The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration.
The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.
This is the most important day of sacrifice. Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the diseased. Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.
The Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival. As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.
On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices. Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed. The customs have been greatly simplified today. After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.
In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.
People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and therefore, are called "god's lanterns."
The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.
清明節(純亮度)節日是24節氣之一分裂點在中國,每年4月4 - 6日左右的下降。節日後,溫度將上升和降雨量增加。它是春天耕作和播種的時候。但清明節不僅是一種季節性的一點指導農場工作,這是一個紀念的節日。
清明節看到悲傷和幸福的結合。
這是最重要的一天犧牲。漢族和少數民族在這個時候為他們的祖先祭祀和掃描病變的墳墓。同時,在這一天他們不會做飯,只有冷的食物。
《(冷的食物)節日通常是清明節前的一天。正如我們的祖先經常擴展到清明節的那一天,後來的總和。
在每一個清明節,所有的墓地都擠滿了人來打掃墳墓和獻祭。交通的墓地非常擠。今天海關已經大大簡化。略掃古墓後,人們提供食物、鮮花和最愛的死,然後燒香,紙幣和牌位前弓。
在悲傷的相反,人也喜歡春天的希望在這一天。清明節是一個時候,太陽明晃晃地照耀著大地,樹木和草變成綠色和自然是又活潑。自古以來,人們都跟著春天郊遊的習俗。這個時候到處都是遊客。
人們喜歡在清明節放風箏。放風箏實際上並不局限於清明節。它的獨特性在於,人們放風箏不是白天,晚上也是。一串串彩色的小燈籠,系在風箏下或風穩拉線,象閃爍的明星,因此,被稱為“上帝的燈籠。”
清明節也是一個時間來植樹,樹苗的成活率高,樹長得很快。在過去,清明節被稱為“植樹節”。但自1979年以來,“植樹節”是根據陽曆3月12日。