Brief introduction of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important sacrificial festivals. It is a day to sweep graves and worship ancestors.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, which started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Through the historical development and evolution, Tomb-Sweeping Day has extremely rich connotations, and different customs have been formed in different places, with sweeping graves to worship ancestors and hiking as the basic themes.

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Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. "Almanac": "On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, the bucket refers to Ding, which is used for Qingming, when everything is clean and bright, and when it is covered, everything is clean and bright, hence the name." Qingming comes and the temperature rises.

It is a good season for spring ploughing and sowing, so there is a saying that "melons and beans are planted before and after Qingming". Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival in memory of ancestors. Mainly to sweep the grave, sweeping the grave is a concrete embodiment of being cautious and pursuing the distance, caring for the family and filial piety. Tomb-Sweeping Day is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, after the winter solstice 106 days. The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. ?

However, Qingming, as a festival, is different from pure solar terms. Solar terms are symbols of phenological changes and seasonal order in China, while festivals contain certain customs and activities, which have certain commemorative significance. ?

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. ?