Which solar term is Tomb-Sweeping Day? What are the customs?

Qingming, one of the 24 solar terms, is the fifth solar term in spring. When the sun reaches longitude 15, the sky is clear. During the Qingming period, the atmosphere was clear and everything appeared, hence the name. Qingming is both a solar term and a festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a good time for spring ploughing and planting; Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival for people to express their feelings and comfort themselves. [3] Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi provides important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and weather, and this solar term is considered as one of the origins of Tomb-Sweeping Day. [ 1 1]

In ancient China, Qingming was divided into three stages: prophase and prophase. Second, voles become owls; The third waiting for the beginning of the rainbow means that the white paulownia blooms first, then the shaded voles disappear and all return to the underground caves, and then the rainbow can be seen in the sky after the rain. [5] In Tomb-Sweeping Day, the weather in most parts of our country is no longer cold, and it has entered the spring. But the weather here, the south and the north seem to be two different days, the north is dry and rainy, and the south is wet and rainy. [3]

Tomb-Sweeping Day is first of all a very important solar term. As soon as Tomb-Sweeping Day arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good season for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, there is a saying that "melons and beans are planted before and after Qingming". Agricultural proverb "Planting trees is not as clear as Qingming". [5] The main customs of Qingming are: forbidding fire, sweeping graves, climbing mountains, cuju and inserting willows.