Who is not suitable for tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival? Can pregnant women and children sweep tombs?

Who is not suitable for tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival? Can pregnant women and children sweep tombs?
Introduction: It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, but it is the time when people go out to sweep tombs and pay homage to their ancestors. So who is not suitable for tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival? Can pregnant women and children do tomb-sweeping? 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.

When is Qingming Festival in 2017?

April 4, 2017 is Tuesday, the eighth day of the third lunar month. Tomb-Sweeping Day, 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.

Can pregnant women and children participate in tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival?

Generally speaking, elderly people with limited mobility, people with serious illnesses, pregnant women, and children under three years old are not suitable to go to the cemetery to pay respects. This is mainly because the cemetery is often on the mountain, and people with poor health are not able to move around. In addition, during the Qingming Festival, the yang energy is often insufficient, and pregnant women and children are more susceptible to the evil energy in the cemetery. Therefore, for these reasons, it is generally not recommended for the above groups of people to go to pay respects in person.
Summary: Through the above article, we know the time of Qingming Festival in 2017 and the suggestions for people who are not suitable for tomb sweeping. I hope it can be helpful to everyone, and I also hope that everyone will like the above article!

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