Of course, in addition to the Qingming Festival, there are also half-July, which is the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, and October, which is the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar. The day before Qingming is the Cold Food Festival. In some places, ancestor worship is held, and in some places, New Year's Eve. Invite ancestors to go home on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to send them off, and there is also the custom of climbing high to worship ancestors during the Double Ninth Festival
The best time to visit the graves: 7:00 to 17:00
From the perspective of Kanyuology, You should choose a good time to sweep the tomb. It is best to choose a time when the yang energy is relatively strong. Generally speaking, it is best to sweep the tomb after 7 a.m. and before 5 p.m. It is not suitable to sweep the tomb before dawn or when the sun sets. If you feel depressed on the day of sweeping the tomb, you can wear jade on your body. It is said that wearing jade can stabilize your spirit. When sweeping the tomb, you must dress neatly and look solemn. Do not use foul language, make loud noises, or say disrespectful words
to the deceased. When sweeping a tomb, you should concentrate on it, do not look around, look closely at other graves, trample on other graves, or comment on other graves. It is not appropriate to take photos in the cemetery. Pregnant women, patients, and children under 7 years old are best not to visit graves.
After returning from tomb sweeping, most people feel a little tired. At this time, they should take a bath and change clothes. According to ancient custom, you have to step over the brazier before entering the house. The ancients believed that this can drive away the negative energy.
What is the usual procedure for sweeping tombs during the Qingming Festival?
According to custom, the order of sacrifice and sweeping is to first sweep the tomb, that is, clean the cemetery.
The second is sacrifice. This procedure is very important. One is to express grief, and the other is to relate to the ancestors, because the mountains have spirits but no owners, and the ancestors have owners but no spirits. It is necessary to relate to the ancestors. Feeling can better capture the aura of mountains and rivers. This is Feng Shui.
When sweeping the tomb, people bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer the food in front of the tomb of their relatives, burn the paper money, put new soil on the tomb, trim the tomb, and break a few new green branches. When inserting it on the grave, you also need to press some paper money on it, so that others can see it and know that there are descendants of this grave, and then kowtow and worship. Afterwards, they can sit around and have a meal and drink; they can also fly kites, or even compete with each other and engage in related activities. Women and children also need to fold some willow branches nearby and tie the removed steamed food offerings with wickers. Some people braid willow sticks into a basket shape and wear them on their heads, saying, "If you don't wear willow during Qingming Festival, you will become a yellow dog in the next life."
That is: modifying the cemetery - offering incense - serving meat - toasting
- paying homage - setting off cannons to say goodbye...