Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the outing festival, is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the first 108 day after the winter solstice. Generally, it is around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, after the vernal equinox15th day.
It is a traditional festival in China, which started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day announced by the Ministry of Culture of China was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. From 65438 to 0935, the government of the Republic of China designated April 5th as a national statutory holiday in Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as the National Tomb Sweeping Festival.
On February 7, 2007, the 1 98th executive meeting of the State Council adopted a decision on amending the National Festival and Memorial Day, stipulating that "Tomb-Sweeping Day will have a holiday1day (the first day of the Lunar New Year is clear), and Tomb-Sweeping Day will officially become a legal holiday in 2008, with one day off. It was changed to three days in 2009. 20 14 Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday is from April 5th to April 7th.