108 The day after beginning of winter is Qi's Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day gas * * * has 15 days. Qingming as a solar term ......

The name "Tomb-Sweeping Day" comes from the Tomb-Sweeping Day atmosphere in the twenty-four solar terms of the China lunar calendar.

108 The day after beginning of winter is Qi's Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day gas * * * has 15 days. As it is Tomb-Sweeping Day, the time is after the vernal equinox. At this time, winter has gone, spring is full, the weather is sunny, the fields are bright and clean, and the vitality of nature is everywhere. It is an appropriate word to call this period "Qingming".

The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. It is recorded in the almanac that on the 15th day after the vernal equinox, the bucket refers to the tripod, which is for the sake of brightness, and everything is clean and bright when it is covered, hence the name.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival to worship ancestors, and the traditional activity is to sweep graves. On May 20th, 2006, this folk festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.