Can I sweep the grave before the Spring Festival?

Generally speaking, people don't go to the grave on the first day of the new year, because it is a day to keep the old age and worship the gods. If you worship your ancestors at this time, the gods will think that you don't respect them. During the Spring Festival, different gods are worshipped on different days, so when to sweep the grave is particular.

If you want to worship your ancestors during the Spring Festival, you will generally choose to sweep the grave to worship your ancestors on New Year's Eve. In some parts of China, there is a custom of going to the grave on New Year's Eve, which is called giving new year's goods. The time to go to the grave is usually New Year's Eve afternoon. People send the prepared New Year's Eve dinner to the graves of their deceased relatives, so that the deceased relatives and the living can enjoy the delicious food on New Year's Eve together, in order to pin people's grief over their deceased relatives. In addition, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is also a festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Because the Lantern Festival is also called Shangyuan Festival, Shangyuan Festival is one of the Taoist sacrificial festivals "Sanyuan Festival", and you can go to the grave to sweep the grave.