1. Tomb-Sweeping Day belongs to intangible cultural heritage.
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It is the turn of mid-spring and late spring, and everything is born. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from ancient ancestral beliefs and customs of worshipping spring, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. Traditional festivals are an important part of protecting national cultural heritage. Tomb-Sweeping Day is not an ordinary festival. As early as 2006, China listed it as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.
Second, Qingming is both a festival and a solar term.
China has 24 solar terms. But in all solar terms, only Tomb-Sweeping Day belongs to both festivals and solar terms. As a solar term, Tomb-Sweeping Day is not a fixed day, but a general scope. Generally speaking, Qingming comes from the winter to the day after 108, around April 5. As a festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is fixed on April 5th every year.
Astronomical science experts pointed out that all the "Qingming" in 2 1 century 100 was either on April 4th or on April 5th, among which * * * appeared 69 times on the 4th and * * * appeared 3 1 time on the 5th.
Third, the Qingming custom not only has grave-sweeping sacrifices, but also swings.
This is the custom of ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. Swing, that is, lift the rope, move. It has a very long history. It was originally called Qian Qiu, but later it was changed into a swing to avoid taboos. In ancient times, swings were made of branches and tied with ribbons. Later, it gradually developed into two ropes, a pedal swing.
Fourth, Tomb-Sweeping Day is suitable for flying kites.
Flying kites is also a popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Someone used to put kites in the blue sky, then cut the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth.
Tomb-Sweeping Day can go for an outing with his family.
Hiking is also called spring outing. It was called Tanchun and Xunchun in ancient times. March is clear, spring returns to the earth, and nature is full of vitality everywhere, which is a good time to go for an outing. Our people have kept the habit of walking in Tomb-Sweeping Day for a long time.
Sixth, Qingming is very suitable for health.
During the Qingming period, because of the continuous rain and humid climate, it is easy for diseases to invade the human body and cause diseases. Therefore, it is necessary to preserve health in Tomb-Sweeping Day.