What are the taboos in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Taboos in Tomb-Sweeping Day include: no laughing, no cursing, and pregnant women are forbidden to visit graves and celebrate birthdays.

1, don't laugh or scold.

Because the cemetery is the home of ghosts, so don't cross the graves and offerings, don't make a noise, don't laugh and curse, don't swear, don't run around and touch, and don't urinate anywhere. This is not only disrespectful to ancestors, but also a nuisance to nearby gods. You can't go to other graves or comment on the design of graves, which will be considered blasphemy. If you encounter a bad atmosphere, you will get into trouble and go home.

2. Pregnant women should avoid sweeping graves.

It's better for pregnant women to avoid tomb sweeping activities in Qingming, which is not only the influence of heavy yin. In other respects, Tomb-Sweeping Day is very crowded. For the safety of the fetus, pregnant women are not recommended to participate. Moreover, the weather of sweeping graves and the surrounding environment are not conducive to the health of pregnant women.

3. Celebrate your birthday

During the Qingming period, it is very difficult to celebrate birthdays. Although most freshmen will not change with the good or bad days and festivals, they will not choose to celebrate their birthdays on this day, and they will basically advance or postpone it, and will avoid this time during the Qingming period.

Main customs

Tomb-Sweeping Day, 04-06 Gregorian calendar, the activities of offering sacrifices to sweep away the ancestors (Tomb-Sweeping Day) are usually 10 days before and 10 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day. In some places, the activities of offering sacrifices to sweep away the ancestors last for one month. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important "eight festivals a year" in China. As a festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day is different from pure solar terms. Solar terms are signs of phenological changes and seasonal order, while festivals contain spiritual beliefs and customs.

Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture are important factors in the formation of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important carrier of inheriting faith and family ethics. Qingming Festival is a cultural expression and an important way to thank ancestors and get close to human feelings. The custom of sweeping graves to worship ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day has become a fixed etiquette and custom theme. During Tomb-Sweeping Day, no matter where people are, they will return to their hometown to participate in ancestor worship activities and remember their ancestors.