"Qingming Festival" is named after the solar term, which is related to the characteristics of the celestial phenomena at this time. "Huainanzi Tian Wen Xun" says: "On the fifteenth day after the spring equinox, when Douzhi Yi is on the right, the Qingming wind will arrive." The "Qingming wind" in the article refers to the refreshing, clear and pure wind. "Hundred Questions of the Years": "Everything growing at this time is clean and bright, so it is called Qingming."

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Qingming has both solar terms and festivals. , the Qingming Festival provides important conditions for the formation of Qingming Festival customs in terms of time and meteorological and phenological characteristics. Qingming is a time when vitality is strong, and it is also a time when yin energy declines. During the Qingming Festival, the old things are expelled and the new are brought in, the vitality begins to flourish, the temperature rises, the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, everything is clean and tidy, and the earth presents the image of spring and scenery.

This season is a good time for outings in the countryside (spring outings) and Qingqing (tomb sacrifices). The Qingming Festival integrates solar terms and folk festivals, and is the unity of heaven and man. The etiquette and customs of Qingming fully embody the traditional concept of "the unity of nature and man". Through historical development and evolution, the Qingming Festival has absorbed and integrated the customs of the Cold Food Festival and the Shangsi Festival, blending a variety of folk customs into one, and has extremely rich cultural connotations.

Qingming Festival--Baidu Encyclopedia