What festival is the custom of outing?

Walking is a custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Going for an outing in spring, also known as "going for a spring outing", generally refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. In ancient times, Tomb-Sweeping Day was used as an outing festival. However, the dates of outing festivals vary from place to place, including the eighth day of the first month, the second day of February or the third day of March. Most people go out for an outing in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

This seasonal folk activity, outing, has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient Spring Festival custom of farming sacrifice. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. The origin of outing

The origin of outing is also related to the appearance of Shangsi Festival. Shangsi Festival, named after the first day of March. Its origin can be traced back to ancient times, that is, before the Xia Dynasty, the system of male and female mate selection was still in the matriarchal clan. At that time, there was no marriage, and a seasonal group marriage system was implemented.

Later, it developed into pairing marriage, entered a patriarchal society and had a wedding ceremony, and a paternal family appeared. After a long winter, young men and women confined in the house by the cold wind ushered in spring, ushered in busy farming and production, and at the same time had the need to choose a spouse and have children.

In this way, after offering sacrifices to land gods (country gods) and spring gods for a bumper harvest in agriculture, people also offer sacrifices to female fertility gods and media gods to pray for future generations. At the same time, men and women choose their spouses, sing and dance, and then pair up. At that time, the ancient outing customs revolved around these themes: welcoming spring, offering sacrifices to the god of fertility, bathing in order to have more children; Young men and women, on the other hand, are courting, enjoying themselves, singing and dancing. In addition, there are activities such as jumping to drive away the epidemic and praying for rain.