According to the query results of the perpetual calendar, April 5th of 20 18 is in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and February 20th of the lunar calendar.
There are many traditional festivals in China, some of which have gradually faded out of people's sight with the passage of time, but many festivals still greatly affect our lives. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important traditional festival in China and one of the eight important festivals, which usually falls on April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. But the festival is very long, and there are two sayings: eight days before ten days, and ten days after ten days. These nearly twenty days are festivals in Tomb-Sweeping Day. As the fifth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, Qingming represents the official start of the Ji Chun season.
The traditional custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day is to sweep the graves for the whole family, to pay homage to their ancestors and to sweep the graves in front of them. This custom originated in China a long time ago. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, people attached great importance to tombs. By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial edict regarded cold food as one of the five rites at that time, so sweeping graves became an important social custom when Tomb-Sweeping Day arrived.
In addition, in the spring when it is still cold, it is traditionally forbidden to make a fire to eat cold food, for fear that some old, weak women and children can't stand the cold. In order to prevent cold food and cold food from harming their health, with the development of time, people gradually agree to go for an outing, go on a swing, play football, play polo, insert willows, tug-of-war and have a chicken fight during Tomb-Sweeping Day, so that everyone can come out to bask in the sun, exercise their bones and muscles and increase their resistance.
In fact, Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only a festival to remember ancestors, but also has other contents. During my stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, one was to visit the grave and worship the ancestors, and the other was to go hiking. It can be seen that in addition to worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves, Tomb-Sweeping Day also has various outdoor fitness activities, which makes this festival not only have sentimental feelings of pursuing the future with caution, but also incorporate the atmosphere of enjoying spring with joy; There are both sad and sour tears in Where Are You Going, and vivid and bright scenes everywhere. This is really a very special festival.