Ching Ming Festival falls between April 4 and 6 every year, and is not the same every year. For example, in 2021, Qingming Festival will be on April 4th, and in 2022 and 2023, it will be on April 5th.

The Qingming Festival is different from other traditional festivals: it is celebrated according to the "Qingming" of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, while other traditional festivals are celebrated according to the lunar calendar, such as the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chung Yeung Festival and so on.

The Qingming Festival is the "Qingming" of the twenty-four Chinese solar terms, and the festival reflects the solar part of the lunar calendar (the Chinese lunar calendar is a combination of yin and yang), so the Qingming Festival is usually celebrated on the three days from April 4th to April 6th.

Customs of the Qingming Festival

I. Ancestor Sweeping and Tomb Sweeping

The Qingming Festival is one of the four traditional sacrificial festivals in China, and it is a day for ancestor worship and tomb sweeping. Tomb sweeping is commonly known as the grave, in the Han and some ethnic minority areas, people in accordance with local customs, bring fruit and food, paper money and other items to the cemetery, the offerings placed in front of the cemetery, the paper money will be incinerated, for the grave to add some new soil, and then kowtow to worship in front of the tomb, you can pack up the offerings to go home.

Second, folding willow farewell

The willow is the symbol of spring, in the spring breeze swaying willow, always give a person a kind of thriving, energetic feeling. Since the Han Dynasty, people have gradually formed the custom of folding the willow to give away, thereby wishing each other peace, because the "willow" and "stay" resonance, so also to take the meaning of the love, to stay as much as possible. At the same time, I hope that the parting of friends and relatives, to the countryside is also as far from the branch of the willow, can quickly take root and germinate, survive everywhere, these are all sent to the friends and relatives of the wonderful blessings of the feelings.