On what lunar day is the Qingming Festival 2022?

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 time of Thanh Minh 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.

“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 association is pedaling…” to indicate the time of the Qingming New Year in the third lunar month, but in fact this New Year’s day is officially counted. according to the solar calendar (usually falls on April 4 or 5 of the solar calendar).

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

Thanh Minh Tet has an important meaning in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people. The fact that families take children to go to graves 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 them.

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.

According to Ngoc Khanh