What is the cultural connotation of Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Cultural connotation of Tomb-Sweeping Day: Tomb-Sweeping Day is the accumulation of Shangsi Festival and Cold Food Festival, and some folk events of Shangsi Festival and Cold Food Festival constitute the folk content of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Therefore, it can be said that Tomb-Sweeping Day is China's "Easter" and "Thanksgiving". As an intangible cultural heritage created by the Chinese nation, Tomb-Sweeping Day plays an important role in daily life and production. As a cultural symbol of a cultural group, it carries rich cultural connotations and has a strong cohesive effect on families and nations.

The significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day lies in that we should not let this precious cultural tradition be handed down from generation to generation, which is not only conducive to protecting the intangible cultural heritage of Tomb-Sweeping Day, but also conducive to enlightening and improving the cultural consciousness of the whole nation. At the same time, it is also a treasure of life, people and family, which shows that the construction of socialist spiritual civilization in China has expanded new horizons.

The main customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

Tomb-Sweeping Day bears rich cultural connotations in its historical development, and there are differences in the content or details of customs in different parts of the country. Although the festival activities vary from place to place, grave sweeping and outing are the same basic custom theme. During Tomb-Sweeping Day, no matter where people are, they will return to their hometown to participate in ancestor worship activities and remember their ancestors.

The culture of Qingming etiquette and custom fully embodies the humanistic spirit of the Chinese nation of respecting ancestors and cautiously pursuing the future. It is an important function of Qingming etiquette and custom culture to be cautious in ancestor worship ceremony and enjoy the fun of spring in outing, cultural inheritance and physical and mental adjustment.