What day is the Spring Festival? Does the "she" in "new graves are not buried together" refer to the Spring Festival?

What day is the Spring Festival? Does the "she" in "new graves are not buried together" refer to the Spring Festival?
Introduction: Although the Spring Festival is a relatively unfamiliar festival, it has a long history. So when is the Spring Festival? Does the "new grave but the community" refer to the Spring Festival? Spring is a season of vitality and revival, but the weather changes greatly. Shuimoxiansheng.com has summarized the festivals and solar terms in February of the lunar calendar in 2019. You are welcome to check it out!

When is the Spring Festival?

Thursday, March 7, 2019 (the first day of the second month of the Year of the Pig, one day away from the Spring Festival in the second month of the lunar calendar 2019)
The Spring Festival in February is also known as the Spring Festival, which is a day to worship the land god in spring. It is a traditional Chinese festival. There was no fixed date in ancient times, and the dates chosen in the pre-Qin, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties were different. Since the Song Dynasty, the fifth day after the beginning of spring has been regarded as the community day.
The Spring Festival is in the second month of the lunar calendar. People worship the earth god and pray for a good harvest. They have the custom of drinking Zhonghe wine and Yichun wine, which are said to be able to cure ear diseases. Therefore, people also call it "deaf-curing wine." Li Zai of the Song Dynasty wrote in a poem: "The old man of the community is in a bad mood today, because he lacks a bottle of wine to treat deafness. The Jade Hall is about to be opened for business, and he vaguely patrols the three halls."
The Spring Festival in February is also known as the Zhonghe Festival. According to Guangji, "villagers make Zhonghe wine, offer sacrifices to Gumangzhong, and pray for a good harvest." According to the "Compendium of Ancient and Modern Books·Wine" compiled by Chen Menglei in the Qing Dynasty, "During the Zhonghe Festival, people in the neighborhoods brew wine, which is called Yichun wine."

Does the "she" in "new graves but not community days" refer to the Spring Festival?

Yes, the "new grave but not the community" here refers to the Spring Festival.
The meaning of not sweeping and hanging green scrolls on new graves is that they must be done before the Spring Festival.

Generally, ancestor worship is done during the Qingming Festival in March and the Ghost Festival in July, especially tomb sweeping and hanging green on Qingming Festival. This custom exists in most parts of my country. The purpose is to commemorate the ancestors and offer sacrifices to them.
According to Anqing customs, the Qingming Festival for sweeping new graves must be held before the Spring Festival. Brothers and sisters are divided on this. Spring Festival is the fifth day after the beginning of spring.
Why “new graves cannot be passed through the community”? It is said that people who have just died have no relatives or friends in the underworld, are lonely and powerless. The offerings brought by relatives in the world of the living will always be snatched away by other wild ghosts.
The day before the community festival is the legal reception day of the underworld, when all the offerings sent to the newly deceased can be collected.

How to calculate the exact date of Spring Festival

1. The Spring Festival is the fifth day after the beginning of spring. Therefore, the specific date is calculated from the beginning of spring. The beginning of spring in 2018 is on February 4th, which is the day for inferring the Spring Festival.
2. Another method of calculating the Spring Festival is the second "Wu" day before Qingming Festival (the six days of Wu Zi, Wu Yin, Wu Chen, Wu Wu, Wu Shen and Wu Xu are called Wu days, also known as "Six Wu"). Therefore, the Spring Festival is usually held about ten days before Qingming Festival.

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