Can I sweep graves on Mid-Autumn Festival?

You can sweep graves on Mid-Autumn Festival. Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional festival in China. On this day, no matter how far the journey is, the younger generation will visit the graves of the deceased ancestors. However, since the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a legal holiday, most people have no time to sweep graves, so they can only burn paper at the crossroads near their homes to express their memory and thoughts for their deceased ancestors.

Mid-Autumn Festival Source:

Mid-Autumn Festival evolved from the ancient "July and a half", harvesting crops in autumn and offering sacrifices to ancestors. July and a half is a festival to celebrate the harvest and repay the earth in early autumn, and some crops have matured. As a rule, people should worship their ancestors and report Qiu Cheng to them with new rice. It is a traditional cultural festival to commemorate ancestors, and its cultural core is to respect ancestors and filial parents.

Known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival", it originated from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Taoism believes that July and a half is the birthday of local officials. On this day, they pray for forgiveness, all ghosts will be released from the underworld, and the deceased ancestors can go home for reunion, so it is called "Mid-Autumn Festival".