When will Tomb-Sweeping Day begin in 2020? Is Tomb-Sweeping Day an auspicious day?
Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2020: Saturday, April 4, 2020, 15:37: 16 (March of the Year of the Rat 12, 9 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2020).
In Tomb-Sweeping Day, in the Gregorian calendar on 04-06, the activities to sweep the Qing Dynasty are usually from the first 10 day to the last 10 day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and in some places, the grave sweeping activities last for one month. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the eight important festivals in China.
As a festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from pure solar terms. Solar terms are signs of phenological changes and seasonal order, while festivals contain spiritual beliefs and customs.
Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important carrier of inheriting faith and family ethics. Qingming Festival is a cultural expression and an important way to thank ancestors and get close to human feelings.
The custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day has become a fixed etiquette and custom theme.
Is Tomb-Sweeping Day an auspicious day?
Lunar calendar: March 2020 12.
Gregorian calendar: April 4, 2020, Saturday, Aries.
= = = = Suitable for today (no red yarn for daily use) = = = =
Get married, get rich, sleep in bed, get married, get married, get married, and seek an heir.
Remove the column, plant the beam on the column, and go to school for a funeral.
Coupon travel
= = = = Today's taboo (don't use red yarn everyday) = = = =
Build a house, repair a grave, bury it, move into a house, and sacrifice in Cary.
Pray for blessings, build bridges, build dikes, open warehouses, and move funeral homes.
Break ground, start drilling wells, collect livestock, row boats, collect mines, and release water to break ground.
Open the money market
Summary: According to the contents of the above yellow calendar, today belongs to (don't use red gauze for big events), so Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2020 will not be an auspicious day!
About planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day
Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring was bright and the spring rain was falling, and the survival rate of planted seedlings was high and the growth was fast. So there is a habit of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and some people call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day.
The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees in Tomb-Sweeping Day is said to have originated from the custom of crossing willows and inserting willows in Qingming Festival. There are three legends about Tomb-Sweeping Day.
The first legend is said to commemorate Shennong, the founder of agriculture, and later developed into the meaning of praying for longevity.
The second legend is related to meson push. According to legend, when Jin Wengong led his ministers up the mountain to pay homage to Jietui, he found that the old willow tree on which Jietui once lived came back from the dead and was given the name Qingming Willow.
The third legend is that Emperor Taizong gave the minister a willow circle as a blessing to drive away the epidemic.