Is Qingming Festival a solar term? What are the taboos during Qingming Festival in 2019?

Introduction: I believe many people know that Qingming Festival is an important festival for ancestor worship, but in fact, Qingming Festival has other identities. So is Qingming Festival a solar term? What are the taboos during Qingming Festival in 2019? Shuimoxiansheng.com provides you with more content related to the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019. Everyone is welcome to learn about it together!

Is Qingming Festival a solar term?

Qingming Festival is a solar term, one of the 24 solar terms in traditional culture!
Among the 24 solar terms, only Qingming Festival and Winter Solstice Festival are both solar terms and festivals!
The name of Qingming Festival is related to the characteristics of the weather at this time. The Huainanzi Tianwenxun from the Western Han Dynasty said: "Fifteen days after the Spring Equinox, when the Big Dipper points to Yi, the Qingming wind arrives."
"Qingming wind" means refreshing and clear wind. "A Hundred Questions on Sui Shi" says, "All things grow at this time, and they are all clean and bright. That's why it's called Qingming."
Although Qingming as a festival was not formed until the Tang Dynasty, the Qingming solar term as a symbol of time had long been recognized by the ancients, and there were clear records of it in the Han Dynasty.

Analysis of the Qingming solar term and Qingming Festival

The 24 solar terms are climate laws summed up by ancient Chinese astronomers and people in their life and production practices. They reflect the changes in temperature, phenology, rainfall and other aspects throughout the year in a relatively appropriate manner, and have indispensable guiding significance for people to arrange farming, sericulture and other activities on time. During Qingming Festival, the temperature rises and rainfall increases, which is a good time for spring ploughing and planting. Therefore, Qingming is an important solar term for ancient agricultural production. Farmers’ proverbs say “Plant melons and beans around the Qingming Festival” and “The best time to plant trees is during the Qingming Festival”, which are exactly what they mean. It is recorded in "Monthly Orders for Four Classes of People" by Cui Shi of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "On the Qingming Festival, the silkworm concubine is ordered to prepare the silkworm room..." This means that preparations for silkworm breeding begin at this time. Among them, the "Qingming Festival" is just a solar term, not a festival.
In addition, Qingming Festival falls in early spring in March, when the weather is bright, everything is reviving, the climate is pleasant and full of vitality. It is a good time for spring outings and entertainment in the suburbs. Therefore, the period around Qingming Festival naturally becomes a good time for people to go outdoors and play in the suburbs.
Although the Qingming Festival we are talking about in this article mainly refers to the festival rather than the solar term, the Qingming solar term provides important conditions for the formation of Qingming festival customs in terms of time and weather characteristics. This solar term should be regarded as one of the origins of Qingming Festival.

What are the taboos during Qingming Festival in 2019?

Taboos during Qingming Festival: Avoid weddings and other festive occasions
Ancient people attached great importance to weddings and funerals. They believed that weddings and other happy events must be auspicious and must bring good omens. During the Qingming Festival, every family visits the graves to pay homage to their ancestors; children who live far away from home also burn paper money for their ancestors at the roadside. People's faces are mostly filled with sadness and longing. Such an atmosphere is not suitable for holding weddings or other happy events.
Taboos during Qingming Festival: Do not set off fireworks
Qingming Festival is also known as Cold Food Festival. According to legend, it was first ordered by Duke Wen of Jin to be designated as Cold Food Festival in memory of Jie Zitui, who was kind to him but was burned to death due to his wrong decision. He also notified the whole country that fireworks were prohibited on this day every year and only meals prepared in advance could be eaten. As times change, the ban on fireworks has been abolished. However, out of respect for the righteous hero Jie Zitui, people still continued the custom of the Cold Food Festival. They usually prepare food before Qingming Festival and try to avoid eating and drinking lavishly on Qingming Festival.
Taboos during Qingming Festival: Do not celebrate birthdays
When the melon is ripe, it will fall off. The birth of new life will not be affected by whether the day is good or bad, or whether it is a festival or not. However, people born on Qingming Festival generally do not celebrate their birthdays on this day. Instead, they will advance or postpone their birthdays to avoid the Qingming period.
Taboos during Qingming Festival: Large-scale washing is not recommended
According to the old customs, the souls of the deceased can only come out to wash and dry clothes and bedding during the Qingming Festival, when all things come back to life. Therefore, there are dead souls washing and drying clothes by the river, stream, well, and spring. Therefore, the living people should give the deceased opportunities and space, and do not compete with them for space and water. Let them wash themselves properly.

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