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Ching Ming Festival is named after the lunar calendar Traditional Festivals Ching Ming Festival

1, the origin of the Qingming Festival: According to legend, it began in ancient times, the emperor and generals "tomb sacrifice" of the ritual, and then the folk also follow suit, in this day to ancestral sweeping, to express the filial piety of the worshipper and the feelings of nostalgia for the ancestors, and has been inherited through the generations and become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. The name of the Qingming Festival also originated from the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar, the Qingming Festival. The time after the vernal equinox. At this time the winter has gone, spring, the weather is clear, the four fields are clear, it is a good time for spring plowing and planting, inherent folk proverb: "Qingming Guyu two connected, soak seed plowing field is not delayed."

2, Qingming Festival customs: situation is Qingming good weather, may wish to tour diffusion do not forget to return. Treading green is another important custom of Qingming. Qingming Festival, willow green, the natural world of a piece of vitality, people through the tomb of trekking excursions. In addition, during the Qingming period, there are tree planting, willow, swinging, kite flying and other sports activities.

3, Qingming Festival cultural heritage: a long heritage, heritage Qingming. Qingming is an important cultural heritage left by our ancestors for us, carrying the excellent historical traditions of the Chinese nation, the continuation of the cultural lineage of the Chinese nation. Today we, in commemoration of the performance of our ancestors at the same time, it is more important to memorialize the history of the storm, remember the heroes and martyrs, the whole people vigorously carry forward the culture of filial piety, prudence, thanksgiving to the ancestors, leading and cultivating respect for the elderly, know the virtues and morals of repayment.