Why is it said that burning paper on the grave is the most backward form of folk sacrifice?

Because behind the "burning paper on the grave" is a disguised acknowledgment that there are "underworlds" and "ghosts" in this world. But this statement is too absolute, and should be limited to the period of ancient feudal society, instead of killing a boatload of people with a pole, saying that all "burning paper on the grave" is a backward form of folk sacrifice. "Burning paper on the grave" is supported by a strong superstitious ideology, and the initial "burning paper money" in our country is because people believe that people will enter the underworld after death, that is, they just change their way to continue to live.

Therefore, the people in the yang world think that people also need to spend money in the underworld, and when they have no money to spend in the underworld, they naturally have to send them some money to spend when they are in the underworld. Therefore, when people visit people who have passed away, they will "bring some gifts", that is, burn paper money, less ingots, and so on.

This argument is based on the idea that people will live in another way after death, which means that there are "ghosts" in this world. But again, this statement only applies in ancient times, not in modern times. Because modern people know that there are no ghosts, spirits, and souls in the world, and people do not continue to live in another way after death, and people are dead when they die.

The reason why modern people continue to use this "backward" way to pay tribute to those who have passed away is actually for themselves.

Why? Because people live and live in this world, they will be bound by all kinds of rules, ideas, and principles. Some people burn paper when they go to the grave, just hoping that the grave is still alive, so they burn some money in the hope that he can live better underground.

He knew that there were no ghosts in this world, but he still longed for the people in the grave to be alive. In fact, this person lives in his heart, he thinks that this person still needs money, so he burns some money to him, and when the paper money is burned, this person acquiesces that the other party has received it, in fact, he feels that the other party has received it in his heart, so his heart will become peaceful.

Because this custom shows that people believe in the existence of the underworld in this world, which is a feudal superstitious practice.

The ancients used the form of burial, almost all of which were in the wilderness, and burning paper in these wilderness places is particularly easy to cause disasters.

The statement is too absolute, because behind the "burning paper on the grave" is a disguised acknowledgment that there are "underworld" and "ghosts" in this world.

"Burning paper on the grave" is said by many people to be a backward form of folk sacrifice for three reasons, let's take a look at this problem**, I hope these contents can help friends in need.

First, some people think that it is propaganda of feudal superstition.

"Burning paper on the grave" expresses people's sorrow for the deceased, and there is also a legend that the living burn paper for the deceased, which is the economy of the deceased in another world**, if the descendants of the deceased burn more, then the deceased will have a steady stream of money in the other world, which can make the deceased clothed and fed. In ancient times, people lived very hard, and the living people basically did not enjoy the life of great wealth and nobility, and many people died because of money, so the descendants burned paper for them, hoping to make up for the shortcomings in the world.

2. "Burning paper on the grave" pollutes the environment.

China is a country that stresses filial piety, and "burning paper on the grave" is also an important embodiment of filial piety culture, and almost every generation has been deeply rooted in the previous generation. Every time it comes to the "Winter Clothes Festival", "Cold Food Festival", "Qingming Festival", "Ghost Festival" and so on, whether it is urban or rural, people choose to "burn paper", people can be seen everywhere in the city "burn paper", some areas will designate specific locations, some places are not designated, and citizens are free to play. I remember passing by the crossroads of the community during Qingming this year, "burning paper" was a sea of people, smoky, thick smoke billowing, I covered my nose, shed tears, and fought a bloody way out of the sea of fire.

3. "Burning paper on the grave" has potential safety hazards.

Many people worship their ancestors in the suburbs or near the mountains and forests, and it is not uncommon for the weather to be dry and dry, and the incidents of "burning paper on the grave" causing fires in the mountains and forests and damaging the property safety of the local people are not uncommon. Take the recent Qingming Festival as an example, a fire broke out in a weed area west of the Botanical Garden in Nanchentun Town, Cangzhou City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, ** The reason is that the funeral goods lit when Zhang went to the grave to burn paper accidentally ignited the weeds next to the grave, burning an area of about 320 square meters, fortunately there were no personnel**, but a large number of fire brigades were dispatched to end the accident without danger. Here, we call on everyone to worship their ancestors in a civilized manner.

Because burning paper on the grave is easy to cause a particularly serious fire, this practice is very superstitious and has no effect, so there is such a saying.

It is not a backward folk custom, but a kind of longing for the old people, and in this way, it is a kind of ideological and emotional sustenance for the old people.

1. With the improvement of printing technology, many people like to buy the kind of colorful printed banknotes when they worship their ancestors, and the denomination is often billions, but in fact, the money is not real, it is not as valuable as Zimbabwean and Vietnamese dong, which is too hairy. Of course, it doesn't mean that you can't burn it, while burning traditional paper money, you can also burn some of this kind of dark money appropriately, there are a lot of lonely souls and ghosts who collect debts below, just this mouthful, the ancestors of the province were annoyed by it, and it was convenient to burn this kind of small money to send them away.

2. A knife on the good paper money, when it was small, it was marked one by one with imitation foreign dollars, and with the progress of the times, we now buy the best yellow straw paper, we can use a hundred yuan bill to press on it, when he is a stamp seal, from right to left from top to bottom neatly covered, the yellow paper is spread all over the bottom is hard currency, this kind of coin is used below to have face, really.

3. These paper money is only one of the steps, how to fold it is also a technology, now many people will not fold these paper money, according to the traditional knife burning paper to be divided into seven or eight parts, respectively, in a diagonal fold twice, otherwise so thick a whole stack of burning is not thorough.

4. When burning paper, the lighter you prepare should be windproof, just in case you can prepare one more, because the Yin Qi is heavier and the wind is strong in the Qingming days of the Spring Festival, and you also have to prepare a small stick.

5. The time to burn paper money is also particular, some are in the morning and some are in the afternoon, and some are dark, it should be noted that when burning during the day, you must silently recite the name of your ancestors or call it, so that the paper money can be in place, if you encounter the traces of others burning paper on the road, you must find a way to avoid it, and you must say sorry if you can't avoid it, borrow it, and ask for forgiveness.

6. When burning paper, draw a circle on the ground, don't circle yourself in it, and leave a gap in the direction where the ancestors live, so that the ancestors can come in and get money, and at the same time prevent other lonely ghosts from grabbing money.

7. When burning paper, the expression must be serious, don't play and play, this is a great disrespect to the ancestors, since you go, you must be respectful.

8. Although we have always emphasized that we should prevent lonely souls and wild ghosts from snatching the paper money of our ancestors, we should also pay attention to it, and give a few sheets to those lonely souls who have no relatives or have been forgotten when burning, so as to avoid being haunted by bad luck.

9. When we burn paper, we often hear grandfathers chanting words there, Liang Zao said that children and grandchildren have come to see you, this is a way to express respect to the ancestors and pray for protection, and it must be passed on.

10. Everything has a beginning and an end, you must wait until the paper money is burned before leaving, not in a hurry, so that it is a respect for the ancestors, and at the same time prevent fire, or the paper money is blown away by the wind and snatched by the lonely ghosts and ghosts, which makes the ancestors unhappy.

There's nothing to pay attention to, just get your mind to it.

It has been a year since the death of a loved one, and when we go to the grave to burn the anniversary, the first thing we need to do is to clean up the weeds around the grave, give the house a bright space, and also prevent accidents when burning paper.

It is essential to burn paper money offerings on anniversaries, not only because people hope that their ancestors will have wine, meat, money to spend in the other world, and they can live a better life, but also because of our filial piety, a sign of remembrance for them.

The types can be varied, and generally speaking, all the daily necessities such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation used in people's daily life can be used as sacrificial offerings. Offerings can be physical objects or symbolic foods made of paper or other materials.

The sacrifice of Xiao Xiang, Xiao Xiang refers to the sacrifice on the first anniversary of the death of his parents. "Xiao Xiang, the name of the sacrifice. Xiang, Yoshiya"。

That is to say, after the sacrifice of Xiaoxiang, the filial son can gradually remove the mourning clothes on his body and change into auspicious clothes. For example, a man can remove the mourning belt on his head and replace it with a crown woven of cooked silk, so the sacrifice of Xiaoxiang is also called"Practice the sacrifice"。The focus of Xiaoxiang's sacrifice is to replace Yu Ming with practice clothes for mourning clothes.