What are the stresses in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day pays attention to handing clean clothes in exchange for apples and snacks.

Hanging green is a sign of filial piety, so these stresses should be observed. Tomb-Sweeping Day's hanging green is also called Tomb-Sweeping Day's hanging green, and it is used to be called "hanging white" or "inserting white" in some places. It is one of the activities in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and Tomb-Sweeping Day is a festival in memory of ancestors. The main memorial ceremony is to sweep the grave, which is a concrete embodiment of being cautious in pursuing the future, caring for the family and filial piety. Based on the above significance, Tomb-Sweeping Day has become an important festival for China people.

The Ming Dynasty's A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital once described Tomb-Sweeping Day's hanging in the Qing Dynasty: "In the Qingming Festival in March, men and women pay tribute to the grave. There is an ingot hanging behind the sedan chair, which is full of charm. Worshipers, mourners, weeping, weeding, adding soil to graves, burning ingots several times, and buying graves with paper money. If you can't see the paper money, it will be a lonely grave. After crying, don't go back, go to the fragrant tree, choose the garden, and sit down and get drunk. "

The cultural connotation of Tomb-Sweeping Day;

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from the ancestors' beliefs and spring sacrificial customs of early human beings. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has integrated the customs of the Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival in Tang and Song Dynasties, and integrated various folk customs, which has extremely rich cultural connotations.

The establishment of the ancient branch calendar provided decisive conditions for the formation of festivals. Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture were important factors in the formation of ancestral worship custom in Qingming Festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is rich in customs, which can be summarized as two festivals and traditions: one is to respect the ancestors and be cautious to the end; The second is outing and getting close to nature. Tomb-Sweeping Day not only has the theme of sweeping, remembering and remembering, but also has the theme of taking an outing and enjoying the body and mind. The traditional concept of "harmony between man and nature" has been vividly reflected in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Introduction to the scenery of Dijing