What traditional festivals are both festivals and solar terms?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, but also an important traditional festival in China.

"Qingming" means that the climate is warm, the vegetation germinates, the apricot blossoms and peach blossoms bloom, giving people a fresh and clear feeling everywhere. Different from other solar terms, Qingming is also an important traditional folk festival in China, and it is a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves.

According to legend, there was a custom of setting up an altar to worship the tomb in the pre-Qin period, and later it gradually evolved into worship in front of the tomb. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the custom of cold food going to the grave had become a folk custom. Because the Cold Food Festival was held in Tomb-Sweeping Day a few days ago, the ancients often extended the activities of the Cold Food Festival to Tomb-Sweeping Day. Over time, the two festivals combined to form the custom of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Until now, the date of going to the grave is not very strict, and the time before and after Qingming can be used. Tomb-Sweeping Day's most fundamental purpose is to make future generations remember their ancestors, be grateful to them, and never forget their gratitude.

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Qingming not only has the sentimental feelings of carefully pursuing the distance, but also has the festive atmosphere of enjoying spring. Therefore, Qingming Festival is not only a simple ancestor worship and grave sweeping, but also a series of custom activities such as hiking, swinging, polo, tug-of-war, chicken fighting, cuju, butterfly flapping and willow inserting.

The Chinese nation has had the custom of going for an outing in Qingming since ancient times. In ancient times, it was called spring outing, spring seeking and so on. Spring outing, also known as spring outing, refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. Outing, a seasonal folk activity, has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient Spring Festival custom of farming sacrifice, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations.

During the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, and nature presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time to go for an outing. People use the opportunity of sweeping graves to have fun with their families in mountainous areas and rural areas.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Central People's Government-Tomb-Sweeping Day, 5th, 4: 47: It is both a solar term and a festival.