When is Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023?

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which originated from ancient ancestor belief and spring worship custom. Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals. Grave-sweeping and ancestor-worship outing are two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day, which have been passed down since ancient times in China.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. Tomb-Sweeping Day's integration of natural solar terms and humanistic customs is a combination of humanistic and natural conditions, which fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of harmony between heaven, earth and people, pays attention to conforming to the right time, place and people, and follows the laws of nature.

Matters needing attention in Qingming grave sweeping

1, spring is dry and windy, and dead leaves are scattered in the forest. A single spark can start a prairie fire. The general public should do a good job in civilized sacrifices, and do not use open flames, smoke, throw cigarette butts and set off fireworks and firecrackers when sweeping graves in mountainous areas or forest areas.

2. When driving to the cemetery to sweep the grave, it is forbidden to park vehicles to occupy or block the safety exits, evacuation passages and fire truck passages, and it is necessary to ensure that these emergency passages are unblocked.

3. It is forbidden to burn incense and paper on the lawn, beside gas pipelines, under high-voltage lines and near cars to prevent gas leakage or methane ignition from causing deflagration.

4. In the process of sweeping the grave, parents should always pay attention to the child's movements to prevent the child from igniting or contacting the fire source without authorization, causing accidents.

5. In case of sudden fire, keep calm and call 1 19 in time. When you escape, don't blindly follow the crowd, find the direction of fire and flame burning, then escape against the wind, run out of the fire encirclement decisively against the wind, and don't escape with the wind.