What season is Qingming? What season does Qingming belong to?
Qingming is the solar term in spring. The weather is clear and cloudless, and everything is thriving. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "At this time, everything is clean and bright." The Qing Dynasty's "Victory of Emperor Jing in the Year" also said: "At this time, everything grows, pure and clear, hence the name Qingming."
Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth of the 24 solar terms. On April 5 every year, the sun reaches 15 degrees one day earlier or one day later. During the Qingming period, the climate gradually warms up, the glacier tongue melts, and the vegetation is lush. the Spring and Autumn Period
The Book of Yizhou in the Warring States Period records: "On the day of Qingming, you will live forever. In five days. Singing pigeons comb their feathers. On the fifth day, Dai Sheng fell to Sang. " The proverb "The Qingming Snow Rest, the Grain Rain Frost Rest" accurately summarizes the meteorological characteristics of this period.
Twenty-four solar terms have evolved into traditional folk festivals: "Qingming" has a history of more than two thousand years. The difference between solar terms and festivals is that the former simply reflects the change of phenology and the order of seasons, while the latter contains certain customs and activities and certain commemorative significance. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival with ancestor worship and grave sweeping as its main activities. The custom of sweeping graves was formed long before the Qin Dynasty, but the date is uncertain. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been agreed that Tomb-Sweeping Day would pay homage to his ancestors and sweep the graves on the same day. On the Qingming day, it is still drizzling, "selling clothes and wet apricot blossoms"; Or the wind blows, "it won't blow cold." Spring is picturesque and people go outdoors. They not only pay homage to their ancestors, but also express their nostalgia for their ancestors. Go for a spring outing and enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature. On this day, most family members who work in other places will come back in time to form the second family reunion after the Spring Festival.
Tomb-Sweeping Day is divided into three stages. "When the tung tree blooms", lavender flowers are blooming on the tung tree, and a refreshing fragrance is floating in the breeze. "Second-class peony flower". At this time, the peony flowers symbolizing wealth and beauty are in full bloom and colorful. Wei Zi in Yao Huang strives for beauty, especially Luoyang Peony. Luoyang Peony Festival was held locally for tourists to enjoy. After Tomb-Sweeping Day, the rainfall increased, and when the air was humid, the water vapor content in the air was higher after the rain, reflecting seven-color rainbows in the bright sunshine, adding beautiful scenery to the already colorful land.
Qingming proverb
Because Tomb-Sweeping Day is an annual busy spring ploughing season, except for a few proverbs related to meteorological changes, most of them are about farming. However, Qingming proverbs in different regions have certain local cultural differences in content and expression.
In Qingming Grain Rain, mice froze to death.
A rain around Qingming Festival is better than a scholar's T-lift.
Qingming is connected with Grain Rain, so don't delay soaking cultivated land.
Planting melons in Qingming, loading and pulling.
Sorghum was planted in Qingming for ten days.
Sowing in Qingming, five days early is not early, and five days late is not late.
If Tomb-Sweeping Day feeds (fattens), the young plants will grow well.
Sorghum is planted in Qingming, and there is famine in June.
Tomb-Sweeping Day drying willows will support the dog to death.
Clear sky in Wan Li, six animals flourish; Clear rain will damage all the fruits.
February is clear and green, and March is clear and barren.
In March, the seedlings are as clear as grass, and in February, the seedlings are as clear as treasure.
Don't show off in March, show off in February.
Wheat in the four seasons is not afraid of water, and it rains all night on Qingming.
Qingming health
As far as health is concerned, Qingming is also a very important solar term. After Tomb-Sweeping Day, the weather turned warmer, the human circulation accelerated, and the arterial pressure kept rising, which easily injured organs such as blood vessels, brain, heart and kidney. The body is prone to imbalance between yin and yang, and the phenomenon of excess and deficiency occurs.
Keeping in good health in spring is closely related to people's mental factors. Unhappy spirit and excessive anger affect the excretion of liver wood and the conservation of kidney water. Therefore, in order to preserve health in Qingming, we should aim at the pathology of imbalance of yin and yang and the mixture of excess and deficiency, reconcile yin and yang, and strengthen the vital energy.
The humid air in the Qingming Festival is easy to make people feel tired and sleepy, while the cold and hot weather is easy to make people catch a cold and have diseases such as chicken pox and meningitis. In our daily life, we should take more preventive measures.
To learn more about the holiday arrangements in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2020, please click the Qingming holiday arrangements in 2020.
For more information about the holiday schedule for 2020, please go to the Holiday Schedule for 2020 (Official Edition).