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Why go outing during Qingming Festival?

Because we have to go to the countryside to visit graves during the Qingming Festival. In addition to mourning our ancestors, we can also enjoy the green fields in the bright spring light, which is a way to change our mood while mourning and self-respecting. Therefore, Qingming Festival is also called the Outing Festival.

In the old days, Qingming Festival was regarded as an outing festival. Starting from about the Tang Dynasty, people swept tombs during the Qingming Festival and also held outing and recreational activities. Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem: "Young people travel in separate days, and there is no need to go to Qingming Festival at the same time." On the one hand, it shows that children who are playful by nature are often not satisfied with outings and recreation only being held during Qingming Festival. On the other hand, it also explains the relationship between "Qingming Festival" and The trend of "Shangsi" gradually integrating.

Due to the Tomb Sweeping Day during the Qingming Festival, spring is bright, the grass and trees are turning green, and the fields are bright and fragrant. Tomb-sweepers often "stop crying and never return. They go to the fragrant trees, choose a garden, and sit in rows to get drunk." It has evolved from a simple sacrificial activity to a spring outing to visit scenic spots at the same time.