What do you mean by putting things on the table in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the important "eight festivals a year" in China. Generally, it is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar, and the festival is very long. There are two sayings: 8 days before 10 and 10 days before 10, and these 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day originally meant grave-sweeping day, and the government of the Republic of China designated 15 days after the vernal equinox in 935 as a national holiday, also known as the national grave-sweeping day. Tomb-Sweeping Day is at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, that is, the first 108 day after the winter solstice. It is a traditional festival in China, and it is also one of the most important festivals to worship ancestors and sweep graves. The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day of the Han nationality in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years.

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom:

Sweep graves and worship ancestors

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day to commemorate our ancestors. People go to their graves to pull weeds, put tributes, incense and pray, and offer flowers to express their gratitude and memory. People pay homage to their ancestors and cherish the memory of martyrs through Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is the link for the Chinese nation to recognize their ancestors, know their ancestors, see their own shortcomings, correct themselves and drive future generations. Realize the value of life, get rid of the dead leaves left by our ancestors, and keep new buds that can be used for reference. This is a clear revision day, which aims to promote the transmission of positive energy from generation to generation.

spring outing

Tomb-Sweeping Day returns to the earth in spring, and people enjoy themselves in the countryside after sweeping graves. There are also friends who go to nature to experience the countryside and go hiking in the suburbs during their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Also known as spring outing, it was called exploring spring and seeking spring in ancient times. Just stepping on the grass, playing in the country and watching the spring scenery.

Chuanliuzhi

There are proverbs that "a beauty becomes a bright eye without wearing willow in Qingming Festival" and "a dog turns yellow after death without wearing willow in Qingming Festival", which shows that folding willow in Qingming Festival is a very common custom in the old society. Willow branches have the function of ward off evil spirits, and inserting willow and wearing willow is both a decoration and a blessing to ward off evil spirits. People have the custom of breaking willows, wearing willows and inserting willows when traveling. It is said to commemorate Shennong, who invented various agricultural production tools and tasted all kinds of herbs. It is also said that the willow that meson held when he died came back to life. Jin Wengong named it Qingming Willow and folded it into a circle and put it on his head. It expresses people's joy and romantic feelings about the return of spring to the earth.

fly a kite

The ancients believed that when people were sick, they could write or draw their illness on the kite, let it fly to the sky, cut the cable, and the disease and disaster would fly away with the kite. Flying kites tomorrow is a favorite activity and has also developed into an outing entertainment.

Apart from shooting willows, cuju, swinging, hooking, silkworm flower parties, cockfighting and other activities, these activities are still generally preserved.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day:

According to legend, Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the ceremony of "sweeping graves" by ancient emperors and generals, and later people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors to sweep graves on this day. In the Tang Dynasty, the day of grave sweeping was designated as Cold Food Festival. The correct date of the Cold Food Festival is from winter to the future 105, around Tomb-Sweeping Day. Because the two dates are similar, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cold Food merged into one day. Tomb-Sweeping Day combines the Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day is also related to the legend of meson push, and Qingming in the 24 solar terms is also one of the origins of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day related taboos

Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is not as early as possible. Grave sweeping activities are usually completed from 7 am to 4 pm. At this time, the yang gradually disappears and the yin gradually grows. People with poor fortune are likely to provoke ghosts if they stay in the cemetery for a long time.

Pregnant women should generally avoid grave-sweeping activities, and it is best not to participate after 3 pm. Before you go to the grave in the morning, look for dark circles on your forehead. If there is, it is best to avoid it that day. If you have to go, you'd better bring something to ward off evil spirits or jade.

It's easy to dream about your deceased ancestors before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, which obviously tells you that it's time to go to the grave. Then it needs to be grand. Dress formally and neatly. Don't fight in the cemetery, don't talk casually, respect the dead, and don't comment on other cemeteries.

People with weak personality and poor health come back from the grave, try to go to crowded places, or get more sunshine, and don't take the dirt under your feet home.

If Tomb-Sweeping Day can't go home to sweep the grave on the mountain, he should also put the offerings on the balcony or living room at home, light three incense sticks in the direction of his hometown and feel Myanmar in his heart. ...

When you go out in Tomb-Sweeping Day with severe smog, you should take preventive measures and wear a mask to prevent them from entering your mouth and nose. I have seen a mask imported from the United States, beautifully packaged and specially equipped with a mask storage bag, called Puweixin, which is available in JD.COM Tmall 1 store.