Is Qingming Festival a traditional Chinese holiday or not?

The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival

The Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival, tomb-sweeping rituals, in memory of ancestors, is the fine tradition of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, is not only conducive to promote filial piety and affection, awakening the family *** with the same memories, but also to promote the cohesion of family members and even the nation's cohesion and sense of identity. Qingming Festival integration of natural festivals and humanities customs as a whole, is the unity of time, place and people, fully embodies the ancestors of the Chinese people in pursuit of "heaven, earth, people" harmony and unity, pay attention to conform to the time and place, follow the laws of nature of the idea. The Qingming Festival is rich in customs and traditions. Sweeping tombs and offering sacrifices to ancestors and going on excursions are the two main themes of the Qingming Festival, which have been passed down from ancient times in China and are still practiced to this day.

The Qingming Festival is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation, which is not only a solemn festival for sweeping tombs and paying homage to ancestors, but also a joyful festival for people to get close to nature, trekking and enjoying the fun of spring. Qingming Festival is generally around April 5 on the Gregorian calendar, the 15th day after the vernal equinox. At this time of the year, the vitality of life, the decline of yin, all things "spit out the old and new", the earth presents the image of spring and landscape, it is the countryside trekking spring tour and the line of the Qing Tomb Sacrifice a good time. Qingming ancestor festival period is very long, there are 10 days before 8 days after and 10 days before 10 days after the two say, this nearly 20 days are Qingming ancestor festival period.

The Qingming Festival, together with the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, are known as the four major traditional Chinese festivals. In addition to China, there are a number of countries and regions around the world that also celebrate the Qingming Festival, such as Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, etc. The traditions of the Qingming Festival in these countries are both similar and different from those in China.