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Is Double Ninth Festival the same as Qingming Festival? The Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival are not only traditional Chinese festivals, but also are known as the four major festivals for ancestor worship along with New Year's Eve and Yulan Festival. Next, let’s take a look at the relevant content of Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival.

The difference between Double Ninth Festival and Qingming Festival

Different times and origins

1. The Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Climbing Festival and the Chrysanthemum Festival, falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year. The Gregorian calendar date for the Double Ninth Festival in 2017 is Saturday, October 28, 2017. The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. In the Tang Dynasty, it was officially designated as a folk festival and has been passed down from dynasty to dynasty since then.
2. Qingming Festival is also called the Outing Festival, which is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is the 108th day after the winter solstice. The traditional Qingming Festival began around the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. It is usually around April 5th in the Gregorian calendar. The festival period is very long. There are two sayings: 8 days before the 10th and 10 days after the 10th. These nearly 20 days are all Qingming Festival.

Different objects of worship

1. Although the Double Ninth Festival is a festival for worshipping gods, its main activity is to climb high places and worship gods. The ancients believed that during the Double Ninth Festival, the air in the sky dropped while the air on the ground rose, the two energies of heaven and earth intersected, and unhealthy air permeated the air. In order to avoid contact with unhealthy energy, one must climb high mountains to avoid the evil energy of the Double Ninth Festival.
2. Qingming Festival is a traditional festival for ancestor worship, and the activity is tomb sweeping. Qingming Festival is a day for descendants to remember their ancestors and offer sacrifices to them. Most filial sons and grandchildren will go to cemeteries, crematoriums or columbariums to perform worship ceremonies to express their grief, remembrance and nostalgia for their ancestors.