How many days does Tomb-Sweeping Day have a holiday?

Holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023 1 day.

The holiday time in Tomb-Sweeping Day is the same as that in Guangdong and the whole country. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a holiday for all Chinese citizens, and the holiday time in Tomb-Sweeping Day, like other provinces, is determined according to the notice of some holiday arrangements published by the General Office of the State Council every year. For example, the holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Guangdong Province in 2023, like other places in nine regions, refers to the holiday on Wednesday, April 5, with only 1 day and no holiday.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancestors' beliefs and spring worship customs. Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals.

Cultural connotation:

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most solemn festival for ancestor worship of the Chinese nation, and it belongs to a traditional cultural festival for ancestor worship. Tomb-Sweeping Day embodies the national spirit, inherits the sacrificial culture of Chinese civilization, and expresses people's moral feelings of respecting and honoring their ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from the ancestors' beliefs and spring sacrificial customs of early human beings.

According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. According to archaeological excavations, a 10,000-year-old tomb was found at the Qingtang site in Yingde, Guangdong Province, which is the earliest tomb in China, indicating that ancient ancestors had a clear sense of burial behavior and customs thousands of years ago.