The fifth of the 24 Solar Terms

The fifth of the 24 solar terms is Qingming.

The Qingming Festival, also known as the Treading Green Festival, the March Festival, the Festival of Ancestor Worship, etc., falls at the intersection of mid-spring and late spring, and is the fifth of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. The Qingming Festival originates from the beliefs of ancestors and the rituals of spring festival in the ancient times, and has both natural and humanistic connotations, which makes it both a natural festival and a traditional festival. 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 in China since ancient times and continue to be 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. The Qingming Festival is celebrated on the Doji B (or when the sun's yellow meridian reaches 15°), and the time of the festival is around April 5 on the Gregorian calendar. This time of the year, angry and prosperous, Yin Qi recession, everything "spit out the old and new", the earth presents the image of spring and bright landscape, it is the countryside trekking and spring line Qing Tomb Sacrifice a good time of the year.

The Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival, tomb-sweeping rituals, in memory of ancestors, is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times, not only to promote filial piety and affection, awakening the family *** with the memory, but also to promote the cohesion of the family members and even the nation's cohesion and sense of identity. Qingming Festival integration of natural festivals and human 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 mind.

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 some other countries and regions in the world that also celebrate Qingming Festival, such as Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and so on.