Qingming ancestor worship, do you still have such a form as an ancestral tomb or family tree?

Our family still has ancestral graves and genealogies, and even I met the last patriarch of our family, but he died of illness two or three years ago. About ten years ago, when the old patriarch was still alive, there was a large-scale clean-up of the family tree, so the last time our family tree was from ten years ago.

That is to say, the children born in 10 years are not currently on the family tree, and it may take another ten years or even longer to clean up the family tree next time, because the patriarch must come forward to clean up the family tree, but now the authority of the new patriarch of our family is obviously weaker than that of the old patriarch, so it is more difficult.

At the same time, our family also has an ancestral grave, every year during the New Year's Festival, who gets married, marries a daughter-in-law, gives birth to a child, takes the university entrance examination, worships the ancestors during the Qingming Festival, buries the elders when they die, etc., all go to the ancestral grave to worship, so the ancestral grave in front of the tribute continues, the incense continues.

According to the previous introduction of the old patriarch, this is the tomb of the first generation of our family, about 1400 years ago, after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, we began to officially reproduce our entire family. Although there have been countless things that have happened in the family after more than 600 years of reproduction, it has finally survived, and I think this is also the result of the blessing of our ancestors.

At the same time, in my personal opinion, the most important thing is that each generation will have an old patriarch to deal with family affairs, I don't know exactly what these affairs are, but they are generally genealogy, family memorials, etc., generally once a year, but sometimes not once in a few years, after all, this concept has been diluted a lot in modern society.

However, on the one hand, our family has an ancestral grave or genealogy, which may seem a little traditional or backward or conservative, but on the other hand, it still benefits from this form of "family".

The annual Qingming Festival is coming again, and every time this festival comes, everyone returns to their hometowns to worship their ancestors and express their nostalgia for them. In our country, there is no concept of a cemetery yet, so each family will have its own ancestral grave. When relatives die, they will be buried in their own fields, and some families will be buried on the river embankment.

As for the family tree, I have seen the family tree of our family, and my father also wanted to update the family tree before his death, but unfortunately there are not many people in the family who support it, and then it is gone. One of the advantages of having a family tree is that your name will not be the same as that of your ancestors, and you can also determine your generation in the family based on your name.

So, is there a need to preserve the ancestral tomb? This should be looked at from two aspects. First, from the point of view of worship, it must be preserved.

Drinking water and thinking of the source, people must not forget their roots and forget who their ancestors were. Second, from the perspective of environmental protection, the use of coffins for burial in the countryside is indeed too much space, which virtually reduces the area of cultivated land.

In some places, there are also cemeteries in the countryside. However, after all, the cemetery has to be bought, and the ** of the cemetery is much more expensive than the ** of the house of the living, and it also refuses to make a counter-offer. As a result, not every family is willing to pay for it.

Next, let's talk about genealogy. As a family inheritance, it is necessary to continue the family tree. Otherwise, more than four generations will not know who their ancestors are. There is an idiom called "forgetting the ancestors in the dictionary", which is what it means.

All in all, having an ancestral grave and genealogy at home is a monumental thing that deserves to be passed on.

About the Qingming ancestors, it can be said that this is a long-standing tradition, like our hometown, it can be said that every family has its own ancestral grave, once someone in the family dies, it will be buried in accordance with the ancestral system, there are many rules and exquisiteness, just like our younger generation does not understand at all, at most just to help run errands.

Because there is an ancestral tomb, so every year during the Qingming Festival, the brothers and sisters in the family will bring their children and grandchildren to worship, and some families have a large number of people, and every time at this time it looks quite ritualistic.

In addition to worship, it seems that there is a tomb carving tablet, I don't know how to say the professional term, anyway, in my hometown is this kind of saying, which means that with the passage of time, the ancestral tomb is slightly dilapidated, so the people in the family discussed together to repair the ancestral tomb, and the specific cost seems to take what is now called the AA system, that is, everyone has a share.

As for the family tree, my grandfather's generation still has it, but with the advancement of time, and the people in the family are gradually scattered all over the place, so that the family tree is unconsciously broken, from my father's generation, the family tree is basically abandoned, and the family has been away from the hometown for a long time, and the people in the family have rarely contacted each other for many years, so the family tree is very curious but has a very strange impression.

Qingming worship ancestors is a big event for the family. Because the relatives of the family live in the countryside, county seats, cities, and provincial capitals, everyone will gather together during the Qingming Festival and collectively go to the ancestral grave and other places to worship. The family also began to make various preparations early, buying sacrificial supplies, such as dead money, paper money, incense, sweets and pastries, pork, and live chickens for sacrifice.

Each family shall take it from its own house, because that represents its own heart, and go together to the cemetery to slaughter and sacrifice.

Last year, because each family bought live chickens to be slaughtered in the cemetery, they could not finish eating them after the sacrifice, causing a lot of waste. The family has been reformed, and it has been agreed in advance who will buy live chickens, who will buy sacrificial supplies, and who will buy fruits, with a clear division of labor, which has saved a lot of time and costs. Everyone also felt much more relaxed.

My grandfather is 83 years old this year, and he still has to take a car from the city back to his hometown in the countryside, and then climb the mountain and walk for 3 hours to the ancestral grave. The ancestral tomb mountain is far away, far away from the water source, and everything has to be brought from home, and the car cannot reach it, so you can only rely on your hand and shoulder. The family was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, but he was very stubborn and had to go to worship in person.

In my hometown, everyone attaches great importance to the ancestral grave, and spares no effort in terms of site selection, style, construction, and investment, because everyone believes that the ancestral tomb is related to the fortune of future generations. My grandfather always attached great importance to tradition, and he was also very particular about these rituals, hoping that he would practice them and set an example for future generations. I also hope that my sincerity will bring good luck to future generations.

The annual Qingming Festival is coming, every festival is thinking of relatives, hesitation is the Qingming Festival, a long time ago, we have a custom and tradition on the Qingming Festival, that is, the Qingming Festival to worship the ancestors, reminiscing about the ancestors, so what do we need to pay attention to when going to the tomb during the Qingming Festival, because the tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival, there will be open flames, and some people will light candles. Some people will burn paper money, and these open flames are a very big threat to the forest, so when we worship, we must pay attention to these open flames to avoid fire hazards. Of course, Qingming is a traditional festival for us, in addition to sweeping the tomb, there are still many customs, so let's share with you the customs at home.

The first is to climb the mountain, in the township, Qingming Festival, in addition to the daily tomb sweeping, there will be mountain climbing activities, in our side, there is a very high mountain, every year Qingming, the family, will climb to this high mountain, and in the temple on the mountain, burn incense and pray for blessings, in order to pray, the wind and rain are smooth in the new year, there are also many mountain red, a piece of green, spring is high. to everyone. It's a great feeling of life.

Secondly, eat Qingming fruit, Qingming Festival, we also have a custom, that is, to eat Qingming fruit. Of course, when worshipping ancestors, Qingming fruit is also needed, under normal circumstances, the production of Qingming fruit will be two to three days in advance, so as to ensure that there is a good fruit to eat on the day of the Qingming Festival, this fruit, he is mainly made of mugwort leaves and bean flour, the color is green, the taste is sweet, the taste is very good, and it is deeply liked by everyone. <>

As a traditional festival, Qingming is of great significance, of course, different places, their customs are different, I hope more people can bring us different sharing. At the same time, we remind everyone that Qingming must be civilized worship and civilized tomb sweeping, so that we are responsible for ourselves and others, and we are all responsible for maintaining the stability of the social environment.

Qingming worship ancestors, reminiscing ancestors, it is best to go in the morning, carry chrysanthemums, wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items, do not play in front of the grave, do not take pictures. Cultivate new soil for the tomb, trim the tomb, break a few green new branches and insert them on the grave, and then kowtow!

The most important thing to pay attention to when going to the tomb during Qingming is safety, many local customs are different, and the customs are varied, and some are very dangerous. In particular, some places pay attention to setting off firecrackers and burning paper money, which is particularly prone to disasters, which is a safety issue that needs to be paid attention to.

Qingming worship ancestors, in order to pay tribute to the ancestors, now the country has been paying attention to environmental protection, we can use flowers to remember the ancestors.

Be sure to pay attention to civilized sacrifices, and do not ignite the coins in the process, and at the same time, in the process of going to the grave, you can also bring some fruits or flowers.

When going to the grave during the Qingming Festival, be careful not to burn paper money. Civilized sacrifices. Avoid starting forest fires.

During the Qingming Festival, all on-site sacrifice and sweeping activities will be suspended, and you will be taught to worship your relatives online and at home.

Some people also say that genealogy commemorations of online sacrifices, online commemorations, online tomb sweeping, and online memorials are all virtual and have no practical significance. I want to say, you need to really go deeper, you need to experience the online memorial for the deceased loved ones to light a pillar of incense, burn some paper money, offer a bouquet of flowers, choose some of their favorite food, and express their thoughts and blessings in the form of words or messages, how can this not be meaningful?

Tomb sweeping taboo on Qingming Festival.

1. Don't take pictures of the cemetery.

2.It's better not to go to the pot-bellied woman.

3.Don't wear red clothes.

4.Do not participate in other people's mountain worship activities.

5.Do not cover your forehead with your hair and do not buy shoes.

6.People who are sick or have low luck should not go to the mountain.

7.Don't laugh and talk about your ancestors.

8.The grave grows grass and must be trimmed.

9.The time of tomb sweeping is particular.

1.On the morning of the day of sweeping the tomb, before washing the front, look at your forehead in the mirror to see if there is a dark complexion, if there is a low luck, if you can not go to sweep the tomb is the best; If you must go, you can wear jade with you (ancient jade has a better effect) to dissolve.

2.It is advisable to refrain from eating food or vegetarian food and dress neatly before sweeping the grave (from the time of getting up) to show courtesy and respect for the ancestors.

3.When they arrived at the tomb of the ancestors, they brought incense and candles, flowers, fruits, burning, wine and other things and things that the ancestors liked to eat during their lifetime (the number of sacrificial gifts was arbitrary) and placed them in front of the tomb. First, light incense and candles, offer incense to the land of the mountain god who cares over the cemetery (as the guardian deity of the cemetery), then respectfully bow to the ancestors and offer incense and flowers, and then burn the plutoon, pour wine (that is, sprinkle wine on the ground, which means toasting to the ancestors), and finish the ceremony.

Then they will eat the food of the ancestors and leave after the incense and candles are lit.

4.The cemetery is a place of refuge for the spirits, so one should not step over the grave and offerings, laugh and swear, use foul language, run around, or urinate everywhere, not only disrespecting one's ancestors, but also causing a nuisance to the spirits in the vicinity. Be cautious within the cemetery and control your emotions and attitudes so as not to offend the spirits.

Tomb sweeping taboo on Qingming Festival.

1. Don't take pictures of the cemetery.

2.It's better not to go to the pot-bellied woman.

3.Don't wear red clothes.

4.Do not participate in other people's mountain worship activities.

5.Do not cover your forehead with your hair and do not buy shoes.

6.People who are sick or have low luck should not go to the mountain.

7.Don't laugh and talk about your ancestors.

8.The grave grows grass and must be trimmed.

9.The time of tomb sweeping is particular.

The customs and habits of each place are different, so you can generally worship according to the local situation, and you can ask some local elders.

Methods or items of sacrifice: The methods or items of Qingming sacrifices vary from place to place, and the common practice consists of two parts: one is to renovate the tomb, and the other is to hang and burn paper money and offer sacrifices.

When sweeping the grave, the grave is first renovated. The main practice is to remove weeds and cultivate new soil. On the one hand, this behavior can express the filial piety and care of the sacrificer to the deceased, and on the other hand, from the perspective of feng shui, in the belief of the ancients, the tombs of ancestors have a great relationship with the rise and fall of future generations, so cultivating tombs is a sacrificial content that cannot be ignored.

Expansion: The order of the ritual sweep is to sweep the tomb first, according to custom. It is to clean the cemetery.

This procedure is crucial, followed by the sacrifice. One is to express sorrow, and the other is to feel with the ancestors, because the mountains have spirits but no owners, and the ancestors have masters but no spirits, and the ancestors can better get the aura of the mountains and rivers. This is Feng Shui.

People bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery to sweep the grave. Sacrifice food in front of the grave of relatives, then burn the paper money, cultivate new soil for the grave, trim the grave, fold a few tender green new branches and insert them on the grave, and press some paper money on it, so that others can see that there are descendants in the tomb, and then prostrate and worship. Then sit around and gather for dinner and wine; You can also fly kites and even compete with each other for related activities.

Women and children also folded willow branches nearby and threaded the removed steamed offerings with wicker. Others weave wicker into hoops and wear them on their heads.