The 24 solar termsThe qingming festival!

Qingming festival is 24 solar terms of the fifth solar term.

Time: every year on April 4 to 6, cross section.

Longitude: the sun arrived at 15 degrees in longitude.

The qingming festivalIs one of the lunar 24 solar terms in the air with spring, which is 108 days after the winter solstice.Chinese han nationality traditional tomb-sweeping day began about the zhou dynasty, has a history of more than two thousand five hundred years ago.The almanac: "15 days after the spring equinox, butyl, fighting for the tomb-sweeping day, when everything is clean neat and clear, when the cover when gas great, everything appears, hence the name."Tomb-sweeping day arrived, and rising temperatures, it is spring spring a good season, reason has "before and after the tomb-sweeping day, kind of melon beans".Qing Ming is a ancestor worship festival, traditional activities for the grave.On May 20, 2006, approved by the state council listed in the first batch of state-level non-material cultural heritage list.

..Tomb-sweeping day to go out to help carry the complete wicker a ghost does not enter the house

Folk, the qingming festival in July and a half, the new moon October as the three ghost festival, since it is Halloween will drive the demons, willow branches, called "ghost some wood", folk think wicker has the effect of spirits to ward off bad luck, the ancients take willow inserted on the door, meaning a ghost does not enter the house.Ching Ming festival ingraveMartyrs, in order to prevent the intrusion of stealth, have willow Dai Liu to ward off bad luck, ancestor worship people after came back from the cemetery, the cemetery, to ensure that don't bring home the pathogens, hanging on the door switch, mahogany, implied the meaning of expulsion, stop....

Avoid tomb-sweeping day geomantic appropriate: tomb-sweeping day ancestor worship will embody home?

In fact, as long as you for the heart is, worship ancestors, respect for other undead are equally, generally do not have a problem.Before the shrine and, of course, go home, can go to a popular place to shop, sauna, activities such as lunch, bad to disperse the aura, on the other hand, also can wear a few charms, mascot, etc.

Tomb-sweeping day words regimen: "hair" food to eat less as far as possible

The expert reminds, tomb-sweeping day, fu, all things should not continue to eat food "d".Give priority to with light diet, eat more vegetables, fruits, in case of lose.Can eat more liver lung of food, such as shepherd's purse, yi in the liver and;Spinach, the five zang-organs, veins;Yam, spleen and lung.