The origin and customs of the Qingming Festival in fifty words.

Chingming is the Qingming Festival, also known as the Treading Green Festival, which is held at the intersection of mid-spring and late spring, the 104th day after the winter solstice, is one of the traditional Chinese festivals and one of the most important sacrificial festivals, a day of ancestor worship and grave-sweeping.

One of the twenty-four solar terms in China. Since the 24 solar terms reflect the changes in temperature, rainfall, and physical conditions throughout the year in a more objective way, the ancient working people used them to arrange agricultural activities. Huainanzi. Tianwenxun" said, "Fifteen days after the vernal equinox, the bucket points to B, then the wind of Qingming arrives." According to the "time of the year and a hundred questions" said: "Everything grows at this time, are clean and clear. Therefore, it is called Qingming." Qingming, the temperature rises, rainfall increases, it is a good time for spring plowing and planting. Therefore, there are "before and after the Qingming, point melon planting beans", "planting trees, not more than the Qingming" proverbs. It can be seen that this festival and agricultural production has a close relationship.

Every Qingming Festival, people, no matter where they are, will return to their hometowns to participate in ancestral activities, remembering their ancestors. The culture of Qingming rituals and customs fully embodies the humanistic spirit of the Chinese nation of honoring ancestors and pursuing the distant future with caution. In the ancestor worship rituals to be careful to catch up with the past, in the trekking excursions to enjoy the fun of spring, cultural heritage and physical and mental adjustment is an important function of the Qingming rituals and culture.

The seasonal folklore activity of trekking has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient custom of welcoming spring by agricultural sacrifices, which has had a profound influence on later generations. The Qingming Festival has two major connotations, namely, the Qingming festival and the festival, and the Qingming festival provides important conditions for the formation of the Qingming Treading Customs in terms of time and meteorological and physical characteristics. In the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, and the natural world presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a great time for excursions.

Before and after the Qingming Festival, the spring sun shines, the spring rain sprinkles, planting saplings with a high survival rate and fast growth. Therefore, there is a Qingming tree planting custom, some people also called the Qingming Festival "Tree Planting Day". The custom of tree planting has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees on Qingming Day is said to have originated in the Qingming custom of wearing willows and inserting willows.