● Qingming Festival
The Qingming Festival, also known as the Qing Qing Festival, the March Festival, and the Ancestral Festival, falls at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Qingming Festival originates from the ancestral beliefs and spring rituals of ancient times, and has both natural and humanistic connotations, being both a natural festival and a traditional festival. The two main ritual themes of Qingming Festival are tomb sweeping and ancestral worship, as well as the greening and excursions, which have been passed down in China since ancient times.
Qingming Festival is an ancient festival of the Chinese people, a solemn festival of tomb sweeping and ancestor worship, but also a joyful festival for people to get close to nature and enjoy the fun of spring. The Qingming Festival is celebrated at 15° of the solar ecliptic, and is celebrated around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. At this time of year, the vitality is strong, the Yin recession, all things "exhale the old and take in the new", the earth presents the image of spring and Jingming, it is a good time to go to the countryside for spring excursions and the line of Qing tomb festival. The Qingming ancestor festival period is very long, there are 10 days before and 8 days after and 10 days before and 10 days after, these nearly 20 days are within the Qingming ancestor festival period, if there is an epidemic, can also choose a day or in other forms.
Qingming Festival is a major traditional spring festival, and it is a fine tradition of the Chinese people since ancient times to sweep the tomb and pay respects to the ancestors, which not only helps to promote filial piety and affection and awaken the common family memory, but also promotes the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. Qingming Festival integrates natural festivals and humanistic customs into one, which is the unity of heaven, earth, and man, fully reflecting the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth, and man" and the idea of following the laws of nature in accordance with heaven and earth.