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Can the great cold enter the grave?

You can go to the grave.

The great cold is the coldest day of the year, but it is also the most worthwhile day. At this time, the cold weather is approaching the Spring Festival. There are many people at this time, and it is also suitable for a family to go to the grave.

The order of offering sacrifices to sweep the grave is to sweep the grave first, that is, to clean the cemetery. Secondly, sacrifice, this procedure is very important, one is mourning, and the other is feeling the same way with the ancestors, because the mountains have spirits without owners, and the ancestors have masters without spirits. Feeling with ancestors can better obtain the aura of mountains and rivers, which is Feng Shui.

Of course, we need to bring gifts when we sweep the grave. People bring food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, repair the graves, pray for the knowledge and blessings of their ancestors, and make their lives gradually better.

Taboo and pressure of going to the grave

Going to the grave to worship is a very serious matter, not to mention the loss of loved ones, and those who care should have a sad mood. Women shouldn't wear makeup. Family members should prepare incense sticks and offerings in advance, and they should not kill in front of the grave. If you want to offer flowers, chrysanthemums are suitable, reflecting elegant sadness.

Then it is necessary to sweep the weeds around the grave site, and then offer offerings, light incense and burn paper money. To express the memory of the deceased by future generations. If you want to set off firecrackers, you must remember to put out the fire and pay attention to protecting the environment and forest conditions.