First, the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day:
Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from the Spring Festival in ancient times, and the Spring and Autumn Festival has existed since ancient times. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. The belief of "respecting heaven and honoring ancestors" has continued since ancient times, and the custom of ancestor worship has become a fixed custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day.
During the Qingming Festival, when the old is forgotten and the new is absorbed, the vitality begins to flourish, the temperature rises, the spring blooms, everything is clean and neat, and the earth presents the image of spring and tranquility. This season is a good time for outing (spring outing) and clearing (tomb sacrifice) in the suburbs. Tomb-Sweeping Day combines Boxing Day with folk festivals, which is the unity of time and people. The Qingming custom culture fully embodies the traditional concept of "harmony between man and nature". Through historical development and evolution, Tomb-Sweeping Day has absorbed and integrated the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival, and mixed a variety of folk customs into one, which has extremely rich cultural connotations.
Second, the significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day:
Remembering the ancestors: Tomb-Sweeping Day remembers the ancestors, inspires the existing life, commemorates his close deceased relatives, and thanks the ancestors for giving us life. The significance of remembering should become a national custom and a reproductive ceremony of a race.
Get close to nature: When we arrive in Tomb-Sweeping Day, nature is full of vitality. The ancients expanded the vitality of nature by planting trees, and there was a custom of "inserting willows for spring" in ancient times; Going for an outing is to cherish the vitality of nature, go to nature, embrace nature and get close to nature.
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