When does the tomb close?

A month later, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the mausoleum was closed.

There is a custom of opening and closing tombs in Shunde, Guangdong. The tomb opening day is in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the tomb closing day is in Tomb-Sweeping Day a month later. For example, on 20 17, the tomb was opened in Tomb-Sweeping Day on April 4th and closed on May 4th one month later.

When sweeping graves, in addition to inviting people to "have morning tea" (that is, offering cakes and tea in the morning), we should also prepare "dinner" for our ancestors in advance (that is, preparing meals for our ancestors).

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Qingming custom in Shunde:

1, go to the grave?

Shunde people seldom go to Tomb-Sweeping Day to visit graves, unless it is a new grave. People in other places may pay homage to their ancestors in advance in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day, while people in Shunde usually visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day for a few days or a month. ?

2. sacrifice?

During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, families in Shunde usually prepare food for ancestor worship, such as roast goose, roast pig, sugar cane, buckwheat, pork chops, muffins, fried and so on.