The tomb-sweeping day as a holiday, are different from pure solar terms. Solar term is a sign of phenology change, seasonal order in China, and it is more a festival of custom activities and some memorable.
Tomb-sweeping day is Chinas traditional festival, is also the most important memory of ancestors and the gr**e. This gr**e to commemorate the dead mans a kind of activity. The han nationality and some minority are mostly in the tombs. Gr**e, people to carry goods such as especially fruit, paper money to the gr**e, will be food for offering in the family tomb, to use paper money on fire new soil up to the gr**e, fold a few branches pale green branches inserted in the gr**e, and then kowtow worship salute, finally eat especially home. The tang dynasty poet tu mus poem qingming : rains fall he**ily as qingming comes, and passers-by with lowered spirits go. Restaurant where? Boy pointed apricot blossom village. Write the ching Ming festival special atmosphere.
Ching Ming festival, also called TaQingJie, according to the solar calendar for, it is in every year on April 4 to 6, between, it is beautiful spring scenery spring-out of season, also is a good time to people spring outing, so the ancients had qingming outing, and carry out a series of customs sports activities.
Until today, tomb-sweeping day ancestor worship, mourning the late relatives customs still prevail.
清明作为节日，与纯粹的节气有所不同。节气是我国物候变化、时令顺序的标志，而节日则包含着一定的风俗活动和某种纪念意义。
清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的纪念祖先和扫墓的日子。扫墓俗称上坟，纪念死者的一种活动。汉族和一些少数民族大多都是在清明节扫墓。扫墓时，人们要携带酒食果品、纸钱等物品到墓地，将食物供祭在亲人墓前，再将纸钱用火烧着，为坟墓培上新土，折几枝嫩绿的新枝插在坟上，然后磕头行礼祭拜，最后吃掉酒食回家。唐代诗人杜牧的诗《清明》：“清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有?牧童遥指杏花村。”写出了清明节的特殊气氛。
清明节，又叫踏青节，按阳历来说，它是在每年的4月4日至6日之间，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青，并开展一系列体育活动的的习俗。
直到今天，清明节祭拜祖先，悼念已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛行。