What are the customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is one of the 24 solar terms, and it is also a traditional festival and sacrificial festival in China. Tomb-Sweeping Day usually falls between April 4th and 6th of the Gregorian calendar every year. During this period, the spring is beautiful and the vegetation is lush, which is a good time for people to have a spring outing. Let's share some holiday customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day and see how much you know.

1, grave-sweeping sacrifice

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day for offering sacrifices to ancestors or relatives and friends. According to custom, people usually go to the grave or go to the grave in advance. In some areas, they choose to go on the same day, but we all go to the grave a few days in advance. The tradition of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, and it is a festival to remember loved ones. I believe everyone will do it.

Step 2 go for an outing

Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually around April 5th every year, when spring is blooming and Qingming is also a small holiday, which is suitable for people to go out for an outing. In the old society, there was no so-called small holiday, but people would go out to dig wild vegetables and go out for a walk, which was also an outing.

However, the situation in these two years is somewhat special. Due to the influence of the epidemic, it is advisable for everyone to stay at home, for themselves and for others.

Step 3 insert willow

It is also something that Tomb-Sweeping Day wants to do. However, this custom has been gradually abandoned or unwilling to do so. As the saying goes, "Don't insert willow in Qingming Festival, it will turn yellow after death" and "Don't wear willow in Qingming Festival, beauty will be white first" are used to illustrate the importance of inserting willow.

During Tomb-Sweeping Day, willows sprouted. Take some willow branches and put them in front of your house, or weave a straw hat to wear on your head, which means to drive away diseases. Conditional friends can try.

Step 4 swing

Swing is also one of the customs of ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. It has a very old history and was very popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At first, it was called Qian Qiu, not a swing, but later it was changed to a swing to avoid taboos. In ancient times, swings were usually made of branches and tied with ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into two ropes, a pedal swing.

5. Fly a kite

This is also one of the favorite activities of people in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Both children and adults like to play, and they can play all day and night. In the past, someone put a kite in the sky, cut the thread, fly as high and as far as possible, and let the kite fly to the ends of the earth. It is said that this can eliminate diseases and bring good luck to people.

Of course, there are many ancient traditions, as well as the familiar ancient football: cuju; There are also afforestation and grass planting activities to beautify their homes; In addition, there used to be traditional customs such as cockfighting, shooting willows and pulling hooks, but now they are not very popular, so I won't introduce them one by one.