What is the meaning and symbol of Tomb-Sweeping Day?

The symbolic meaning of Tomb-Sweeping Day is to respect ancestors and be close to nature.

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival to remember the lives of the deceased, to inspire the existing lives, to remember the relatives who died around us, and to thank our ancestors for giving us life.

2. The significance of remembering is not only the yearning for loved ones, but also a national custom and a reproductive ceremony of a race. Our annual grave-sweeping for our loved ones is a ritual and a continuation of the concept of paying homage to our ancestors.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day is still a "festival of vitality", welcoming and expanding the vitality of nature.

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day has integrated the ancient Cold Food Festival. Cold food is a natural rhythm, plus humanistic spirit.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called Youth Day. This is the first "sacrificial ceremony" for emperors and generals. Later, with the continuous development of the times, ordinary people began to follow suit.

2. Traditional customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day include ancestor worship, outing, willow planting, kite flying, willow shooting, silkworm flower parties and grave sweeping. Among them, hiking, grave sweeping and ancestor worship are the most common.

Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people spontaneously prepare some related things for Tomb-Sweeping Day. Such as paper money, incense sticks, fruit snacks and so on. Express your thoughts to the deceased.

At the same time, I will invite three or five friends to go for an outing in the suburbs in my spare time to enjoy the breath of spring. The two themes of hiking and grave sweeping have been passed down to this day.

It is not only a festival, but also a solar term. As Du Mu's "Tomb-Sweeping Day" said, "It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to die." This poem is the best portrayal of the weather during the Qingming Festival.