Why do you want to sacrifice your ancestors on Qingming Festival?

Why do you want to worship your ancestors in spring, there is a saying in the "Book of Rites": In spring, the rain and dew moisten the earth, and talented people walking on it will definitely wake up, and everything will recover, as if they are about to see their relatives who have returned to the world. Therefore, spring is the best time to worship ancestors, in this season, people often use a joyful mood to welcome the arrival of relatives.

The Book of Rites stipulates that before the sacrifice, people should adjust their body and mind and stabilize their minds in the inner room, which is called fasting. Fasting is the ultimate thing in integrity, and only with honesty can we communicate with our deceased relatives.

On the day of fasting, people should "think about their dwelling, their laughter, their aspirations, their pleasures, and their hobbies", and the voices and smiles of the relatives they worship should always appear in their hearts. In the past, the sacrifices were mostly in Zongzhou. After fasting, on the day of the sacrifice, when you enter the temple dedicated to the ancestors, you will vaguely see the faces of your relatives on the spiritual seat; After the sacrifice, he turned around and went out, and in solemnity he heard the voice of his relatives; When I arrived outside the door, I seemed to hear the sighs of my relatives.

Looking at a person's sacrificial demeanor, we can know his filial piety: when he stands, he respectfully bends his body slightly; When he came forward, his face was pleasant and respectful; When he entered into the sacrifice, he respectfully wanted the gods to enjoy it; After the dedication, he seemed to have obeyed the orders of his relatives; When the sacrifice was removed and retreated, the respectful and solemn look remained on his face. This is because, "Those who are filial sons have deep love must have harmony, those who have harmony must have pleasure, and those who have pleasure must have grace."

It can be said that in the ritual of sacrifice, the core spirit embodied in all behaviors is the word "respect". The so-called "body to its integrity, integrity is the end, the end is respect, the respect can be done then can be the gods, the way of this sacrifice is also." ”<

Perhaps the significance of remembering the ancestors of Qingming is to let the younger generations think about the "meaning of life" in front of their ancestors, think about what kind of words will be engraved on their epitaphs in the future, and most importantly, why not let the world forget, so as to better spend this life. It's Qingming again, a festival to commemorate the ancestors, who do you miss most in this day of thoughts? On the way to sweep the tombs, in front of the tombs of your ancestors, what will you think of?

Is it the bloodline that has continued from generation to generation, the story of the ancestors who have continued to advance over the years, or is it just the mentality of completing the task? Under China's traditional patriarchal system, the custom of honoring ancestors has been perfected for thousands of years. To express respect, worship, and longing for ancestors.

First, the origin

It is an ancient festival of profound significance that the ancestors have been worshipping the ancestors for thousands of years. According to historical records, during the Three Kingdoms period, tomb sacrifices have become an indispensable ritual activity, and the "Hanshu Yan Yannian Biography" records that even if the Yan family is thousands of miles away from Beijing, they will "return to the East China Sea to sweep the tomb" in Qingming.

With the increasing strength of ancestor worship and kinship consciousness, the tomb sacrifices that were not included in the norms in ancient times were also included in the "five types of closing rites", and the promotion of the imperial court also made the tomb sacrifice activities more popular.

2. Significance

The Chinese's sacrifice to their ancestors is a moral belief, a poetic act to express emotions, and a gratitude and remembrance from individual emotions. Feng Youlan once said, "The sacrificial ceremony is not because the ghosts and gods really exist, but because the people who worship their ancestors are out of the feeling of filial piety to their ancestors, so the meaning of the first rent ceremony is poetic, not religious."

Everyone knows that the sacrificial wine and food "once went to Jiuquan", but we believe that our relatives and ancestors can receive our affection and sacrifice, and this solemn ceremony is an emotional, poetic, and moral truth.

People, poetically dwelling on the earth", facing the ** or tombstone of the ancestors, expressing strong thoughts and sincere respect, is the happiness and motivation for us to live in this ancient land.

About the difference between the Qingming ancestor worship tradition and superstition:

Now that scientific and technological rationality has become people's basic consciousness, it is necessary to clarify the tradition of ancestor worship to promote the legalization of the Qingming Festival. Ancestor worship is not a superstitious activity that acknowledges the existence of ghosts and gods.

Otherwise, the tradition of ancestor worship will be mixed with the folk belief in ghosts and gods, and the solemn commemoration of relatives will be alienated into superstitious activities; The main reason why ancestor worship activities in the past were criticized by people was that they were superstitious. In today's efforts to "rebuild traditions", if we fail to avoid customs, we will lead the tradition of ancestor worship astray again.

The above content refers to the encyclopedia Qingming ancestor worship.

The first is remembrance and gratitude. Zhuge Changqing believes that we must be grateful, no matter how rich and auspicious we are, we must not forget the grace of our ancestors to protect and shelter. You have now, you can't do without the blessing of your ancestors, you have to be grateful and thankful.

At the same time, we must vow to do good deeds and accumulate virtue to benefit the common people, make meritorious contributions, glorify our ancestors, and make our ancestors happy.

The second is to worship ancestors. As a younger generation, send tributes, burn paper*, and sacrifices to your ancestors, so that your ancestors can be supported by your descendants, make your ancestors happy and happy, win the recognition of heaven and earth, win the praise of the gods, the blessings and protection of your ancestors, and the third is to ask for blessings. While thanking the ancestors, please also ask the ancestors to bless themselves with good health, family happiness, wealth and auspiciousness.

It is very important to worship ancestors during the Qingming Festival, as long as there is time for the shed to rent the congregation, it is good to go home to worship, so that the ancestors are happy and happy, bless the family, reflect the filial piety of the younger generations, reflect the inheritance of the family, and reflect the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.

1. The origin of the Qingming Festival.

"Qingming Festival" is derived from the Qingming Festival in the 24 solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar. Qingming Festival is one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. As the "Qingming" of the solar term, the time is after the vernal equinox.

At this time, the winter has gone, the spring is full of joy, the sky is clear, the Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, it is a good season for spring plowing and spring planting. Nature is full of life. The ancestors used "Qingming" to call this solar term.

The traditional Qingming Festival of the Han nationality in China has a long history, and Zhuge Changqing believes that it originated from the ancestor of mankind, Fuxi Nuwa, and was implemented by the five emperors such as the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor, and spread all over the country. It can be studied about the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, which has a history of more than 2,500 years.

Almanac": "On the fifteenth day after the vernal equinox, Dou Zhi Ding, for Qingming, when everything is clean and clear, when the air is clear and the scenery is clear, everything is revealed, hence the name.

2. The origin of ancestor worship on Qingming Festival.

When did the ancestor worship originate during the Qingming Festival? Zhuge Changqing's research believes that the Qingming Festival ancestor worship began with the ancestor of mankind, Fuxi Nuwa, after the chain was divided, in order to let the descendants remember their ancestors, so they put forward the requirements of the New Year and the Qingming Festival.

Later, the emperors of all dynasties began to worship their ancestors. The written record says that the Qingming ancestor sacrifice originated from the "tomb sacrifice" of the ancient emperor and general, which is the meaning.

Zhuge Changqing research believes that the ancient emperors, as the country's first, needed to make their country smooth and prosperous, so on the day of the Qingming Festival (the new year's crop planting is about to begin), go to the ancestral cemetery to worship the ancestors, remember the ancestors, be grateful to the ancestors, worship the ancestors, ask the ancestors for protection, and bless their country with a year of good wind and rain, chain cherry blossoms, and a bumper crop harvest.

In ancient times, folk sacrifices needed to be organized by the first and patriarchs. Later, this practice spread to the people, and the people also began to worship their ancestors at the same time, worship the ancestors and sweep the tombs, remember the ancestors, and ask the ancestors to protect the family.

Ancestor worship on the Qingming Festival has gradually become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation.

Later, people combined the "Cold Food Festival" and "Qingming" to worship Jiezitui in the Jin Dynasty.

1. The origin of the Qingming Festival.

The origin of the Qingming Festival, it is said that it began in the ancient emperors and generals of the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony, and later the people also followed suit, on this day to worship the ancestors and sweep the tomb, the successive dynasties have followed and become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation. Originally, the cold food festival and the Qingming Festival are two different festivals, to the Tang Dynasty, the day of worshipping and sweeping the tomb is set as the cold food festival rock yard "Qingming Festival" The name also comes from the Qingming Festival in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar in China. The 105th day after the winter solstice is the Qingming solar term.

There are 15 days of Qingming solar terms. As the "Qingming" of the solar term, the time is after the vernal equinox. At this time, winter has gone, spring is full of joy, the weather is clear, the four fields are clear and clean, and nature is full of vitality.

"Qingming" is a very appropriate word to call this period. One hundred and five days after the winter solstice, it is called the cold food, the fire is forbidden on this day in the past, the cold food, so it is also called the "cold festival" and "the smoking festival", the folk legend that the cold food is to commemorate the spring and autumn period of Jie Zitui was burned in Mianshan, Jin Wen Gong ordered a ban on fire. Jie Zitui is a native of Shanxi, so the custom of cold food was first popular in Shanxi.

In the old days, the cold food broke the fire, and the next day there was a ceremony of drilling wood to get a new fire in the palace, and the people also begged each other for a new fire with willow wide early strips.

2. The significance of the Qingming Festival.

In this era of peace, we should still carry forward and inherit the spirit of the revolutionaries and martyrs of the older generation who sacrificed themselves for the country. Various schools and major companies voluntarily launched the Qingming Festival sweeping activity, and many Chinese also presented a bouquet of flowers to our national hero on the same day. The long river of time flows endlessly, but it cannot dilute our memory of the revolutionary martyrs.

Every inch of the land they fought bloodily on back then is now full of flowers and green trees, and this is a red strip stained with blood.

The road, they exchanged their rough and rolling blood for what we are today. How many days and nights, how many times of pain and torture, they have no hesitation, I think you are still in the same place, never left, will not let us only read the deeds alone, imagine the back. You are gone, leaving us with the immortal spirit of the world, and leaving us with the splendid civilization of the present and the month.

Yes: Because it is the day of the sacrifice.

1. Qingming ancestor worship, its connotation is filial piety culture. Send thoughts and respect to deceased relatives and ancestors, and provide children with an environment to understand filial piety and enlightenment, so that they can know gratitude.

2. In China's long 5,000-year history, ancestor worship is second only to ancestor worship. In the "Historical Records and Book of Rites", it is said, "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; The ancestors are also the foundation of the kind. It means that sacrificing heaven and earth is to repay the virtue of heaven and earth, and sacrificing ancestors is to fulfill filial piety and thank you for the grace of life given to spring pants.

Sacrificing this social custom has profound cultural significance.

3. "There are five scriptures for rituals, and nothing is more important than sacrifices." The meaning of our ancestor worship is to carry forward the spirit of filial piety, filial piety is the foundation of Chinese culture, with filial piety, all goodness is fundamental, our best performance of filial piety to our ancestors is to quietly inherit the teachings of the ancient sages, self-benefit and benefit people, the so-called for the saints to continue to learn, for the eternal peace.

Feng Shui Chang is the mystery of the Dou Hong.