What is the spiritual significance behind Tomb-Sweeping Day?

First, respect the ancestors and pursue the future with caution; The second is outing and getting close to nature.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most solemn festival for ancestor worship of the Chinese nation, and it belongs to a traditional cultural festival for ancestor worship. Tomb-Sweeping Day embodies the national spirit, inherits the sacrificial culture of Chinese civilization, and expresses people's moral feelings of respecting and honoring their ancestors.

Tomb-Sweeping Day not only has the theme of sweeping, remembering and remembering, but also has the theme of taking an outing and enjoying the body and mind. The traditional concept of "harmony between man and nature" has been vividly reflected in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has integrated the customs of the Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival in Tang and Song Dynasties, and integrated various folk customs, which has extremely rich cultural connotations.

Customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day:

1, outing

Spring outing generally refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. During my stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, I went to nature to enjoy and appreciate the spring scenery, and went hiking in the suburbs. This kind of outing is also called spring outing. In ancient times, it was called spring exploration. It means stepping on the grass, playing in the country and watching the scenery in spring.

This seasonal folk activity, outing, has a long history in China, and its source is the ancient Spring Festival custom of farming sacrifice. This Spring Festival custom of farming sacrifice has a far-reaching influence on later generations.

Step 2 insert willow

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the time when willows sprout and smoke is green. There are folk customs of folding willow, piercing willow and inserting willow. When people go out for an outing, they break off some wicker branches, which can be played with in their hands, woven into hats and worn on their heads, or taken home and inserted on the lintels and eaves. It is said that the custom of inserting willow is related to avoiding epidemic. The Tang people thought that wearing willow branches when offering sacrifices by the river could drive away the harm of poisonous insects.

After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, people often planted willows in front of their homes to avoid pests. This is because the climate gets warmer in spring, and all kinds of germs begin to multiply. In the case of poor medical conditions, people can only hope to avoid epidemics.