When is the Qingming Festival 2022 on the lunar calendar?

Mar 18, 2022 01:16 GMT+7

Thanh Minh is a Sino-Vietnamese word, in which “thanh” is clear air, and “minh” is bright. When the Spring equinox passes, the dusty rains of spring have ended, the sky becomes clear and bright, it is the Qingming period.

During the Qingming period, people have the custom of going to graves (cutting grass, adding more soil to the grave) to remember ancestors and deceased relatives.

When is the Qingming Festival 2022 on the lunar calendar?

“Qingming” is a concept in the calendar work of Eastern countries influenced by ancient Chinese culture. Thanh Minh is the 5th period of 24 periods including: Tiet Lap Xuan, Tiet Vu Thuy, Tiet Kinh Trap, Tiet Xuan Fen, Tiet Thanh Minh, Tiet Coc Vu, Tiet Lap Ha, Tiet Tieu Man, Tiet Mang Chung, and Tiet Ha Chi, Xue Xiaotao, Xue Dai Tu, Xue Lap Thu, Xue Tri, Xue Bai Lo, Xue Thu eun, Xue Han Lu, Xue Suong Giang, Xue Lap Dong, Xue Xiaoxue, Xue Dongzhi, Xue Xiaohan, Korean lesson.

Although Nguyen Du has the verse “Thanh Minh in the March period / The festival is the grave, the festival is the pedal…” to indicate the time of the Qingming New Year in March of the lunar calendar, but in fact this New Year is officially calculated according to the solar calendar (usually falls on April 4 or 5 of the solar calendar).

The Qingming period is the first day of the Qingming period, coming after the date Spring Break 60 days. Thanh Minh New Year 2022 on April 5 of the solar calendar, ie March 5 of the lunar calendar.

Tet Thanh Minh has an important meaning in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people. The fact that families bring children to go grave digging on this occasion has a very humane meaning. That is a way to help children know the graves of their ancestors to respect and be grateful to their ancestors.

In the custom of digging graves, in addition to quickly lighting for ancestors, people are also interested in lighting incense for derelict and unvisited graves as to pay their respects to the deceased.

Currently, many people confuse the Qingming Festival with the Han Thuc Festival (March 3 of the lunar calendar), although these two days are completely different. This year, the Han Thuc New Year falls on April 3, 2022, which is 2 days before the Qingming New Year.

Ngoc Khanh