Can I travel during the Qingming Festival? What should I pay attention to during the Qingming Festival?

Can I travel during the Qingming Festival? What should I pay attention to during the Qingming Festival?
Introduction: The Qingming Festival is the time when all things come back to life and rape flowers bloom all over the mountains and fields. Many people choose to travel to experience the beauty of spring during the Qingming holiday. So can we travel during the Qingming Festival? What should we pay attention to when traveling during the Qingming Festival? Let’s follow the editor to find out. Mr. Shui Mo will tell you how beautiful every day in the third month of the lunar calendar is, and how touching every day in March is, because the drizzle in March brings you poetic longing.

What is Qingming Festival?

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.

Is it good to travel during the Qingming Festival? What should you pay attention to when traveling during the Qingming Festival?

An important activity during the Qingming Festival is outing. There is nothing wrong with feeling the beauty of nature when spring comes and flowers bloom. However, it is especially important not to go to mountains where many people are paying homage to their ancestors! Don't say anything unlucky, and don't say anything disrespectful to the deceased. Be cautious when doing things at night. Therefore, taking a vacation during the Qingming Festival and traveling cannot be considered as an insult to our ancestors.
Summary: Through the above article, we know some things that we need to pay attention to when traveling during the Qingming Festival. I hope it can be helpful to everyone. I also hope that everyone has a pleasant journey and smooth sailing!

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