What is the background of Tomb-Sweeping Day's activities?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival for China people to remember their ancestors and pay homage to martyrs. For thousands of years, in this solar term of "fresh air and beautiful scenery", people have carried out the activity of "offering sacrifices with rites" to express their respect for their deceased relatives, ancestors and heroes who died for their country.

This sacred life exchange ceremony handed down from generation to generation constitutes an important driving force for people to survive tenaciously and pursue happiness, and is a new organic composition of Chinese civilization. Remembering the martyrs and paying homage to the ancestors' grave-sweeping, as a concrete manifestation of the Chinese nation's filial piety, is also one of the important festivals for Chinese people all over the world.

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom

1, sweeping the grave

Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is called "thinking about respecting time" for ancestors, and its custom has a long history. Tomb-Sweeping Day belongs to "ancestor worship festival", which is an important festival to express filial piety. According to the different places of worship, it can also be divided into tomb sacrifice and ancestral temple sacrifice. Tomb-Sweeping Day usually goes to the grave in the morning, and he will bring wine, food and fruit and burn paper money in front of the grave. Cultivate new soil for the grave and kowtow.

Step 2 go for an outing

Also known as spring outing, it was called exploring spring and seeking spring in ancient times. In April, Wan Li is clear, and spring returns to the earth. Nature is full of vitality everywhere, which is a good time for an outing. Therefore, China folks have long maintained the habit of Tomb-Sweeping Day's outing.

Step 3 plant trees

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring was bright and the spring rain was falling, and the survival rate of planted seedlings was high and the growth was fast. Therefore, China has the habit of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day since ancient times, and some people even call Tomb-Sweeping Day "Arbor Day", and the custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day.