Qing Ming Festival

Qingming Festival is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival for sweeping tombs and ancestors, but also a joyous festival for people to get close to nature, go out and enjoy the fun of spring.

1. Outing

The Chinese nation has the custom of Qingming outing since ancient times. In ancient times, outings were called "Tanchun", "Xunchun", etc., which were called spring outings, also known as "Taking Spring". It generally refers to going for a walk in the suburbs in early spring. During the Qingming Festival, spring returns to the earth, and the natural world presents a vibrant scene everywhere, which is a good time for outings. People take advantage of the convenience, and besides sweeping tombs, families, young and old, have fun in the mountains and countryside.

2. Fly a kite

During the Qingming Festival, people put it not only during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of colored small lanterns, like twinkling stars, are hung under the kite or on the wind steady pull line, which are called "magic lanterns". In the past, after some people put kites in the blue sky, they cut off the strings and let the breeze send them to the ends of the earth.

3. Sweeping tombs to worship ancestors

The Qingming Festival mainly sacrifices ancestors, expressing the filial piety of the sacrificers and their longing for their ancestors. Qingming sacrifices can be divided into tomb sacrifices and ancestral hall sacrifices according to the different places of worship. Tomb offerings are the most common. The characteristic of Qingming offerings is tomb offerings. Qingming offerings are called tomb sweeping, mainly due to the adoption of tomb offerings.