What festival is both a festival and a solar term?

Qingming Festival is a traditional festival in the cultural circle of Chinese characters, one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar and the four traditional festivals of the Han nationality.

Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Grave-sweeping and outing are the two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette and customs, and these two traditional themes have been passed down from ancient times to the present in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to pay homage to ancestors, but also a happy festival for people to get close to nature, have an outing and enjoy the fun of spring. Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day gas, and the node time is around April 5 of Gregorian calendar.

Because Tomb-Sweeping Day is determined according to the solar terms, Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the few traditional festivals in China that roughly coincide with the western calendar. Qingming was just the name of a solar term at first, and later became a festival to commemorate ancestors, which was related to the Cold Food Festival.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day's customs are different in scale and manner in southern and northern China. There are also activities such as wearing willow branches, flying kites, collecting firewood, drawing eggs and swinging. The Han Dynasty called the Cold Food Festival a non-smoking festival, including the custom of forbidding fire and cold food and offering sacrifices to sweep graves. In the Tang dynasty, people often extended the grave sweeping to Qingming.

When people visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they are also accompanied by recreational activities. In the Song Dynasty, Qingming and cold food gradually merged into one. Qingming put the sacrificial customs in the Cold Food Festival under its name, and the festival customs of Shangsi Festival "Shangsi Spring Fun" were also incorporated into Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, 04-06 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 contain spiritual beliefs 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. Qingming Festival 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 become a fixed etiquette and custom theme.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day