China's traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day began about

The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. .

Qingming was just the name of a solar term at first, and became a festival to commemorate ancestors, which was related to the integration of the Cold Food Festival. According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Wengong named the anniversary of his death as Cold Food Festival to commemorate Jiexiu, a loyal minister who died in the fire, and the day after that was named "Tomb-Sweeping Day". In ancient times, cold food was also called "No Smoking Festival" and "Cold Food Festival". This is the 105 day from summer to the future, the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, a Tomb-Sweeping Day with the theme of commemoration and gratitude.

Qingming is the day of spring outing. Grave sweeping has been popular since the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the date of grave sweeping was generally on the Cold Food Festival, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered "cold food to go to the grave". Because the Cold Food Festival is connected with Tomb-Sweeping Day, with the passage of time, the customs of the Cold Food Festival gradually merged into Tomb-Sweeping Day.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Qingming gradually formed a traditional festival centered on ancestor worship and grave sweeping, which combined the custom of cold food with hiking and other activities. Because of Tomb-Sweeping Day, people have to go to the suburbs. While paying homage to our ancestors, we can visit Yuanye in the bright spring. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called Youth Day.

On May 20th, 2006, this folk festival was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Since 2008, Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only an important traditional folk festival in China, but also a national statutory holiday. Qingming holiday usually lasts from April 3 to 5. On this day, people visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, accompanied by recreational activities.

Therefore, Qingming has both sentimental feelings of pursuing the future with caution and festive atmosphere of enjoying spring.