Festival Qingming, juga dikenali sebagai Festival Outing, Festival Xingqing, Festival Mac, Festival Penyembahan Nenek moyang, dsb., jatuh antara pertengahan-musim bunga dan lewat-musim bunga. Perayaan Qingming berasal dari kepercayaan nenek moyang dan adat ritual musim bunga pada zaman dahulu. Ia mempunyai konotasi semula jadi dan kemanusiaan. Ia bukan sahaja istilah suria semula jadi, tetapi juga perayaan tradisional. Penyapuan-makam, penyembahan nenek moyang dan jalan-jalan hijau adalah dua tema ritual utama Festival Qingming. Kedua-dua tema ritual tradisional ini telah diturunkan di China sejak zaman purba dan tidak berhenti sehingga ke hari ini.
Qingming Festival is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to sweep graves and worship ancestors, but also a joyous festival for people to get close to nature, go out and enjoy the fun of spring. Douzhi B (or the Yellow Longitude of the Sun up to 15 degree ) is the Qingming solar term, and the festival time is around April 5 in the Gregorian calendar. In this season, vigor is exuberant, yin qi declines, all things "spit out the old and accept the new", and the earth presents the image of spring and Jingming. The Qingming ancestor worship festival is very long. There are two versions: 8 days before the 10th day and 10 days after the 10th day. The past 20 days are all within the Qingming ancestor worship festival.
Qingming Festival is a traditional major spring festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety and kinship, awakening the common memory of the family, but also promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. The Qingming Festival integrates natural solar terms and human customs. It is the unity of time, place and people. It fully reflects the harmonious unity of "heaven, earth and people" that the ancestors of the Chinese nation pursued, and paid attention to conforming to the right time and place and following the laws of nature. thought of.
The Qingming Festival, the Spring Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are known as the four traditional festivals in China. In addition to China, there are some countries and regions in the world that also celebrate Qingming Festival, such as Vietnam, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and so on. On May 20, 2006, the Qingming Festival declared by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.