Tomb-Sweeping Day customs translated into English.
Tomb-Sweeping Day is on April 5th of the Gregorian calendar. It is one of the 24 solar terms. Tomb-Sweeping Day this year is April 4th. Among the 24 solar terms, Qingming is the only one that has both solar terms and festivals. Tomb-Sweeping Day is our traditional festival, and it is also the most important sacrificial festival. According to the old custom, when offering sacrifices (sweeping graves), people should bring food, wine, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food in front of their loved ones' graves, then burn paper money, cover the graves with new soil, break a few new green branches and insert them in front of the graves, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home with wine.
Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 solar terms around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. It is April 4th in Tomb-Sweeping Day this year. Among the 24 solar terms, Qingming is the only solar term that is both a solar term and a festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also the most important festival of sacrifice. According to the old custom, when offering sacrifices (sweeping graves), people should bring food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, break some green branches and insert them in front of the graves, then kowtow and go home after eating the food.