Why does Tomb-Sweeping Day wear gloves?

Tomb-Sweeping Day wears gloves to prevent bacteria, viruses, snakes, insects, rats and ants.

It is spring in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Spring is the high season of various bacterial or viral diseases, and it is also the time when Cordyceps wakes up hungry. When sweeping graves or hiking, it is best to wear long-sleeved clothes and gloves to minimize skin exposure to prevent bacterial and viral infections and bites from snakes, insects, rats and mosquitoes.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival and ancestor worship festival, is celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming has two connotations: nature and humanity. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival.