Will the Qingming Festival last for three days or one day in 2023?
In 2023, Tomb-Sweeping Day will only have a holiday 1 day, that is, April 5th, and there will be no holiday. There is only one legal holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day that day. The reason why I put it for three days is because it is next to or occupied by weekends, so I have to transfer to three days of classes. In 2023, Tomb-Sweeping Day is on Wednesday, April 5th, which is not next to or occupied by weekends, so there is only one day off on April 5th.
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 outing are the two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette and customs, and these two traditional themes have been passed down from ancient times to the present in China.
The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day
Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi, and the festival time is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, life is full of vitality, everything is "old and new", and the earth presents a scene of spring, tranquility and peace, which is a good time for the suburbs to go to the spring and celebrate the ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship is very long, 8 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day 10 and 8 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day 10. These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.
Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival, and it is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to pay homage to 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.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day