How early can Tomb-Sweeping Day visit the grave?

1. Tomb-Sweeping Day can go to the grave on the auspicious day of the ecliptic ten days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, not as early as possible, but don't just go to the grave in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In addition, it is best to choose from 7 am to 3 pm, when the sun is strongest.

2. In order to show respect and worship for our ancestors, we usually visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. However, in different areas, Tomb-Sweeping Day's time and way of going to the grave are different. Sometimes we will decide according to the individual's actual situation, or we will use online sacrifice and tree planting instead of burning paper for sacrifice.

It is said that the custom of ancestor worship in Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony when the ancient emperors and generals went for an outing in the suburbs. Later, people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day.

4. In fact, as long as it is conducive to physical and mental health, social harmony and family harmony, the time and way of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day can be less conventional.

5. Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China, and the time is around April 5 of the solar calendar every year; After Tomb-Sweeping Day, the rain increased, and the earth showed a scene of spring and Qingming; At this time, everything, whether it is the vegetation in nature or the human body in natural places, has changed the filth in winter, ushered in the breath of spring and realized the transformation from yin to yang.

6. After more than 2,000 years of evolution, Tomb-Sweeping Day has gone beyond the meaning of solar terms and has extremely rich connotations. Different customs have been developed in different places, and sweeping graves to worship ancestors and outing are the basic themes.