Qingming Festival is an important festival among traditional Chinese festivals and one of the traditional ancestor worship festivals. It is usually between April 4 or April 5 of each year, which is the Qingming solar term in the 24 solar terms of the solar calendar, but in fact, the time of the festival is usually three or five days before and after. On this day, people visit tombs and pay homage to their ancestors to express their remembrance and remembrance of the deceased.
Qingming Festival, as early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a tradition of burying ancestors and cleaning tombs, and after thousands of years of precipitation, it has now become a family, society, and even national cultural tradition. On this day, people go to the graves of ancestors or relatives to pay homage to their ancestors, offering flowers, cigarettes, food and other things to their ancestors to express their respect and gratitude to their ancestors.
In addition to paying homage to ancestors, Qingming Festival is also a festival with profound cultural connotations. One of the traditional customs is called "Stepping Qing", which refers to the fact that during the Qingming Festival, people go out to enjoy the spring scenery and feel the beauty of nature. This is also the most suitable season for outdoor activities in spring, with warm weather and pleasant scenery, which is a good time to enjoy the blossoms and scenery.
In southern China, the Qingming Festival also has the traditional event of dragon boat racing, such as in Suzhou and other places, where people will launch dragon boats for races and performances. This is not only a sport, but also a cultural heritage, full of regional characteristics and humanistic feelings.
At the same time, Qingming Festival is also a festival about culture. In various places, people will carry out different cultural activities, such as Peking Opera performances, band performances, folk games, etc., which are an indispensable part of the Qingming Festival.
However, with the development of society and the progress of the times, the traditional ancestor worship customs are also undergoing some changes. For example, in modern society, the elements of socialization are more prominent, and people pay more attention to participation and contribution to the public culture of society, so some traditional customs have been gradually changed and transformed. In addition, in the process of urbanization, a large number of urban cemeteries have replaced ancient family cemeteries, which has also brought some new ways and possibilities for sacrifice.
In short, Qingming Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation with a long history and rich cultural connotation. Whether it is visiting tombs to worship ancestors or outdoors to enjoy the scenery, it is a way to express people's respect and concern in traditional customs and cultural inheritance. On this special day, let us deeply remember our ancestors, feel the beauty of nature, and inherit and carry forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.