How is the time of Qingming Festival set 10

Qingming Festival is held on April 4th or April 5th or April 6th every year.

Qingming is the fifth of the 24 solar terms. Qingming Festival, together with the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, is known as the four traditional festivals in China. Qingming Festival has 1 statutory holiday.

The Qingming solar term generally varies between April 4 and 6 of the Gregorian calendar, and is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5 is the most common.

It is also known as the Qingqing Festival, the Xingqing Festival, the March Festival, the Ancestor Festival, etc., and the festival period is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. The Qingming Festival originated from the ancestral beliefs and spring rites of early human beings, and is the most grand ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation. Qingming Festival has both natural and humanistic connotations, is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival, tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outing are the two major ritual themes of the Qingming Festival, these two traditional ritual themes have been inherited in China since ancient times, and they have not stopped until now.

Qingming this solar term, vigorous and vigorous, all things "spit out the old and accept the new", the earth presents the image of spring and Jingming, it is a good season for the suburbs to step on the youth tour and travel the chain to clear the tomb sacrifice. The Qingming ancestor festival period is very long, there are 10 days before the Qingming Festival and 8 days after the Qingming Festival and 10 days before and after the Qingming Festival (the turn of mid-spring and late spring), which are all during the Qingming Ancestor Festival in the past 20 days.

Qingming Festival customs:

1. Outing: The Chinese nation has quietly called for the custom of going out to the Qingming Festival since ancient times. Qingming Festival at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, spring has been strong, and all things are full of vitality.

At this time, sweeping the tomb to worship the ancestors and going on an outing are traditional customs that have been passed down since ancient times. This kind of seasonal folk activity has a long history of enlightenment in China, and its source is the ancient spring custom of agricultural sacrifice, which has a far-reaching impact on later generations.

2. Tree planting: Before and after the Qingming Festival, the spring sun is shining, the spring rain is flying, and the survival rate of planted saplings is high and the growth is fast. Therefore, there is the habit of planting trees during the Qingming Festival, and some people also call the Qingming Festival "Arbor Day".

The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. The custom of planting trees on the Qingming Festival is said to have originated from the custom of wearing willows and planting willows during the Qingming Festival.

This year's Qingming Festival is April 5, 2023.

2023 Qingming Festival time: April 5, Wednesday, the 15th day of the second lunar leap month. Qingming Festival 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 nature, go out to play, and enjoy the fun of spring.

At this time, the vitality is vigorous, all things "spit out the old and accept the new", and the earth presents the image of spring and scenery, which is a good season 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. Qingming Festival, also known as the Qingqing Festival, Xingqing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Festival, etc., the festival period is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.

The Qingming Festival originates from the ancestral beliefs and spring sacrifice customs of ancient times, and is the most grand ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation. The Qingming Festival has both the natural and humanistic connotations, which is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival, and the tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outing are the two major ritual themes of the Qingming Festival, which have been inherited in China since ancient times. Qingming Festival Activities:

1. Outing: Outing is also called spring outing, in ancient times it was called exploring spring, looking for spring, etc., during the Qingming Dynasty it is the spring breeze and spring season, when all things sprout, the natural world Boshan everywhere presents a vibrant scene, so at this time it has long become a custom to go out. 2. Sweep the tomb and worship the ancestors:

Qingming Festival is the most grand and grand ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, which belongs to a kind of cultural traditional festival that respects ancestors and chases the distance carefully. 3. Willow insertion: Qingming Festival is the time in the base core of willow germination and greening, so the folk have the custom of folding willow, wearing willow and inserting willow on Qingming Festival.

4. Kite flying: There is also the custom of kite flying during the Qingming Festival, and people not only fly it during the day, but also at night.

The date of the Qingming Festival is set according to the sun's yellow longitude.

The 24 solar terms are divided according to the position of the sun on the ecliptic, which is the Earth's orbit around the sun. Regard the sun from the vernal equinox, that is, the ecliptic longitude of zero degrees, at this moment the sun is perpendicular to the equator, and every 15 degrees is a solar term; It runs for a week and returns to the vernal equinox, which is a return year, which is 360 degrees, so it is divided into 24 solar terms. Generally, after 108 days of the winter solstice of the previous year, Qingming begins, and when the sun reaches 15 degrees of yellow longitude, Qingming begins.

Qingming is the fifth solar term in the 24 solar terms, so the solar term after Qingming is the sixth solar term Guyu. Guyu is the sixth solar term of the 24 solar terms, and it is Guyu when the sun reaches 30 ° of ecliptic longitude from April 19 to 21 every year. At the same time, it is also the best season for sowing seedlings and transplanting seedlings and beans.

Food customs of Qingming Festival:

In addition to various folk customs such as tomb sweeping and ancestor worship and outings, some foods and drinks during the Qingming Festival are also quite distinctive. In some places, there is the custom of eating "descendant swallows", that is, when worshipping ancestors, a lot of small steamed buns are steamed, made into the shape of swallows, and distributed to children after the sacrifice ceremony, with the meaning of welcoming spring.

In ancient times, people would also eat eggs, which is very similar to Easter in the West, and eggs also mean a form of life. Some places in the south will also eat "Qingtuan", that is, the juice of wormwood or other edible grass is mixed with glutinous rice in a ruined matter, steamed and cooked, and the Qingtuan tastes delicious and the aroma is tangy.

In addition to the above diet, "drinking porridge" is also one of the folk customs of the Qingming Festival, in order to adapt to the characteristics of spring growth, people will add leeks, bean sprouts and other foods on this day.