What is the significance of sweeping graves?

Grave-sweeping means "grave-sweeping sacrifice" and "thinking about respecting time" for ancestors, and its custom has a long history.

Sweeping graves in the north is called going to the grave, some places are called "sweeping mountains" or "worshipping mountains", and some places in the south are called "hanging mountains" or "hanging paper". There are two kinds of "mountains" for offering sacrifices: one is called "home mountain" for tracing ancestors within three generations, and the sacrifice of home mountain is called "family sacrifice"; The other is clan ancestor worship, which is called "Great Zhongshan" and ancestor mountain worship is called "Sweeping Great Zhongshan".

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According to custom, people usually set off in the morning to visit graves. When sweeping graves, people should bring wine, food, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, trim the graves, cultivate new soil, remove weeds, offer food to the graves of ancestors, then burn paper money and kowtow to worship.

Influenced by traditional cultural psychology, China people have a strong sense of family, paying special attention to their families and ancestors, and they have a strong sense of ancestor worship and returning to their ancestral home. Sweeping their graves is a special way to commemorate their ancestors.

The significance of tomb sweeping in Qingming:

Remember one's ancestors

Since ancient times, we have attached great importance to filial piety, and sweeping graves is linked to filial piety. Therefore, sweeping graves on Qingming Festival is a cautious and filial performance for ancestors, and it is an activity for people to express their gratitude and show their affection and love.

Remember tradition

Tomb sweeping in Qingming is not only a personal matter, but also a national spiritual and cultural heritage. Sweeping graves is also a manifestation of filial piety, and it also inherits the spirit of "filial piety" of the Chinese nation, that is, not forgetting one's roots. The traditional culture created by our ancestors is unforgettable.

In China, ancestor worship is not only to commemorate ancestors, but obviously to worship and pray for the dead. Special reminder to friends: whether it is the grave sweeper himself or the grave sweeper and cemetery, you should be careful when taking pictures in the graves of your ancestors. 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.