserted in front of the tomb or grave.

A pole made of seeds or wicker indicates a sacrifice.

On this day, every household in the Yellow River Basin, Huaihe River Basin and Yangtze River Basin, Tomb-Sweeping Day planted willows on the door and hung willows under the eaves.

Women wear willows on their heads, men wear willows, children blow willow pipes, and put willows on their graves to hang paper money.

During the Qingming Festival, there is a custom of eating green zongzi in Jiangnan.