When is a good day to go to the grave this Qingming Festival?

On which day to visit the grave this Qingming Festival, the following is a good introduction:

According to the Gregorian calendar, during Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023, April 2, 2023, April 3, 2023, April 4, 2023, and April 5, 2023 are auspicious days for grave-sweeping, which means it is better to sweep graves in these days.

According to tradition, some places go to the grave four days after grade three, some places go to the grave eight days after grade seven, and some places go to the grave ten days after grade ten. Grave-sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day can be advanced or postponed for several days, and customs vary from place to place. In some places, the first three days and the last four days are suitable for sweeping graves.

According to local customs, some areas can use "the first seven days and then eight days" and "the first ten days and then ten days". Generally speaking, the sacrifice is in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day. If it is after Tomb-Sweeping Day, because of busy work or customs, it is ok to look at the calendar without breaking the moon.

Tomb-Sweeping Day should pay attention.

The first visit to the new grave (the burial period should not exceed 3 years) should be on the auspicious day of 10 in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day; The second grave sweeping should be on the day of Tomb-Sweeping Day; The third grave-sweeping should be on the auspicious day of 10 after Tomb-Sweeping Day. One day in 10 days around Tomb-Sweeping Day, you can visit the ancient tomb (buried for more than 3 years).

The custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day

First, sweep the grave.

Grave-sweeping is the most important custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. People will sweep graves before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, trim graves for their loved ones, pull out weeds, cultivate new soil, place offerings, burn incense and pray, burn paper money, and sometimes present a bunch of flowers, plant trees and insert willows to express their memory of their ancestors and elders.

On the other hand, in the belief of the ancients, the graves of ancestors have a great relationship with the rise and fall of future generations, so sweeping graves is a commemorative content that cannot be ignored. The sacrifices are mainly food, and the varieties vary from place to place. They are all foods that locals think can be taken out according to the economic ability of sacrifice, or they are seasonal specialties.

Second, eat eggs.

Eating eggs in Tomb-Sweeping Day is also a long-standing custom. According to folk custom, Tomb-Sweeping Day will have good luck and health after eating eggs for a whole year, and will not be tortured by diseases. In some areas, eggs need to be dyed into colorful "lucky eggs" to symbolize reunion. The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day's eating eggs is because there was a custom of forbidding fire in some areas in the pre-Qin period, and it was forbidden to eat cold food for many days. Hard-boiled eggs are the best food reserves to survive this period.

Third, fly a kite

Flying kites is also one of the Qingming customs. Kites are also called "paper kites" and "kites". During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of colored lanterns is hung under the kite or on the wind-stabilizing stay, like twinkling stars, which is called "magic lamp".

It placed the good wishes of the ancient working people. The ancients believed that if someone in the family was sick, they could write or draw their illness on the kite, and cut the thread after flying the kite, which meant that the disease disaster would fly away with the kite. Although it has some superstitions, it also contains people's desire for a better life.

Fourth, insert willows.

Tomb-Sweeping Day and China have the folk custom of inserting willows. Because willows have strong vitality, as the saying goes, "If you have a heart, you can't plant flowers, but if you don't have a heart, you can plant willows in the shade." Wicker lives when it is inserted in the soil, where it is inserted, where it is inserted every year, and there is shade everywhere. The ancients thought that wearing this vibrant plant on the body or inserting it in the home can drive away evil spirits with its vitality, which is essentially to express people's joy of returning to the earth in spring.

Five, pinch your face and swallow

When Chun Yan moved back to Tomb-Sweeping Day, many places had the custom of kneading dough to welcome the spring. "Mianyan" is made of wheat flour with edible dyes, then the dough is kneaded into the shape of a bird, then the mouth and wings of the swallow are cut out with scissors, the wings of the swallow are carved out with a comb, the eyes are lit with pepper, and finally steamed in a pot. After a series of procedures, the noodles are lifelike, fashionable and delicious.