Why has Qingming Festival become a statutory folk holiday?

Qingming Festival has become a legal holiday for the following reasons:

1. Statutory Qingming holidays are used to sweep the tombs and worship the ancestors, to remember the ancestors, to thank the ancestors for their achievements, to drink water and think of the source, and to promote filial piety.

2. The statutory Qingming holiday is used for family reunions, friend reunions, classmates and colleagues gatherings and outings, so as to enhance the closeness and friendship between the banquet members of the society.

<>1. For Chinese, the Qingming sacrifice to the ancestors is also a part of the national culture. Although some customs are a bit dross (for example, burning paper money is not good for the environment), this can be replaced by other means, and not carrying traces can be a reason to abandon this part of the culture, and the lofty spiritual significance contained in the Qingming customs and habits has long-term historical significance for promoting our nation's self-improvement, justice, and hard work.

2. The Qingming Festival is set as a statutory holiday, the significance of which is not only that people have one more day off, or that it is advantageous to argue and carry out sacrificial activities for people, but most importantly, it is conducive to the inheritance of this part of the national culture, and through this festival, maintain a spirit, that is, the traditional essence of the Chinese nation.

1. Qingming Festival is a statutory holiday. Chinese statutory holidays are: New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day.

Statutory holidays generally refer to the rest time for celebrations and vacations uniformly stipulated by national laws in accordance with the customs and habits of various countries and ethnic groups or the requirements of commemoration.

2. Statutory holidays generally refer to the rest time for celebrations and vacations uniformly stipulated by national laws according to the customs and commemorative requirements of various countries and nationalities. The statutory holiday system is an important reflection of the country's political, economic and cultural systems, involving many aspects of the economy and society, and involving the vital interests of the broad masses of the people.

3. The vacation arrangement of statutory holidays provides time convenience for residents to travel, shop and leisure, and makes a positive contribution to stimulating domestic demand and promoting economic growth. [1] On August 2, 2019, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) issued the Standards for Statutory New Year's Holidays and Other Leave, which clarified the standards for five types of leave: rest days, statutory annual holidays, annual leave, family visit leave, and marriage and funeral leave. Among them, the current statutory annual holiday standard is 11 days.

The holiday for all citizens is a one-day holiday for the New Year; 3 days off for the Spring Festival; 1 day off for the Qingming Group Disturbance Festival; 1 day off on Labor Day; Dragon Boat Festival holiday for 1 day; 1 day holiday for Mid-Autumn Festival; There is a 3-day holiday on the National Day. Home visit leave for unmarried employees once a year, 20 days of leave; Married employees have 20 days of leave once every 4 years.

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Qingming is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation, which is not only a solemn festival of sweeping tombs and worshipping ancestors, but also a joyful festival for people to get close to their old traces, go out to play, and enjoy the fun of spring. The Qingming solar term is generally on the 15th day after the spring equinox before April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. At this time, the vitality is vigorous, the yin qi is declining, all things are "spitting out the old and absorbing the new", and the state presents the image of spring and scenery, which is a good time for the suburbs to go on a youth tour and perform the tomb sacrifice.

The Qingming Ancestor Festival is very long, there are two sayings before and 8 days before and 10 days before and 10 days after, which are all during the Qingming Ancestor Festival in the past 20 days.