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Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Youth Day, is it right or wrong?

Is Tomb-Sweeping Day also called Youth Day?

The answer is yes, this nickname has existed since ancient times. Because spring outing, also known as spring outing, generally refers to walking and playing in the suburbs in early spring. In ancient times, Tomb-Sweeping Day was used as an outing festival. However, the dates of the outing festival vary from place to place, including the eighth day of the first month, the second day of February or the third day of March. Later, most of them traveled in Tomb-Sweeping Day. At this time, they can not only go to the grave to worship their ancestors, but also take this opportunity to go out and enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature.

What other activities are there?

Cockfighting was very popular among the ancient people, and later the court also held such activities. There are also cuju activities in the north, similar to football matches. It was still very popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it was relatively rare later. Ordinary people also like to play on swings, tug-of-war and other entertainment projects, which can be seen in many records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Besides, flying kites was popular before and today. Flying kites in this festival also means flying new hopes.

How to calculate the date of this solar term

Generally speaking, the solar terms in China in the lunar calendar are usually set by determining that the first month is the solar term and the middle of the month is the neutral atmosphere. The interval between two solar terms is 15 days, which is the only basis for people to calculate. Solar term song is also the necessary knowledge for ordinary people to master solar terms. A slightly more complicated calculation is to get used to the winter solstice of last year (when the sun is the least in a year), that is, cold food after 105 and Qingming after 106. It's much simpler according to the solar calendar. April 5 or 4 (depending on February 29 of that year) will do. Astronomically speaking, when the apparent sun (that is, the position of the sun on the ecliptic) reaches 15 degrees on April 4-6, it depends on the year.