Tomb-Sweeping Day origin?

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.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship ceremony is related to the humanistic and natural cultural contents such as belief, sacrifice, calendar and solar terms. Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi provides important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and meteorological phenology, and this solar term is considered as one of the origins of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

During the Qingming Festival, the earth is full of spring, yin and yang are transformed, the old and the new are forgotten, and everything is clean and tidy, which is a good time for the Spring Festival. At the same time, outing in the suburbs is also the solar term theme of the ancients. In ancient times, agriculture was the main business of traditional society. In order to have a good harvest in agriculture, besides praying for good weather, we have to pray for the blessing of our ancestors. Moreover, China people have been polite and respectful to their ancestors since ancient times, and they are also cautious in their pursuit of the future.