1. Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar, and is celebrated at the intersection of mid-spring and late spring, 108 days after the winter solstice.

2. The traditional Chinese Han Qingming Festival began around the Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,500 years ago. The name of the Qingming Festival is related to the characteristics of the weather at this time. The name of "Qingming Festival" also comes from the 24 solar terms in the Chinese lunar calendar. The 105th day after the winter solstice is the Qingming Festival. The Qingming Festival **** has 15 days. The time of Qingming as a festival is after the vernal equinox. At this time, winter has gone, spring is full of flavor, the weather is clear, the four fields are clear, nature shows vitality everywhere. With "Qingming" to call this period, is the most appropriate word.

3, Qingming - with clear weather, fresh and clean air, gradually warming, lush grass and trees. About April 5 every year on the Gregorian calendar for the Qingming.

4, the name of the Qingming Festival is related to the characteristics of the weather at this time. Western Han Dynasty "Huainanzi - astronomy training" said: "15 days after the equinox, the bucket refers to B, then the Qingming wind to." "Qingming wind" means fresh and clean wind. The "Hundred Questions on the Time of the Year" says, "When everything grows at this time, it is clean and clear. Therefore, it is called Qingming." Although the festival of Qingming in the Tang Dynasty only formed, but as a sign of the seasonal Qingming Festival has long been recognized by the ancients, the Han Dynasty has been clearly documented.

5, the origin of the Qingming Festival, according to legend, began in ancient times, emperors and generals "tomb sacrifice" of the ceremony, and then the folk also follow suit, in this day to ancestral tomb, and has become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. Originally, the Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival are two different festivals, to the Tang Dynasty, will be the day to worship the tomb as the Cold Food Festival.

6, Qingming is both a festival and a holiday, also known as the March Festival in ancient times, with a history of more than 2000 years. "Everything grows at this time, are clean and clear. Therefore, it is called Qingming." After the Qingming Festival rain increased, everything from the yin to yang, spit out the old and the new, a spring and the scene of the bright image.