The ancient poem gestures of Qingming Festival look forward to the future and remember the old friends.
Qingming Festival, also known as Outing Festival, Qingming Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, etc., takes place at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originated from the ancestral beliefs of early humans and is the most solemn ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation.
The Qingming Festival has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Tomb-sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are the two major customs of the Qingming Festival. These two traditional customs have been in China since ancient times. The inheritance continues to this day.
Dou Zhiyi (or the sun's yellow longitude reaches 15°) is the Qingming solar term. The Qingming solar term generally changes between April 4 and 6 in the Gregorian calendar. It is not fixed on a certain day, but it starts with 4 The 5th of July is the most common.
The Qingming Festival is a solar term that is full of vitality, all things "return to the old and adopt the new", and the earth presents the image of spring and bright scenery. It is a good time for youth tours in the countryside and tomb-clearing ceremonies. The Qingming ancestor worship festival is very long. There are two versions: 10 days before and 8 days before and after Qingming, and 10 days before and after Qingming (the turn of mid-spring and late spring). These nearly 20 days are all within the Qingming ancestor worship festival. ?
Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival. Sweeping tombs, worshiping ancestors, and remembering ancestors are fine traditions of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety and family ties, awakening the memory of family members, but also Promote the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.
The Qingming Festival integrates natural solar terms and humanistic customs. It is the unity of the right time, place and people. It fully embodies the pursuit of the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth and man" by the ancestors of the Chinese nation and their emphasis on compliance. The idea that the time and place are suitable and following the laws of nature.