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It is usually done between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. [i.e. when there is daylight].
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Qingming FestivalIt is a well-known festival and an important part of the Chinese nationTraditional festivals
Every Qingming Festival, people practice to sweep the tombs to worship their ancestors and remember their ancestors.
So, what is the significance of tomb sweeping on the Qingming Festival, let's take a look.
Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, which gathers the cold food festival and is a good solar term on the vernal equinox. At this time, the weather is not restless or cold, the spring breeze is full, and it is suitable for living and walking. Stripped of the chill of spring and winter, people began to move at this time.
Take your children, sweep the graves, plant willows and trees, and do something meaningful and enjoyable. Among the many Qingming Festival customs that have been passed down since ancient times, tomb sweeping is undoubtedly the most important feast.
The theme of the Qingming Festival is to sweep the tomb and practice filial piety. This day is a day to pay tribute to the dead. The traditional Chinese method is burial, so it is also called going to the grave, sweeping the tomb, and sacrificing the tomb.
Add some soil to the grave of the deceased, remove dust from the tombstones, and place some tribute flowers. Or the ancestors who have passed away, or the relatives and friends who have just left, come to their graves to express their mourning and longing during the Qingming Festival. Life means life and death, the years change, and turning back is the annual ring.
Remembering the deceased and honoring relatives are virtues, let us practice them together.
Tomb sweeping on the Qingming Festival can also extend the fine tradition. Nowadays, many school students often advocate that students go to the graves with their parents, or the school organizes them to sweep the tombs of martyrs, or sweeps the tombs of martyrs through the Internet. In addition, it is necessary to write Qingming articles and record the feelings of tomb sweeping and worship during the Qingming Festival.
The purpose is very clear, to cultivate students' understanding of the traditional culture Qingming Festival.
Why? Bingxin's "Sending Young Readers" said: "Qingming tomb sweeping, although it does not burn paper money, can also train children to pay respectful and silent tribute to their ancestors."
Knowing the martyrs, knowing honor and disgrace, understanding filial piety and deep righteousness, and inheriting fine traditions, this is the meaning of tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival for us Chinese.
Conclusion: The main activities of the Qingming Festival are sacrifices and ancestors, and the cultural heritage is rich, and after the passage of time, the custom of sweeping tombs on today's Qingming Festival has been formed. The Chinese nation attaches great importance to ethics, morality, and respect, and believes that filial piety is the humanistic spirit and national spirit.
This fine tradition is being inherited and carried forward through today's Qingming Festival.
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1. Can the wife of the wife go to the grave after the death of the husband?
There is a saying that three years before the death of a husband, the wife cannot go to the grave.
This is a matter of customs, as long as you respect the local customs, if there is such a custom in the local area, then it is better to avoid it, otherwise it will bring a lot in the future'Psychological troubles.
If the custom does not exist in the local area, it is not a taboo.
2. Can I accompany my friends to visit the grave?
For various reasons, many people may encounter the problem of whether to accompany a friend to visit the tomb, such as whether a girlfriend accompanies her boyfriend to visit the tomb, a subordinate accompanies the boss to visit the tomb, or even accompanies a customer to visit the tomb in the business field.
It is believed that it is better for outsiders not to accompany them to visit the tomb, because their aura is different.
If you really can't avoid it, then it is recommended that you wear a mascot to ward off evil spirits, such as peach wood hand beads, etc., otherwise you will commit a taboo.
3. Can pregnant women go to sweep the tomb on Qingming Festival?
Generally speaking, pregnant women should avoid Qingming mountain worship activities, and not only that.
Strictly speaking, when women come to menstruate, it is best not to participate in such activities, especially not to participate in Qingming mountain worship activities after 3 p.m.
Remind friends: Our motherland is vast, and the north and south have slightly different customs for tomb sweeping, for example: in the south, children usually go to sweep the tomb, while in some places in the north, the daughter usually does not go to the tomb, if it is a married daughter, she goes to the tomb with her husband.
4. If you are not in good health or low spirits, can you go to the grave?
On the day of the grave sweep, if you are not in good health or low spirits, it is recommended not to go to the cemetery.
Because at this moment, the body and mind are in a weak state, and it is very easy to incur the upper body of the netherworld creatures and cause trouble after returning home; In addition, pregnant women and children under the age of 6 should also be cautious when visiting graves.
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Qingming Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, and it is also one of the sacrificial festivals in China, usually around April 4 every year (the specific date is determined according to the lunar calendar). During the Qingming Festival, people will go to the ancestral cemetery to sweep the graves and pay respects to express their thoughts and remembrance of their deceased relatives. This is an important sacrificial activity in traditional Chinese culture, with a long history and profound cultural connotation.
The tradition of tomb sweeping originated from the ancient custom of honoring ancestors, believing that the souls of ancestors needed people's condolences and comfort. At the same time, tomb sweeping is also a way to pass on the family blood and family style, so that future generations can feel the spirit and wisdom of the ancestors. In addition, in the process of tomb sweeping, people will also clean, tidy, and repair the cemetery and tombstones to show respect and gratitude for their ancestors.
At the same time, it is also a manifestation of caring for the environment of the source gods, advocating civilized sacrifice and sweeping, and not destroying the cemetery environment. In short, tomb sweeping on the Qingming Festival is an important activity to express sorrow, express respect, and inherit culture, and is one of the traditional cultures of the Chinese nation.
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<>1. Qingming Festival is a festival to worship ancestors, and the main project is to sweep tombs. The origin of the Qingming Festival, it is said that it originated from the ancient emperors and generals "tomb sacrifice" ceremony, and was later imitated by the public, on this day to worship the ancestors and sweep the tomb, followed by the past dynasties and become a fixed custom of the Chinese nation.
2. There are two theories about the source of cold food and tomb sweeping in folklore. It is said that Zhuge Liang ruled Shu during the Three Kingdoms, and the deep infiltration of the bucket won the hearts of the people, but after his death, the court did not build a temple for it, so the people worshiped on the field roads during the cold food. Later, the imperial court introspectively sold such as improper measures, and officially attached Zhuge Liang to the ancestor (Liu Bei) temple, but the custom of cold food and wild sacrifice has been formed, and evolved into each person sacrificing to sweep the tombs of the ancestors; Another Cong La theory says that the custom of cold food and tomb sweeping and the cold food festival were formed at the same time in the Spring and Autumn Period, and both were raised to commemorate the hermit Jiezitui.
3. Some people believe that the ancient ancestors sacrificed Gao Yu at the spring equinox. Gao Yu is the high mother, in the primitive society where people only recognize their mothers and do not recognize their fathers, Gao Mu is the ancestors. To worship Gao Zhen is to worship ancestors.
The original festival of the cold food festival was in the second half of February, which was consistent with the ancient season of worshipping Gao Yu in time, so Tang Xuanzong established the cold food as the ancestor festival. In later generations, the Cold Food Festival was shortened to the last three or two days, or directly combined with the Qingming Festival, so the cold food tomb sweeping became the Qingming tomb sweeping.
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It is said that when the Qingming Festival arrives, people often paint gray colors for tomb sweeping. But the tomb sweeping in my hometown is a different scene, and it is often called strange by people in other places.
Our tomb sweeping there is not called tomb sweeping, but "hiking". Men, women, and children of all ages can participate, and tomb sweeping is not specifically in Qingming, but in the month or two before Qingming. The family carries meat pastries and paper money, often a big goose and a big meat roast pig, the roast pig is a symbol of wealth, and many wealthy families will carry the big roast pig up the mountain.
A large family carried the burden, the flat burden carried the things, and set off happily to search for balance, just like a spring outing, there was no seriousness and no sadness. When they arrived at the cemetery, the children ran wildly in the woods to hide and seek, pick wild fruits, and roll in the grass. After the worship, the adults will first pull some goose paws and goose wings for the greedy children to eat, and then "Ding Ding Dong" next to the cemetery with a kitchen knife to chop the meat into pieces, the pastries into plates, and finally everyone gathers together to "eat a big meal".
Occasionally, there are strange farmers who are working in the fields next to the cemetery, and when they are greedy, they can stand aside and wait for the invitation, and they are generally invited to eat together.
Tomb sweeping is a festival that children look forward to every year, and at this time of year, children can go to "visit the door" when they meet other families in the village, mostly out of greed, because the food is as rich as the New Year.
Probably our people there thought that our ancestors would like to see their offspring who lived happily and had enough food and clothing, right? Of course, there is also a serious side, that is, adults are required to pray for blessings when worshipping, and children are not allowed to climb on the tomb as a sign of respect. But seriously, I really like it.
In fact, there is really no unified standard, from a psychological point of view, as long as parents do not intimidate and do not mislead their children, there is really no bad effect, and the strange customs of my hometown are enough to prove everything.
In some places, children under the age of 6 are not allowed to participate in ancestor worship; In some places, the age is coarse to 2 years old; In some places, female dolls are not allowed to participate; In some places, daughters-in-law and children from other places are not allowed to participate; In some places, pregnant women are not allowed to participate; There are even some places where family members who have birthdays before and after the tomb sweep are not allowed to participate; And what about some places? It doesn't matter, it's okay for men, women, and children.
There are not so many taboos abroad, and everyone can sweep the grave to remember their ancestors. But for Chinese families, young children say advice - respect local customs and listen to the older generation. Why?
This is not superstition or not, but from a psychological point of view, the hint of customs after "fouling" often causes psychological pressure, and most people have a little pimple in their hearts.
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