Detailed process of Qingming ancestor worship ceremony

Qingming ancestor worship roughly has the following process:

1, repair the grave, remove weeds and add soil.

2, incense, first use the left hand to order three incense, cut one by one, from right to left.

3, wine and fruit, the gift is meat, the small gift is fruit, and the tribute is placed according to the quantitative relationship of three or multiples of three.

4, burn paper to worship, burn while praying.

5, kowtow whip, after the paper money is burned, start to kowtow. Finally, firecrackers are set off to symbolize prosperity.

6. Clean up the environment, and clean up the filth and garbage such as plastic bags around the cemetery.

7. Deal with sacrifices, fruits and cakes to ancestors, preferably shared.

Tomb-Sweeping Day Sacrifice

Traditional offerings to worship ancestors and relatives in Qingming Festival include incense sticks, paper money, vegetarian wine, fruits, snacks and meals. In recent years, there are many modern popular factors in sacrificial offerings, such as luxury cars, villas, digital products, gold bars, cigarettes, mingbi and bank cards. Do not bring strings or hollow multi-seed fruits such as pears, grapes, longan, cantaloupe, passion fruit and guava to worship your ancestors.

In order to protect the environment, society advocates civilized sacrifice, and the most common one is flower sacrifice. Chrysanthemum is the best choice for tomb sweeping in Qingming Festival, which represents respect for the dead and is used to express condolences and place grief. There are calla lily, forget-me-not, rose, lily, gentian, gladiolus, Penglai pine and so on.

The color of flowers is mainly white, supplemented by yellow, and can also be matched with other relatively plain flowers. There are also ways of civilized sacrifice, such as music sacrifice, tree planting sacrifice, tomb washing sacrifice, online sacrifice, family memorial service, community public sacrifice and so on.