When is Qingming Festival in 2017? When is the best time to visit graves during Qingming Festival?
Introduction: Speaking of Qingming Festival, I believe many friends will think of this as the day to sweep tombs and worship ancestors. So when is the Qingming Festival in 2017? When is the best time to visit graves during Qingming Festival? Let’s follow the editor to find out. March is such a beautiful month. The blooming peach blossoms really give people a sense of the love of three lives and three worlds. Mr. Shui Mo interprets every day of March in the lunar calendar.When is the Qingming Festival in 2017?From the calendar we can clearly see that the Qingming solar term in 2017 is Tuesday, April 4th. Lunar calendar: Dingyou year, Jiachen month, Xinyou day (March 8th).Qingming Festival, also known as the outing festival, is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is the 108th day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional Chinese festival and one of the most important festivals for worshipping ancestors. It is a day for worshipping ancestors and sweeping tombs. The traditional Qingming Festival of the Chinese nation began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Qingming was originally just the name of a solar term. It became a festival to commemorate ancestors and was related to the Cold Food Festival. Duke Wen of Jin designated the day after Cold Food Festival as Qingming Festival. In most areas of Shanxi, the Cold Food Festival is celebrated the day before Qingming Festival; in Yushe County and other places, the Cold Food Festival is celebrated two days before Qingming Festival; Yanqu County also celebrates the day before Qingming Festival as Cold Food Festival, and the two days before as Minor Cold Food Festival. Qingming Festival is one of China's important "Eight Annual Festivals". It is usually around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar. The festival period is very long. There are two sayings: 8 days before and 10 days after the 10th day of the 10th day, and 10 days before and 10 days after the 10th day of the 10th day. These nearly 20 days are all Qingming Festival. Qingming Festival originally refers to the fifteenth day after the spring equinox. In 1935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5 as a national holiday Qingming Festival, also known as the National Tomb-Sweeping Festival. The most suitable time for tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival in 2017:Try to do tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival in advance. There was a folk saying in the past that "early Qingming Festival, late 11th Festival". The earlier you pay homage to your ancestors on Qingming Festival, the better. It can be done a week or two before Qingming Festival. Don't rush to the day of Qingming Festival. In addition, it is best to choose to sweep the tombs between 7 am and 3 pm. This is the time when the yang energy is rising on this day, and it is the best time for us to pay homage to our ancestors. Because after 3 o'clock in the afternoon the yang energy has gradually subsided and the yin energy has gradually increased. If you are unlucky or weak during this time period, it is easy to attract evil spirits to haunt you and cause harm to you.The Origin of Tomb Sweeping on Qingming FestivalQingming Festival is a traditional festival for ancestor worship, and the main activity is tomb sweeping. The origin of Qingming Festival is said to be from the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals. Later, it was imitated by the public and people worshipped their ancestors and swept tombs on this day. It has been passed down from generation to generation and become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. There are two theories about the origin of the Cold Food Festival tomb sweeping in folk legends. It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang ruled Shu and was deeply loved by the people. However, after his death, the imperial court did not build a temple for him, so the people worshiped him on the fields and roads during the Cold Food Festival. Later, the imperial court reflected on its inappropriate measures and formally added Zhuge Liang to the ancestor (Liu Bei) temple. However, the custom of outdoor sacrifices on Cold Food Festival had already been formed and evolved into everyone sweeping the graves of their ancestors. Another theory claims that the custom of tomb-sweeping on Cold Food Festival was formed at the same time as the Cold Food Festival in the Spring and Autumn Period, both of which were formed to commemorate the hermit Jie Zitui. Others believe that the custom of tomb sweeping on Cold Food Day originated from the ancient custom of offering sacrifices to Gaomei during the Spring Equinox. Gao Mei is Gaomu. In the primitive society where people only recognized their mothers but not their fathers, Gaomu was the ancestor. Offering sacrifices to Gaomei means offering sacrifices to ancestors. The original festival of Cold Food Festival was in the second half of February, which coincided with the time for worshipping Gaomei in ancient times. Therefore, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang established Cold Food Festival as a festival to worship ancestors. In later generations, the Cold Food Festival was shortened to the last three or two days, or directly combined with the Qingming Festival, so tomb sweeping on the Cold Food Festival became tomb sweeping on the Qingming Festival.Summary: Through the above article, we know the most suitable time for tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival and the origin of tomb sweeping. I hope it can be helpful to everyone, and I also hope that you will like the above article! |
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