Will it rain in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023?

Whether it will rain in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023 depends mainly on the surrounding weather.

Every year around Tomb-Sweeping Day, it often rains continuously in the south of the Yangtze River, and this year is no exception. From April 5 to this weekend, most areas in the south will be covered by rainy weather. When winter goes and spring comes, the cold air will gradually weaken, and the warm and humid air flow on the ocean will begin to be active northward. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, cold and warm air often meet in the south of the Yangtze River, resulting in rainy weather.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth solar term in spring. At this time, the climate is warm, plants sprout and peaches are in full bloom, giving people a fresh, bright and prosperous feeling everywhere. The earth presents the image of spring and tranquility, which is a good opportunity for outing and Qingming ceremony. Office workers and student parties who usually stay at home may wish to go out for a walk, breathe the fresh breath of nature and adjust their mentality.

The cultural connotation of Tomb-Sweeping Day;

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most solemn festival for ancestor worship of the Chinese nation, and it belongs to a traditional cultural festival for ancestor worship. Tomb-Sweeping Day embodies the national spirit, inherits the sacrificial culture of Chinese civilization, and expresses people's moral feelings of respecting and honoring their ancestors. 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. According to archaeological excavations, a 10,000-year-old tomb was found at the Qingtang site in Yingde, Guangdong Province, which is the earliest tomb that can be confirmed in the China era, indicating that ancient ancestors had a clear concept of conscious burial behavior and customs thousands of years ago.

The custom of "tomb sacrifice" has a long history. Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping sacrifice is the synthesis and sublimation of traditional spring customs. The formulation of ancient trunk and branch calendars provided a prerequisite for the formation of festivals. Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of ancestral ritual customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day are rich and colorful.

To sum up, there are two festivals and traditions: one is to worship ancestors and pursue the future cautiously, and the other is to go hiking and get 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.

Grave-sweeping, that is, "tomb sacrifice", refers to the "respect for time" for ancestors in Spring and Autumn, which has existed since ancient times. Through historical development, Tomb-Sweeping Day has integrated the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival in Tang and Song Dynasties, and integrated various folk customs, which has extremely rich cultural connotations.