Objective: To explore the psychological meanings of grief embodied in Qingming Festival as a public festival and in the characteristics of the combination of tomb sweeping and outing so as to expand the understanding and reference of the influence and role of traditional culture on grief.
Methods: There were 15 practitioners of Qingming Festival that were selected, and qualitative research method was used to conduct in-depth interviews with the research objects. The interview data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed by thematic analysis.
Results: First, Qingming Festival heals grief through continuous connection, that is embodied in the continuous and regular connection between the bereaved and the deceased, and the sense of loneliness is dispelled through the blood connection with family and the integration into the collective. Second, emotion expression in Qingming Festival is bidirectional, that is embodied in the “high-profile” sense of ceremony, light sorrow, and the healing after emotional catharsis. Third, the meaning of life that Qingming festival symbolizes is embodied in the symbolism of beginning of a new life in Qingming festival and of a hopeful future ahead, urging the bereaved to deal with grief actively.
Conclusions: Qingming Festival, which is a public festival and characterized by the combination of tomb sweeping and outing, has a special psychological meaning to the grieving process of the bereaved, reflecting the influence and role of traditional Chinese culture on grief.
ZHOU Mi
,
JIA Xiaoming
. An Exploratory Study on the Characteristics of Qingming Festival and its Psychological Meaning of Grief[J]. Psychological Communications, 2021
, 4(4)
: 226
-231
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DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.221069
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