Another Tomb-Sweeping Day. In addition to ancestor worship, grave sweeping and outing, of course, you can't miss seasonal food. What does Tomb-Sweeping Day eat?
Youth League in the south of the Yangtze River, warm mushroom buns in Fujian, purple-legged steamed buns in the Loess Plateau, shops and pots of Chaoshan cuisine, home-cooked fried mustard rice, and five-color glutinous rice with Guangxi characteristics.
Basic information
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival.
Grave-sweeping and hiking are the two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette and customs, and these two traditional themes have been passed down from ancient times to the present in China.
Some countries and regions in the world have also visited Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as Viet Nam, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day announced by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Culture was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.