Generally speaking, during your stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, you should especially avoid wearing red and purple clothes, even red underwear. It is wise to wear plain clothes. Of course, don't wear red accessories either. However, Butang specially reminds you that if your fortune is low, or if you have pregnant women or children, you can bring the red evil spirit.
In order to respect the dead, grave sweepers should wear solemn clothes, thoughts, words and deeds. Generally speaking, when sweeping graves, you should wear dark clothes, dress neatly and look solemn. Tomb-Sweeping Day generally chooses plain colors to sweep graves. Some people think that when sweeping graves, you should avoid wearing black clothes and wear bright colors such as red or yellow, on the grounds that black clothes are easy to provoke yin.
This view is unreasonable. In fact, wearing black clothes is more solemn and solemn, which can express grief for ancestors. It is not advisable to wear red and green clothes when sweeping graves. This kind of clothes is not in harmony with the atmosphere of sweeping graves, and may also show disrespect for the deceased. Therefore, it is more appropriate to wear plain clothes, and it is recommended not to wear red ornaments when sweeping graves.
Matters needing attention in Qingming grave sweeping
It is better to sweep the grave sooner than later, on the day of Qingming or one or two days in advance. In some places, it is best to finish it before 3 pm on the day of sacrifice.
Don't laugh or scold, wear gorgeous colors. Sweeping graves is a serious matter. Laughing and cursing are disrespectful to ancestors, especially to children. Grave-sweepers should be dignified and well dressed, not too gorgeous, but solemn. Weeds on graves should be pruned to avoid overgrown weeds, and sundries on cemeteries should be swept away to make cemeteries look cleaner.
It is inevitable that there will be sadness when sweeping graves. Pregnant women, patients and people who are not relatives of deceased ancestors should not participate, nor should they take photos in the cemetery to avoid bad luck.