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As a solar term and a festival, is Qingming the same day? Why the same day? What is the reason?

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China. According to the solar calendar, every year between April 4th and 6th. The ancients attached great importance to this solar term. As a solar term, Qingming is in most parts of China. The winter with withered trees has passed, the weather is fine, the flowers are long, and the willow is green, so it is called Qingming.

The General Office of the State Council issued the holiday arrangement for 20 1 1 Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the holiday arrangement for Tomb-Sweeping Day on April 3-5 was ***3 days. Go to work on April 2 (Saturday).

So even if it is not the same day, there are two days, April 4 and 5, when solar terms and festivals coincide.