Celebrated two weeks after the vernal equinox, Qingming Festival is one of the few traditional Chinese holidays that follows the solar calendar--typically falling on April 4, 5, or 6.
Qingming Festival, also called the Outing Festival, is the time when the spring scenery is beautiful and the grass and trees are green, and it is also a good time for people to go out in the spring. Therefore, the ancients had the custom of going outing during the Qingming Festival and carrying out a series of sports activities. To this day, the custom of worshiping ancestors and mourning deceased relatives during the Qingming Festival is still very popular.