When you go home for the Chinese New Year, many places have the custom of going to the grave , what

Updated on society 2024-06-20
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    Every year when we go home for the Chinese New Year, we have to go to the grave to pay tribute to our deceased relatives. This is not only a kind of inheritance, but also a necessary part of the festival. The main people I went to the grave to pay respects were my grandparents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and 11 other people.

    It's been a habit since I was sensible. Specifically, there are the following important points to pay attention to:

    1. Do not engage in feudal superstition. When we go to the grave, we generally bring some food, wine and the like to the ancestors, and burn some incense paper in a flat and tidy place, but we must not take them as the mainstream. Many people think that the more firecrackers you set off, the more paper money you burn, the better, but it's not.

    2. When going to the grave, it is strictly forbidden to laugh and scold. According to the elders, the cemetery is a place of refuge for the spirits, so it is forbidden to step over the grave and its offerings, laugh and scold, urinate anywhere, trample on other graves, or comment on the design of the tomb, which is considered blasphemous. Not only is this disrespectful to one's ancestors, but it is also a nuisance to nearby spirits.

    3. When going to the grave, it is strictly forbidden to take photos in the cemetery of the ancestors. Ancestor worship is not just a commemoration of ancestors, but obviously has the meaning of worshiping and praying to the deceased, and taking pictures has a playful and disrespectful meaning. Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to take pictures when going to the grave.

    Fourth, after going to the grave, when you are ready to go home, you should pay attention to your body and see if there are any branches and paper money pieces that have unintentionally stuck to your body。If there is, slap it down in time. In the words of the ancients, these things belong to the deceased relatives, and the Hu we take away is to take the things of the deceased, and they will come to claim them back, which is unlucky.

    5. When you return home after going to the grave, you should take a bath and wash your clothes. Bathing and washing clothes is not to get rid of bad luck, but to wash away the things left by the deceased and draw a line with them.

    In fact, there are many local precautions about going to the grave, such as paying attention to fireworks and avoiding fires. Paying tribute to the ancestors is a kind of ritual, with a strong sense of ritual, we must be serious, not sloppy. Otherwise, there is blasphemy.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Be sure to bring some offerings, such as fruit and cookies. It is best to go to the grave on the first or fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and not on the even-numbered date such as the second or sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Don't wear brightly colored clothes, it's better to wear white or black clothes.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    We usually have to bring food and wine to the grave here, burn some incense and paper money, and when we go to the grave, it is forbidden to play and take pictures in the cemetery of our ancestors.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    It is necessary to pay homage and prepare sacrifices for the ancestors. When we went to the grave, we had to prepare some tribute, and we had to burn paper money, etc.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Of course, it was a year ago, if you went after the year, it would be meaningless, after the New Year, the underground people also need to have a sense of ceremony, and they will also accept the money you send, this is the kind of people imagine, in fact, superstitious saying. The person who goes to the grave is actually just a soul, there is nothing at all, he will spend money? What about him in the underworld, that is, people can have a comfort in order to comfort their hearts, and going to the grave is actually a way to remember the lost and dead relatives, to remember them.

    It is all custom, for example, it is customary to go to the grave on July 15, but once a year before the New Year, and then go to the cemetery to burn paper, send some paper money to the underground people a kind of self-comfort, people are conscious, people's feelings of missing the loss of relatives will be relieved, because sometimes people think about it every day? Will the relatives have no money at the bottom, so when it comes to the New Year, people are used to going to the grave to burn a piece of paper, so that for the sacrifice of the dead, they have also been comforted in their hearts, and they always feel that this is a heart, I hope they can receive it, and your money can be spent more, as if it is a way to come up with it, in fact, this is also a superstitious statement. For anyone, this is also a kind of online memorial that the country is now advocating, because going to the grave is easy to cause disasters, so the country has now introduced a lot of methods, when going to the grave, people can use the way of memorial to directly publish the words of mourning on the Internet, words to pay tribute to the deceased relatives, this kind of ceremony feels recommended by memorial, but what if you go in person?

    For some elderly people who are not good at legs and feet, it is better to go as little as possible, and young people are also trekking through mountains and rivers, which is very troublesome, and it is recommended that the way advocated by modern countries is recommended. Using the online method can be said to be more user-friendly and safer.

    For the lost loved ones, people pay tribute.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Generally, before the Chinese New Year, the customs vary from place to place, depending on the local customs, and most places go to burn paper before dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    If it is difficult to go home to worship your ancestors when you work in a different place all year round, and you finally have time to return to your hometown after the New Year, you can go to the ancestors' graves to worship before the Spring Festival, and comfort the ancestors' heavenly spirits to burn some sacrifices and offer flowers.

    In many places, before the Spring Festival, the deceased relatives will be picked up and go home on the evening of the 30th to worship the spiritual position of their relatives, and then send their ancestors back on the morning of the fifth day of the previous year.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    This kind of thing mainly depends on the local customs, if you can't be sure, it's best to ask the elders in the family, on our side, if you choose to go to the grave before the year, basically before the new year, that is, before the twenty-third day of the lunar month, because the customs of each place are different, the rules are not the same, it is best to follow the local area.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The customs of various places are different, the time to go to the grave for the New Year is also different, we go to lunch on the 30th, and there are 30 all day can go, and there are some places that get up early on the first day of the new year and go there, just follow the customs. No matter when you go, this is an expression of longing for the deceased, as long as you have it in your heart, you can go or not.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The custom in various places is to go to the grave before the year and to worship the ancestors before the year. Some people choose before the 23rd of the lunar month, and some people choose after the 23rd of the lunar month.

    Unless they are blocked out because of things, they all go to the grave years ago.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Regarding the matter of going to the grave, it may be different in each place, especially in the countryside, those who have sons go to the grave one or two days before the year, and the girls who marry out in our hometown can go to the grave first and then enter the house in the third year of junior high school.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    You can go to the Chinese New Year's Eve, you can also go to the first year of junior high school, and then you can go to break five. But it depends on the local customs. Personally, I feel that I can go for a while, which is a trace of longing for the past.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Generally, they go to the grave on the first day of the new year, and in some places they get up early on the first day of the new year to go to the grave, and when they come back, they are eating, and then they go to pay New Year's greetings.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Generally, I don't go to the grave during the New Year, I only go to the Qingming Festival or the death day, and if I want to go during the New Year, I can go whenever I want, and it will be better after the New Year.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    It depends on when the beginning of spring is generally in the worship of the mountain, and I only go to worship before the beginning of spring, and I will not go to the grave in the beginning of spring.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    If you look for us, we usually go a few years ago.

    If a girl gets married, then when she goes to her relatives and goes back to her home, she will go after the New Year.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Generally, they go a few years ago, but the customs are different in each place, so it is better to ask the next elder.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Generally, on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I go to worship and pay tribute to the ancestors!

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    According to local customs, it is generally the New Year or New Year to worship the ancestors.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    I went a year ago, and then I went after the New Year to be the Qingming Festival.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    This thing looks like one place at a time, depending on local customs.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    If you want to go to the grave, then go before the year.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    It is generally ...... before the Chinese New Year

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    The customs of each place are different, and we in the north love to go to the grave in the morning on the day of the New Year, that is, on the first day of the new year, and come back in the morning to talk, so as not to delay the lunch meal.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    The best date to go to the grave is on the day of the small year, not necessarily before the small year, the small year as a traditional festival, is an important symbol of the Spring Festival, on this day the folk have the custom of going to the grave to worship the ancestors, also known as "receiving the ancestors". This day is a good day to worship and pray for blessings. In ancient times, in addition to going to the grave to worship the ancestors, it was also necessary to worship the god of the stove.

    In addition, it should be noted that on the day of the New Year, people will put candy, water, beans, etc. on the table in front of the statue of the Stove King, and melt the Kanto sugar with fire and apply it to the mouth of the Stove King, the purpose is to make the Stove King sweet.

    Go to the grave and pay attention to detailed explanations.

    Going to the grave is a very particular thing, and there are many precautions, among which the necessary offerings for the young year are incense candles, paper money, fruits, snacks, and vegetarian wine. It is best to do it between 9 am and 15 pm, and be sure to be careful not to go to the cemetery too early and not too late. On the first day of October, the sun sets late, and the sun sets early, and the period between 9 a.m. --- 15 p.m. is the time of the day when the yang energy is relatively strong, which will strengthen its own yang energy.

    The traditional customs of the young year.

    Eating stove sugar is a very traditional custom, as the saying goes, "twenty-three, sugar melon sticky", when the New Year is young, people will buy sugar melon, Kanto sugar, hemp candy and so on, pray for the stove king's mouth to be sweeter, God says good things, bless everything well. The sacrificial stove is an important activity on this day of the New Year, in addition to offering sugar melons and cakes, but also changing the portrait of the god of the stove. When the old portrait of the god of the stove is removed, every household also wants it"Please"Come back with a new image of the Stove King.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    If it's just your own business, you can make your own decisions, but if you have a lot of brothers and sisters, it's best to ask first, and be careful to make a big move, then it's hard to say.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    The Spring Festival grave is generally allowed from the 23rd year of the lunar month to the 30th Chinese New Year's Eve, so it can be about a week in advance. Chinese New Year's Eve ancestor worship is one of the traditional customs in China that have been handed down to this day. On the one hand, it originates from the traditional concept of "filial piety first" and "chasing the distance in the end", expressing filial piety and nostalgia to the ancestors and ancestors on the occasion of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new; On the other hand, it is due to the belief that ancestral gods can bless future generations and make them prosperous.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    You can burn paper and offer flowers when you go to the grave during the New Year, as long as it conforms to your local customs, you can generally go to the grave on the same day, or you can go to the grave in advance.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    No. In this place where I live, there is no need to go to the grave of my ancestors during the Chinese New Year, I only need to go to the grave of my ancestors during the New Year.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    We Chinese have a saying: filial piety comes first. Every New Year's holiday, children and grandchildren will go to the ancestors' graves to burn incense, burn paper, and offer sacrifices to show their respect for the ancestors and their filial piety, so as to seek the safety of the family.

    New Year is a traditional festival for Chinese, and it is a day for the whole country to celebrate, but there are many graves in the New Year's Festival, so what are they? Or if you don't have time, can you sweep the grave in advance?

    First, the time aspect. In fact, depending on the place, the time will be different. In our Luliang area of Shanxi, the best time to sweep the grave for the New Year is on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, on this morning, the children and grandchildren who return to their hometown for the New Year will bring things prepared one day in advance to sweep the grave and offer sacrifices; In general, it is forbidden to worship in advance.

    Second, the sacrificial aspect of the East and the West. Like oranges, etc., because the meaning is not good, it means "absolute son", so ordinary people will not sacrifice oranges when sweeping graves; In addition, there are pears, pears and separation is homonym, if the pears are brought when sweeping the grave, it means to separate from the ancestors, as unfilial piety, but those who do not know are not guilty, we need to slowly understand these customs, according to the local customs.

    Third, in terms of dressing, going to the grave is a lot of exquisiteness, and going to the grave during the New Year is quite a lot, because sweeping the grave and offering sacrifices is a serious matter, so we try not to wear red and purple clothes when we go to sweep the grave, and try to wear plain and elegant.

    I feel that worship is originally a psychological peace given to by the living, as long as I have filial piety and sincerity, in fact, there is not so much exquisiteness, that is the remnants of feudal superstition, do you think it's right?

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    The emphasis on each place is different, we do not allow girls to go to the grave here, pregnant people are not allowed to go, people who come to menstruation are not allowed to go, children under the age of 12 cannot go, and they cannot go to the grave casually during normal times; It's not okay to be particular on our side.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    When you go to the grave during the New Year, you can't go to the grave more than 12 noon, you can't dress too brightly when you go to the grave, you should prepare some sacrifices, you should go to the grave more seriously, but you can't prepare meat food. It is not allowed to be advanced, because it is a custom to go to the grave during the New Year.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-11

    Pay attention to choose the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve as much as possible, and pay attention to the worship procedure, first buy offerings, then drink, then light incense, and finally burn paper, and then set off fireworks when everything is over; It is not possible to go to the grave early, preferably on the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve.

  34. Anonymous users2024-01-10

    The specific time depends on the situation in each place.

    Going to the grave during the New Year is commonly known as 'tomb sacrifice', which is one of the forms of paying tribute to the ancestors. Chinese people have a tradition of chasing the distance cautiously, and they never forget to worship their dead ancestors during the festival, and the Spring Festival is no exception. Offering food or flowers as a token of gratitude is a common ritual in China, and the form of ancestor worship may vary depending on religious beliefs, but the meaning of honoring ancestors is the same.

    One of the main contents of family rituals. According to the folk concept, one's ancestors, like heaven, earth, gods, and Buddhas, should be worshiped seriously. Because the "spirits in heaven" of the ancestors are always caring for and watching the descendants of future generations, earthly people should pray and repay their protection and blessings through sacrifices.

    During the Spring Festival, you must worship your ancestors, remember your ancestors, and inspire future generations. However, due to the different customs in different places, some places worship before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner; In some places, worship around Chinese New Year's Eve; In some places, worship in front of the opening of the house on the morning of the first day of the new year; In Taiwan, on the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, ancestor worship is held for the last time of the year. In some places, after worshipping at home on the first day of junior high school, you have to go to the ancestral hall to worship your ancestors.

    There are also those who go to the grave to worship their ancestors, commonly known as tomb sacrifices, mainly to burn incense, make offerings, and bow down in the cemetery. In modern times, it is common to go to the cemetery of relatives to pay respects.

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