Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette

Tomb-Sweeping Day, as one of the traditional festivals in China, it is necessary for us to know its customs and etiquette. The following is the Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette I carefully collected and arranged for you. I hope you like it! More information is in the etiquette column!

Tomb-Sweeping Day should pay attention to etiquette.

1, Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping procedure.

According to custom, the order of sacrifice is to clean the cemetery first. The cemetery is on the mountain, and the weeds in the cemetery should be removed. Then there are sacrifices. People offer food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the graves of their relatives, burn incense and toast, and then kowtow and worship to express their respect for their ancestors and place their grief.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day worships generations.

Sacrifice is right. In order: father, mother, eldest son, eldest daughter, second son, second daughter? And so on. After the worship, the sacrifice is blessed by the ancestors, and everyone can eat and take the sacrifice. Finally, of course, pay attention to fire safety and leave after lighting incense.

3. What flowers did Tomb-Sweeping Day buy to mourn the dead?

It is usually chrysanthemum, because chrysanthemum is regarded as a flower of sustenance in ancient China, which means missing and nostalgia. White chrysanthemum is the most suitable, and it can also be matched with some green grass, such as lily, green leaves and carnations, which will be more beautiful. Huang Juhua is called Longevity Chrysanthemum, which is more suitable for visiting patients.

4, Tomb-Sweeping Day clothing accessories

Tomb-Sweeping Day should wear plain clothes instead of red and purple.

5, Qingming grave sweeping time

Generally speaking, grave sweeping activities are completed from 7 am to 4 pm, because the yang gradually fades and the yin gradually increases. People with bad luck are easily troubled or harassed by yin qi.

6. Don't laugh and curse when sweeping the grave.

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.

7. Be careful when taking photos in the ancestral graves.

In China, ancestor worship is not only to commemorate ancestors, but obviously to worship and pray for the dead. Be careful when taking photos in ancestral graves, whether it is the grave sweeper himself or the grave sweeper and cemetery. When taking pictures, it is even more taboo to take other people's graves into the camera. Otherwise, your fortune is likely to decline and be unbalanced in all aspects.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is forbidden to visit relatives and friends.

It's better for Tomb-Sweeping Day to visit relatives and friends not on the same day, but the next day, because Tomb-Sweeping Day is a special memorial time, so it is unreasonable or unlucky to visit relatives and friends at this time. Of course, you can also invite friends and relatives out for dinner.

9. Can Tomb-Sweeping Day travel abroad?

In addition to scanning sacrificial activities, Tomb-Sweeping Day can also carry out some sports activities, such as hiking, swinging, playing cuju, playing polo and inserting willows. So it's ok to travel, and feel the beauty of nature when bloom is warm in spring, but it's especially important not to go to other people to sweep more mountains! Don't say anything unlucky, let alone disrespectful to the dead, and be careful in your activities at night. Therefore, we can't say that Tomb-Sweeping Day is sorry for his ancestors when he travels on holiday.

10, can Tomb-Sweeping Day worship his ancestors at home?

Tomb-Sweeping Day should have been held in the cemetery in person, but for various reasons, many people can't go back to their hometown to attend the Qingming Festival, so they can also worship their ancestors at home. The method is to put sacrifices on the balcony or living room at home, face the hometown, order three incense, bow three times and recite relevant words. Then, burn money.

1 1, to avoid buying shoes before Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Some people just celebrate their birthdays in Tomb-Sweeping Day, so sometimes it is inevitable to buy a pair of shoes in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Don't you know shoes and? Evil? Homophonic, so generally don't buy shoes at this time. If you really need it, stagger the time to buy it. You just need to pay attention to why the shoe store is not doing well in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

12. Is Tomb-Sweeping Day particular about clothes?

Tomb-Sweeping Day should wear plain clothes instead of red and purple clothes.

13, did Tomb-Sweeping Day offer sacrifices to some extent?

Sacrifice is right. In order: father, mother, eldest son, eldest daughter, second son, second daughter? And so on. After the worship, people can eat sacrifices. Pay attention to fire safety when offering sacrifices, and don't leave before the incense sticks are lit.

14, can I accompany my friends to the grave?

For various reasons, many people may encounter the problem of whether to accompany their friends to the grave. For example, girlfriends accompany boyfriends to the grave, subordinates accompany bosses to the grave, and even businessmen accompany customers to the grave. According to custom, it is best not to accompany people who are not related by blood to visit graves.

15. Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day dream about his dead ancestors?

Some people dream of their dead relatives or friends before Tomb-Sweeping Day, and talk to them in their dreams. This shows that we care about our dead relatives and friends, and Tomb-Sweeping Day can visit their graves.

16, pregnant women are not suitable for sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

When sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the boats and cars are tiring, the mountain roads are rugged, and there is a lot of smoke in the sacrifice places. The custom of setting off firecrackers in many places will affect the health of pregnant women or children. Therefore, pregnant women are advised not to go when sweeping graves.

17. People who have just finished surgery in Tomb-Sweeping Day are not suitable for sweeping graves.

After the operation, weakness is not suitable for running around. Therefore, for the sake of their own health, people who have just finished surgery had better not go to the grave.

/kloc-Children under 0/8 and under 3 years old are not suitable for grave sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Because of the various conditions at the grave sweeping site, it is not conducive to children under 3 years old to go. In addition, going to places with serious pollution is also easy to make children sick. Therefore, it is recommended not to take children to the grave, and breastfeeding mothers should not take babies.

19. Grave sweeping is not suitable for critically ill patients.

20. Don't laugh at or criticize your ancestors.

After the grave-sweeping, someone took the children. It may be serious at first, but as soon as it's over, they start fighting and laughing. We should pay attention to this. You know, after all, the cemetery is the resting place of the ghost. Laughing and cursing will disturb yin qi, which is disrespectful and may lead to revenge. Criticizing ancestors is even more undesirable. If you pass by someone else's cemetery and judge the dead is blasphemy, then it is no wonder who is unlucky.

Tomb-Sweeping Day sent flowers etiquette.

Tomb-Sweeping Day (April 5th, Gregorian calendar) usually sends some plain flowers to express their grief. April 5th every year is Tomb-Sweeping Day. On this day, people will express their thoughts and condolences to the dead by sweeping graves and offering sacrifices to their ancestors. The flowers that can be sent are pansy, pine and cypress branches, etc. In addition, some plain flowers are usually sent on this day, not some brightly colored flowers, because white, yellow and other plain flowers express grief.

Uses: Tomb-Sweeping Day to sweep graves or mourn the elderly.

Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day use chrysanthemums to sweep the grave?

The Origin of Chrysanthemum in China Traditional Culture

Chrysanthemum occupies an important position in China's flower and tree culture. As early as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, namely? Honorable residence in September? Qu Yuan was the first person to compare himself to a chrysanthemum. He used the ink in Li Sao to describe himself. Dinner, autumn chrysanthemum, autumn in England? And then what? Would you rather grow old with fragrant branches than dance with yellow leaves? . The founder of real chrysanthemum culture is Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty. Who is this? Gather friends? Is the chrysanthemum that accompanies you day and night a residence? Qiuju Cinema? His knowledge of chrysanthemums is unparalleled throughout the ages. Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty described it? Wait until the mountain is on holiday, and I'll come back at chrysanthemum time? National appreciation of chrysanthemums; His contemporaries were in Huang Chao? The city is full of golden flowers? This is also today's topic. In the Song Dynasty? Restaurants use chrysanthemums to make caves? Chongyang Shengjing. Li Mengyang, a poet of Ming Dynasty? Only this autumn, endure for chrysanthemum? With Gan Qing Tommy Tam? Maple leaves turn green, frost flowers pile up white chrysanthemums? It can be seen that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, chrysanthemums were flourishing. Many chrysanthemum poems in A Dream of Red Mansions are even more important.

In these chrysanthemum chapters, there is no pen and ink related to mourning.

The mourning meaning of chrysanthemum comes from abroad.

Few people realize that sweeping the grave with chrysanthemums is like expressing love with roses. What is the main reason? Western customs spread to the East? The result of; Even less people know that chrysanthemums spread from China to all parts of the world.

In a European dictionary? Chrysanthemum? The word "chrysanthemum" was introduced into France at the end of 17 when the Dutch were doing business, and then into Latin America in the middle of 19 century. So as to spread to all parts of the world.

In Europe, the place where chrysanthemums are planted the most is the cemetery, because the traditional culture in Europe thinks chrysanthemums are the flowers in the cemetery. If you are a guest or a gift, you must not bring this flower. In Latin America, chrysanthemums are also available? Demon flower? Known as. This shows its position in the west.

In another news report, China's chrysanthemums were exported to Japan in the east, which created good economic benefits. The sea is far apart, and the high cost of preservation and transportation can actually make a lot of money; This is because the demand for chrysanthemums in Japan is so great that the demand in Japan is in short supply. In Japan, even if an ordinary person dies, he often needs 20 thousand to 30 thousand chrysanthemums; What's more, the annual demand for chrysanthemums in a cemetery.

This is the case abroad; In China, the hometown of chrysanthemum, why does it have such a completely different meaning?

? Confucian culture? And then what? Double Ninth Festival? Interpreting the Connotation of Chrysanthemum

Different from foreign countries, chrysanthemum has two meanings in China traditional culture: one is noble integrity; The second is good luck and longevity.

What about Taoism? Learn from nature? On the contrary, what is Confucian culture about? Bede? Subjectively, natural landscape is used to correspond to human behavior. Chrysanthemum has released its frost, the pride of the west wind and its? Is this flower even more flowerless? Temperament is endowed with unyielding noble sentiments. Besides, chrysanthemums bloom in September. Nine? Is the largest number in the unit number, called. Go to that number? 、? Yang number? Therefore, chrysanthemum, like Chongyang, is endowed with the meaning of good luck and longevity. ? Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence? Is it healthy for the health care function of chrysanthemum? See Nanshan leisurely? Who cares? Shoubi Nanshan? Meaning.

It can be seen that in ancient times, chrysanthemums blessed or appreciated the living; Now it is used to mourn old friends.

The central meaning of bouquet (flower basket): simple and clean flowers entrusted the thoughts of the deceased.

Choose flowers instead of flowers.

Calla carnation

Rose lily

Malachite gladiolus

chrysanthemum

freesia

Arima

White, yellow and other plain flowers express sadness.

Freesia: chastity is flawless.

Tomb-Sweeping Day custom

(1) Tomb-Sweeping Day custom

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival to commemorate ancestors, the main form of which is to worship ancestors and sweep graves. This custom has lasted for a long time. According to historical records, during the Qin and Han Dynasties, tomb sacrifice has become an indispensable ritual activity. According to the biography of Yan Yannian in Han Dynasty, Yan's family will return to the grave site of Donghai in Qingming, although he is thousands of miles away from Beijing. With the development of ancestor worship and consanguineous consciousness, ancient tomb sacrifices were not included in the standard, but also included in the "five rites": "A scholar should be allowed to go to the tomb and be included in the five rites, which will always be a routine." The admiration of the imperial court made the tomb sacrificial activities more popular. The ancients wrote a poem describing the tomb sweeping in Qingming: "There are many tombs in the north and south hills, and the Qingming sacrifices are different; Paper ashes fly into white butterflies, and tears are dyed into red azaleas. "The folk song Meng Jiangnv's husband-seeking is also" March sunny, pink and willow green, fragrant grass green; " "There is white paper floating on other people's graves, but my grave is empty." In the Tang Dynasty, Du Mu famously said: "It rained in succession during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road wanted to die. "These poems truly reflect the scene and atmosphere of sweeping graves at that time.

Why do you want to sweep the grave at Qingming? This is probably because winter has gone and spring has come, and plants have sprouted. People think about the graves of their ancestors, whether foxes and rabbits have pierced holes and whether they will collapse because of the rainy season, and they have to see for themselves. When sweeping the grave, weeds are pulled from the grave, new soil is added, sacrifices are offered, incense and libation are burned, and some paper money is burned, or some notes are hung on branches to hold a simple sacrifice ceremony to show the memory of the dead. As for the date of sacrifice, customs vary from place to place, and some are the first ten days after Tomb-Sweeping Day; Some people call it "the first three and the last three"; Some are held in the "Singles Day" around Tomb-Sweeping Day; In some places, grave-sweeping activities last for a month.

(2) Sacrifice to sweep the tomb of the martyrs

Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is a concrete manifestation of the Chinese nation's moral quality of being cautious in the end and pursuing the distance and caring for the family. Since ancient times, Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is not only to commemorate his ancestors, but also to commemorate those who have made contributions and done good deeds in history. Tomb-Sweeping Day's offering sacrifices to sweep the tombs of martyrs and revolutionary martyrs' monuments has become a good form of revolutionary traditional education.

The general activity procedure is: all the people stand in front of the monument and listen to the leader's speech; The delegates spoke in front of the monument; They all swore to the martyrs; Lay a wreath at the Monument to the Revolutionary Heroes; Play music and bow in silence for three times; Pay tribute to the tomb of the martyrs; Visit the deeds exhibition and remember the great achievements of revolutionary martyrs.

Etiquette matters needing attention: Martyrs Cemetery is solemn and sacred, and it is the place where revolutionary heroes sleep. Revolutionary martyrs have made great sacrifices for us today. We went to the Martyrs Cemetery to hold a sweeping activity. First of all, dress neatly and wear a bright red scarf. The attitude in the activity should be solemn, and you can't laugh and play in the martyrs cemetery; We should participate in activities with reverence and watch the deeds of martyrs carefully; Pay attention to hygiene. Don't eat snacks and litter in the cemetery. Don't run around in the cemetery, walk in order, and don't destroy the grass and green space.