When is Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a holiday on April 3rd, 2023.

Holiday arrangements in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023 are as follows: April 3 (Monday) to April 5 (Wednesday), with a holiday of ***3 days. In some small companies and factories in China, Tomb-Sweeping Day only gives employees one day off, and very few companies give employees five or even seven days off. I have to say that the difference is really day by day.

Qingming is calculated according to the lunar calendar. It runs according to the lunar calendar, usually on April 5, around the first day of the third lunar month, which is the fifth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. 20 15 Tomb-Sweeping Day is February 17 of the lunar calendar, which is Sunday, April 5 of the new calendar.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the Walking Festival, is one of the ancient traditional festivals in China. It is a festival to worship ancestors from winter to 108. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Tomb Sweeping Festival, Ghost Festival and Ghost Festival, is called Sanming Festival together with Zhongyuan Festival on July 15 and Xiayuan Festival on July 10/5, which is related to offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods.

Matters needing attention in Qingming grave sweeping

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day is coming, be careful with candles.

Please don't burn paper, candles, incense or set off firecrackers in windy days.

3. If you need to burn paper, light candles and incense, please clean up the surrounding combustibles. Someone should keep watch until the fire is completely put out.

It is everyone's responsibility to clean up the garbage left after ancestor worship and protect the environment.

5. You can't wear too bright clothes on the grave.

6. Pay attention to one detail when placing sacrifices, that is, lay a piece of white cloth or white paper under it first. If there is no white cloth or white paper, at least you should spread a newspaper.

7. When toasting and bowing to your ancestors, you should concentrate on your ancestors' voices and smiles, as if you were talking to them face to face.