Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Tomb-Sweeping Day, Pubei, holiday arrangement on March 3rd.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, Pubei, holiday arrangement on March 3rd.

20 16 Tomb-Sweeping Day is on April 4th, and the holiday time is from April 2nd to 4th. March 3 is a local custom, and the specific holiday time depends on whether the unit or school has a holiday.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the Walking Festival, is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the first 108 day from winter to the future. It is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important festivals to worship ancestors and sweep graves. 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. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, such as Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Grave sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are the basic themes.