Did you kowtow to your ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

The traditional custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day is to kowtow. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, three people should bow or kowtow to the old man. Grave-sweeping and ancestor worship is a long tradition of the Chinese nation and must be observed. Generally speaking, it has nothing to do with faith. Not bowing your head and kowtowing is disrespectful to your ancestors and unfilial.

According to the custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day, the order of sweeping is to sweep the grave first and clean the cemetery; Secondly, the sacrifice is mainly mourning. When sweeping graves, people come to the cemetery with offerings, money and other items, offer food to the graves of their ancestors, then burn the money, cultivate new soil for the graves, repair the graves, and put some paper money on them to let others see and know that there are descendants in this grave.

The custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day bears rich cultural connotations in its historical development, and there are differences in the content or details of customs in different parts of the country. Although the festival activities vary from place to place, grave sweeping and outing are the same basic 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.

The culture of Qingming etiquette and custom fully embodies the humanistic spirit of the Chinese nation of respecting ancestors and cautiously pursuing the future. It is an important function of Qingming etiquette and custom culture to be cautious and independent in ancestor worship ceremony, enjoy spring outing, inherit culture and adjust body and mind.