The Qingming Festival is rumored to have begun in ancient times with the "tomb sacrifice" ritual of emperors and generals, which has a history of more than 2,500 years. Through the development and evolution of history, Qingming has an extremely rich connotation, and different customs have been developed in various places, while sweeping tombs and sacrificing to ancestors, trekking and picnicking are the basic themes.

Later, the folk also follow suit, in this day to worship ancestors and sweep the tomb, through the generations and become the Chinese nation - a fixed custom. 2006 May 20, the Chinese Ministry of Culture declared the Qingming Festival approved by the State Council included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Qingming Festival is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar, which falls at the intersection of mid-spring and late spring, 108 days after the winter solstice.

The traditional Qingming Festival of the Han Chinese people began around the Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,500 years ago. The calendar? : "Fifteen days after the vernal equinox, ? Doo refers to Ding, for the Qingming, when all things are clean and clear, cover when the gas is clear and bright, all things are obvious, hence the name.