What flowers does Tomb-Sweeping Day use?

Tomb-Sweeping Day can send white chrysanthemums, Bai Baihe, calla lilies, white roses, gardenias or plain flowers, Penglai pines, gladiolus, grass rows and so on. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also the most important festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Grave-sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave and offering sacrifices to the dead. Most Han people and some ethnic minorities visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Chrysanthemum is one of them. White or yellow chrysanthemum flower language represents nostalgia and is suitable for sweeping graves. It can remember the dead and express their thoughts and feelings. It is also one of the longest flowers used to sweep graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Lily is white, which can be used when sweeping graves, to express mourning, and also to express grief and nostalgia for the deceased. However, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, most people put chrysanthemums and lilies together and put them in front of the mausoleum as a memorial to the dead.

White violets are also commonly used in funerals, grave sweeping and the anniversary of the death of the deceased. Usually, 7 Huang Ju, 10 white violets, 2 Bai Baihe and 1 white chrysanthemums are used to decorate a bouquet to express grief. Gardenia and white roses can be used when sweeping graves, which can express one's regret and nostalgia for the deceased. Flowers can represent a person's mourning, can be matched with Huang Juhua, and is also a memory of the deceased.

Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in spring. When the sun reaches 15 degrees, the weather is fine. Tomb-Sweeping Day was named after "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival shows everything". Qingming is a solar term that reflects the phenological changes in nature. At this time, the sun is shining, plants are sprouting, flowers are in full bloom, and nature presents a vibrant scene. In the south of China, it has become a clear and beautiful image at this time; It began to snow in the north, the temperature rose, and spring blossomed.

Qingming usually changes from April 4 to 6 in the Gregorian calendar, and it is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5 is the most common. Tomb-Sweeping Day is both a solar term and a festival, and Tomb-Sweeping Day atmosphere provides important conditions for the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day customs in terms of time and weather phenology. Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi, which is related to the phenology of 20 years old, is often used to guide farming, indicating that the weather is fine and spring ploughing is timely. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day when people pay homage to their ancestors and pursue the future cautiously.