What does Tomb-Sweeping Day draw?
1. Mourning for the deceased relatives: You can draw a picture to express your thoughts and feelings for the deceased relatives. You can draw something that symbolizes the past, such as white doves, foggy Woods, or some symbolic objects, such as incense sticks and flowers.
2. Grave-sweeping martyrs: You can draw a picture to express your reverence and memory for the martyrs. You can draw some scenes of martyrs' deeds, such as heroic soldiers on the battlefield and monuments in martyrs' cemeteries.
Spring scenery: Tomb-Sweeping Day is in spring, so you can draw some spring scenery, such as dancing butterflies, elegant willows and blooming peach blossoms, to express the theme of rebirth and hope.
4. Realistic cemetery: Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important day to visit graves and worship ancestors. Can draw a realistic cemetery scene, showing the scene and atmosphere of people sweeping graves to worship their ancestors.
The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day:
Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important traditional festivals in China and one of the 24 solar terms. Generally, it is around April 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar, that is,15th or16th after the vernal equinox.
Tomb-Sweeping Day was originally a day for ancient emperors to worship their ancestors, and later it gradually evolved into a folk festival to worship their ancestors. On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people will visit graves, pay homage to ancestors, martyrs and heroes, comfort God, pray for blessings and express their thoughts for their deceased relatives. In addition, people will carry out some traditional activities around Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as hiking, swinging and kicking shuttlecock.
Tomb-Sweeping Day has a profound historical and cultural heritage. It not only commemorates and cherishes the dead, but also carries people's beautiful yearning for life and the future. In modern society, despite great changes in people's lifestyles and ways, Tomb-Sweeping Day still retains important cultural and spiritual values.