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When is the best time to go to the grave during the Spring Festival?

During the Spring Festival, people pay homage to their ancestors on New Year's Eve or the first day of the first month.

On New Year's Eve, when all the relatives away from home come back, you can start the Spring Festival to pay homage to your ancestors. The purpose of ancestor worship in the Spring Festival is to report the safety of the deceased family and the harvest of the year.

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It is recommended to go to the grave from five to seven in the morning during the Spring Festival.

Going to the grave during the Spring Festival between 5 am and 7 am is full of vigor and vitality, which is naturally more suitable for going to the grave. In feng shui, the most taboo is to go to the grave at night. At night, when there are many evil spirits and ghosts, if you go to the grave at night, it is easy to get some dirty things, so pay attention.

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.