What is the meaning of "three phases" in the twenty-four solar terms (5): Qingming.
It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival, and Tomb-Sweeping Day is also known as the outing festival, the outing festival, the March festival and the ancestor worship festival, which are celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.
The fifth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar marks the official start of the season in Ji Chun. "Qingming" means that the climate is warm, plants sprout and peaches are in full bloom, giving people a feeling of freshness, clarity and prosperity. Qingming is divided into three stages: "When Tung first blooms; Second, voles become owls; The third rainbow is first seen. " The representative flower letter is: "Wait for tung flowers, wait for wheat flowers, wait for willow flowers." Three flowers bloom and spring is full of branches.
One or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day's death, the Cold Food Festival is actually today's "Tomb-Sweeping Day", which is a day to visit graves and worship ancestors. After the Tang Dynasty, Tomb-Sweeping Day was very close to the Cold Food Festival. In view of the fact that both folk cold food and Tomb-Sweeping Day have become a habit, the court stipulated Tomb-Sweeping Day as a formal festival. Although Tomb-Sweeping Day was still a part of the Cold Food Festival at this time, it was gradually mixed with the Cold Food Festival.