What time is it in Tomb-Sweeping Day?
The day after the vernal equinox 15 is Tomb-Sweeping Day, also called "Walking Festival". The traditional festival in China is also one of the most important sacrificial festivals, and it is a day to worship ancestors and sweep graves.
The weather in Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, that is, the first15th day after the vernal equinox. Tomb-Sweeping Day period is very long, 8 days before 10 and 10 days before 10. These nearly 20 days belong to the Tomb-Sweeping Day period. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. From 65438 to 0935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5th as a national statutory holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.
Tomb-Sweeping Day is the biggest ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which belongs to a traditional cultural festival of remembering ancestors, pursuing the future cautiously, and promoting filial piety. Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from the ancient Spring Festival. 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 belief of "worshipping the heavens and offering sacrifices to ancestors" has continued since ancient times, and the custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors has become a fixed custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day.