Qingming is both a solar term and a festival, with both natural and humanistic connotations. People cherish time, go out for outings on the occasion of the Qingming Festival, taste a series of delicacies such as Youth League.
People have also set different phenological reference standards for each solar term, such as the three periods of Qingming including "Tongshihua" and so on. Wang Juan believes that around the Tang Dynasty, Qingming gradually became a festival.