The Origin, Activities and Customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day

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. This is a traditional and important Spring Festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.

It is not only a festival for people to pay homage to their ancestors and remember them, but also a link for the Chinese nation to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors. It is also a spring ceremony for hiking, getting close to nature and urging new students to care.

No matter from its origin or its evolution, we can sum up two symbolic meanings of Tomb-Sweeping Day, one is "gratitude commemoration" and the other is "encouraging new life". "

Because Tomb-Sweeping Day was angry on the third day of cold food, later generations gradually moved the custom of cold food to Qingming with the passage of time. After the Song Dynasty, the custom of cold food sweeping graves moved to Qingming. Customs such as spring outing and swinging are only held in Tomb-Sweeping Day.