Origin and meaning of Qing Ming

Thanh Minh is an especially important for children and grandchildren to show respect to their ancestors and grandparents. So on which day did Minh Thanh Minh in the year of the tiger live?

1. The meaning of Qing Ming

With the moral "drinking water, remember the source", from ancient times, Thanh Thanh Minh has become an important, sacred holiday, going deep into the subconscious of the Vietnamese people.

Although Thanh Minh is not a big Tet, it is associated with morality, with the duty of Vietnamese people - the duty of the children to remember the merits of the ancestors, of those who went before. This is the common death anniversary for everyone to have a chance to inform their fondness, to pay the meaning, to call it a part of thanks to the birth of an ancestor.

Thanh minh is the fifth period of the "four-quarter gas" and is considered by the Eastern people to be an annual ceremony. Details Thanh Minh arrived 45 days after Lap Xuan. Literally, the stick is clear, and it is bright. When the spring break passed, the rain of spring clouds was over, the sky became clear and bright, it came to Tiet Thanh Minh.

Details Thanh minh is the period starting from about 4 or 5 April at the end of the spring equinox.

By convention, Tiet Thanh minh is the period starting from April 4 or 5 at the end of the spring equinox period and ending on April 20 or April 21. This year, Tiet Thanh Minh started on April 5 (aimed at the 17th day of the lunar calendar of the Year of the Goat) and lasts until 5/5 of the calendar (on the 17th day of the third lunar month). According to the custom in the traditional days of Thanh Minh, it is time to remember the origin, many families organize graves, make vegetarian cakes.

Old grandparents chose Thanh Minh Minh to cut the grass on the grave and put the soil on the grave (grave algae) . Because this day the weather is getting warmer, more rain, better plants covering the grave, can make landslides so it needs to cut grass, add more soil to the grave.

When going to Thanh Minh to grave, to commemorate ancestors and deceased relatives, people can go sightseeing and admire the lush grass and trees, so it is also called Trai Thanh. Nguyen Du has a sentence:

Thanh Minh in March period

Mass grave was the springboard algae bar

2. Origin of Qing Ming

Qing Qing was derived from China . The story is told that, in the life of Xuan Thu, King Tan Van Cong, Tan, met rebellion, had to leave the country in exile, now residing in Qi country, tomorrow residing in the State. Then there was a sage named Gioi Tu. Then, according to the king, he helped to devise a plan. One day, on the way of refuge, the food was running low. When the king finished eating, he asked, and he was deeply impressed.

About Tu Thoi according to Tan Van Cong street for nineteen years, together tasted how many arduous tribulations. Later, Tan Van Cong regained the throne back to the king of Tan, rewarded very much for those who had merit, but forgot the merits of the World Tu Thoi. Gioi Tu Thoi did not resent anything, thinking of what he could do, is also his duty, not having any merit worth mentioning. Therefore, he went home to take his mother to the mountain of Dien Son in hiding.

Tan Van Cong later remembered, let people find. About Tu Tu did not leave Dien Son to reward him, Tan Van Cong ordered the burning of the forest, the intention to push the Prince Tu must come out, but he definitely refused to obey, eventually both his mother and son died.

The King of mercy, making shrines and lowering orders in folk had to abstain from burning for three days, only eating cooked cooked food to commemorate (from the 3rd March to the 5th March of the lunar calendar every year). Since then, the 3rd day of the third lunar month is considered as the real New Year, to commemorate the nurturing of the deceased.

Since the time of the Ly Nhan people, we have received the real Korean New Year, but the meaning of this New Year has changed and brought about the traditional colors, in accordance with the psychology and daily life of the Vietnamese people. On the real New Year, Vietnamese people do not abstain from fire, all cooking is still done, only the Vietnamese people use drifting cakes - vegetarian cakes for the real New Year with the symbolic meaning of cold food - real welding . Therefore, Vietnamese people also call the real New Year with another name, Tet cake - vegetarian cake.

Thanh Minh's relationship is closely related to morality, with the duty of Vietnamese people - the duty of the children to remember the merits of the ancestors, of those who went before.

This is the common death anniversary for everyone to have a chance to inform their fondness, to pay the meaning, to call it a part of thanks to the birth of an ancestor.

Children who go all year round to work away from home often return on this occasion to remember their ancestors and reunite with their families. Usually, on this occasion, the survivors will organize family gatherings, grave ceremonies, visit and clean up the grave of ancestors.

The main task is to remove weeds from the grave and add to the grave more fully due to the drizzling spring making it easy to grow wild plants.

Especially check whether the grave is broken or not by the small animals, if any need to solve immediately because this is a grave case, quite dangerous for feng shui sound.

At the same time, they also made offerings to the deceased to go home to eat with their children and grandchildren. Descendants remember, nostalgic good things about the father with all sincerity.

When making the Thanh Minh worshiping ceremony, you should consult carefully because in addition to being sincere, you need to understand the need to prepare the necessary and most important offerings to know how to prepare the offerings to Thanh Minh properly.

Offering homecoming and worshiping at graves, there are different ways to prepare offerings and prayers, the homeowners need to pay attention to not be confused. For detailed instructions, invite readers to refer to the article on Vigilance in the grave of Tiet Thanh Minh and Van Khanh Thanh Minh at home.

Thanh Minh is in fact one of the 24 gases every year. The Qingming period begins on April 4 or 5 of the solar calendar to April 20 or 21. Thanh Minh sand means Thanh is in, Minh is bright, Tiet Thanh Minh is the time when the air is clear, pure, the sky is clear and new.

3. What is the date of Thanh Minh 2018?

According to the lunisolar calendar, the period of Thanh Minh in 2018 begins on the 5th of April (the 20th of the second lunar month, the Thursday) and ends around April 20 (5.3 lunar calendar, Friday) when the Coc Vu period begin. Thus, the Lunar New Year of Thanh Tuat year 2018 will be April 5, 2018.

Thanh Minh is a feast of humane, humane and mostly memorial. Therefore, it is not necessary to pay attention to the high-quality tray, so it is not advisable to donate a lot of gold coins, burn many paper codes, this not only wastes, pollutes the environment but also has no spiritual meaning. Comforting the living and remembering the deceased is in mind, heart and sincerity.

4. Customary grave

For Vietnamese people, Tiet Thanh is an opportunity for children and grandchildren towards their ancestors. Wherever you go, where on the 3rd day of the third lunar calendar every year, you try to come back to your family to go to grave, gather together with your family's tray. The tombs are cleaned by family members, cultivating new land, which is the morality of living people to the deceased.

For Vietnamese people, Tiet Thanh is an opportunity for children and grandchildren towards their ancestors.

The main work of grave algae is to repair the ancestral graves for cleanliness. On the day of Qing Ming, people bring shovels and hoes to replenish their graves with fullness, rooting out all weeds and wild plants that grow on the grave as well as avoiding wild animals such as snakes and rats. cave, nesting that according to their thinking can be committed to the soul of the deceased. After that, the grave people lit a few incense sticks, burned votive gold or placed more bouquets for the deceased's soul.

During Thanh Minh day, the graveyard became crowded and bustling. Old people worry about ancestors in the grave. Children also follow their parents or grandparents to go to graves, first to gradually know the tombs of the ancestors, later to practice giving them respect for ancestors through visiting graves. People around the year who work away from home often return on this occasion (perhaps one or two days earlier for various reasons) to go to the grave and reunite with their families.

Besides graves that are carefully cared for, there are also unclaimed graves, no visitors. Tomb visitors often plug these tombs with incense.

In addition to the above rule, Vietnamese people still have the custom of making drifting cakes, vegetarian cakes, and the whole family gather together to enjoy the rich flavor of this cake.

Weather Thanh Minh is also when the sky started to get less cold, trees grow strongly, lots of flowers bloom, is the right time to picnic, sightseeing.