When is Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2022? What is the significance of this festival?

April 5, 2022, the fifth day of the third lunar month. We need to prepare a lot of ceremonies and snacks for Tomb-Sweeping Day to visit the grave to worship the ancestors. We have expressed these ways of inheritance in concrete forms, instead of just thinking in our hearts. We also hope to make some contributions so that the contributions of our ancestors can be reflected in us. As the saying goes, it is better to raise a small sacrifice than a big one. After death, there is nothing to do but regret and nostalgia. Younger generations, children and grandchildren should be careful to pursue the future, remember, be grateful, reflect and live a better life. In fact, it is also a tribute and respect for the deceased relatives.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's Documentary Literature

We can find in various records of Tomb-Sweeping Day that Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only our traditional culture and our own ideas, but also has a great influence on our lives in nature, including the bumper harvest of crops in our lives. "Huainanzi Astronomical Training" says: The fifteenth day after the vernal equinox refers to the second hour, when the wind is clear. According to the centenarian question, everything grows clean and bright at this time. So it's called Qingming. As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good time for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, before and after Qingming, planting melons, beans and trees is nothing more than a Qingming agricultural proverb. It can be seen that this solar term is closely related to agricultural production.

The Significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day

The spread of Tomb-Sweeping Day is actually our traditional culture for many years. It is precisely because we have a sacrificial culture that we need to worship. Loyalty and filial piety is a fine tradition of Confucian etiquette culture. Sacrifice is a kind of virtue behavior for China people to remember their ancestors, the deceased, pay homage to their ancestors and inspire future generations. Confucius said that loyalty and filial piety is a fine tradition of Confucian etiquette culture. Sacrifice is a kind of virtue behavior for China people to remember their ancestors, the deceased, pay homage to their ancestors and inspire future generations.