What is the origin and meaning of grave sweeping on Qingming Festival?
At first, the Qingming Festival was just a spring festival, and later it was integrated with the Cold Food Festival.The ancients Then began the activity of sweeping graves on Qingming Festival, and gradually spread as a custom.The deep meaning of tomb-sweeping on the Tomb-sweeping Day is to respect ancestors and be grateful to the beginning, which is a manifestation of filial piety.
The Qingming Festival is a well-known festival among the people, because it is known as the four traditional festivals together with the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival, but at the beginning, the Qingming Festival was not a festival.It is the Spring Festival, which represents a day in which time changes.Later, it gradually merged with the Cold Food Festival and became a traditional festival for sweeping tombs and ancestors, and for outings.
A brief introduction to the origin of tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival
The Qingming Festival can be traced back to thousands of years ago.At that time, Qingming was not a festival, but a spring festival that represented the changing seasons.Later, during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was the Cold Food Festival, which happened to be the day before the Qingming Festival.During the Cold Food Festival, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, and sacrifices were required.Until the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty issued a decree, linking the Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival for four days to worship ancestors.Slowly, the Qingming Festival replaced the Cold Food Festival, and tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival became a widely spread custom.
What is the significance of going to the grave on the Qingming Festival
Going to the grave on the Qingming Festival is a folk custom, and it has been passed down for thousands of years.It is not a feudal superstition.The meaning is to pay respect to ancestors and to be grateful for the beginning.The ancients were very strict in filial piety."Death is like life" is a manifestation of filial piety, which means that we should treat our dead elders with the same respect as they are alive.Therefore, every Qingming Festival, we have to go to the grave to show respect for our ancestors and elders..In addition, when we go to graves on Qingming Festival, we should also miss the past, and reflect on the shortcomings and shortcomings of the present, and start with gratitude.
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