Tomb-Sweeping Day Customs in Linwu

The customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day include sweeping graves to worship ancestors, hiking, inserting willows, playing games, holding hooks, flying kites, swinging, shooting willows, cuju and fighting cocks.

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 from winter to the future. It is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important festivals to worship ancestors and sweep graves. The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Influenced by the Han culture, 24 ethnic minorities in China, such as Manchu, Hezhe, Zhuang, Oroqen, Dong, Tujia, Miao, Yao, Li, Shui, Jing and Qiang, also have the customs of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Grave sweeping, ancestor worship and outing are the basic themes.