The significance of the Qingming Festival is as follows:

The Qingming Festival honors the memory of ancestors and martyrs of the revolution, and remembers the departed loved ones; it welcomes the vitality of nature, and values life more; it gives thanks to the dedication and devotion of the ancestors for the children, grandchildren, and the future generations, and it passes down the spirit of Chinese culture. Qingming Festival is a legal holiday, the legal holiday is due to our country for the traditional culture of inheritance and attention to citizens in accordance with the provisions of the law for vacation. Therefore, the Qingming Festival has a very deep significance of patriotism education.

Customs of the Qingming Festival

1, trekking

The Qingming period is the time of spring, when everything is budding, spring excursions in the wilderness has long been a custom. Treading green is also called spring tour, ancient times called spring, spring and so on. This kind of seasonal folk activities, in China has a long history, its source is the ancient farming rituals to welcome the spring custom.

2, tree planting

Before and after the Qingming Festival, the spring sun shines and the spring rain falls, planting saplings with high survival rate and fast growth. Therefore, since ancient times, China has the Qingming tree planting habit.

3, kite flying

Kite flying is also a favorite activity during the Qingming season. In the past, some people put the kites on the blue sky, then cut the string, let the wind send them to the end of the world, to bring good luck to themselves.

4, swinging

This is China's ancient Qingming Festival customs. Swinging, meaning migrating by the leather rope. Its history is very ancient, the earliest called the thousand autumn, after in order to avoid taboos, changed to swing. Ancient swing with tree branches for the frame, and then bolted on the ribbon made. Later gradually developed into a swing with two ropes and pedals. Swinging can not only promote health, but also cultivate the spirit of bravery.