What's the date of 202 1 Tomb-Sweeping Day? What's the date of 202 1 Tomb-Sweeping Day?
Tomb-Sweeping Day in 20021year falls on April 4th, and as Sunday coincides with Sunday, the holiday period is from April 3rd, 20021year to April 5th, 20021year, totaling three days. Tomb-Sweeping Day is generally around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, the first15th day after the vernal equinox. Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Walking Festival, Walking Festival, March Festival, ancestor worship festival, etc.
Brief introduction of Tomb-Sweeping Day
Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most solemn ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, and it belongs to a traditional cultural festival of remembering ancestors and being cautious from beginning to end. Tomb-Sweeping Day embodies the national spirit, inherits the sacrificial culture of Chinese civilization, and expresses people's moral feelings of respecting and honoring their ancestors. Sweeping the grave is a "tomb sacrifice", which is called a "time to respect our ancestors". Spring and Autumn Festival has existed since ancient times. Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from ancient ancestral beliefs and spring ceremonies. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. The custom of "tomb sacrifice" has a long history, and Qingming "tomb sacrifice" is the synthesis and sublimation of traditional spring customs. The establishment of the chronology of ancient cadres and branches provided decisive conditions for the formation of festivals. Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture were important factors in the formation of ancestral rituals and customs in Qingming Festival.
The custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day
1, ancestor worship and grave sweeping
Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the four traditional festivals in China, and it is a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Grave sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave. In Han and some ethnic minority areas, according to local customs, people will bring fruits, food, paper money and other things to the cemetery, put sacrifices in front of the cemetery, burn the paper money, add some new soil to the grave, and then kowtow to worship in front of the grave, so that they can pack up their sacrifices and go home.
Step 2 fold the willow to see you off
Willow is a symbol of spring. Willow swaying in the spring breeze always gives people a feeling of prosperity and vitality. Since the Han Dynasty, people have gradually formed the custom of breaking willows to bid farewell, in order to wish each other peace. Because "Liu" and "Liu" are homophonic, they also take the meaning of being reluctant to part with it and keeping it as much as possible. At the same time, relatives and friends who want to leave are like willow branches in other places, which can quickly take root and sprout and live everywhere, and all of them are pinning their good wishes on their relatives and friends.
Step 3 eat green balls
Youth League is a snack in the south of the Yangtze River and the most festive food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is a kind of wormwood that only exists around Tomb-Sweeping Day. Jiaozi is made by mixing fruit juice with glutinous rice flour. Jiaozi was named Qingtuan because it was bright green.
Step 4 swing
Swing is a custom in ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day, China. Swing with branches as a frame, tied with ribbons, and two ropes and pedals can not only improve health, but also cultivate courage. So far, it is deeply loved by people, especially children.
5. Cuju
Cuju means playing football with your feet. In ancient Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was a popular game, which later developed into football.
202 1 traditional festivals
Laba Festival (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month): 202 1 1 Wednesday.
Lunar New Year's Eve (23rd day of the twelfth lunar month): Thursday, February 4th, 20021year.
Off-year (the 24th day of the 12th lunar month): 202 1 Friday, February 5th.
New Year's Eve (December 30th): 202 1 February 1 1 (Thursday)
Spring Festival (the first day of the first month): Friday, 2021February 12.
Lantern Festival (15th day of the first month): 2021February 26th (Friday)
Spring Festival (the second day of the second lunar month): 202 1 March 14 (Sunday)
Tomb-Sweeping Day (solar term in March of the lunar calendar): 202 1 fourth day of April (Sunday).
Dragon Boat Festival (the fifth day of the fifth lunar month): Monday, 2021June 14.
Valentine's Day in China (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month): Saturday, 2021August 14.
Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month): 202 1 (Sunday) August 22nd.
Mid-Autumn Festival (15th day of the eighth lunar month): 202 1 September 2 1 (Tuesday)
Double Ninth Festival (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month): 202 1 10 14 (Thursday)
Cold clothing festival (the first day of the tenth lunar month): 202 1 1 1 5 (Friday)
The first day of the first lunar month (1October15th): 20211/Friday.