The Significance of Grave Sweeping in Guangxi on February 1st.

The significance of visiting graves on February 1st in Guangxi lies in the custom of visiting new graves on February 2nd in Guangxi. On the second day of February, the customs in all parts of Bagui are basically sweeping graves and visiting relatives and friends. The folks call it Xiao Qingming, but it is different from Qingming. Because this festival is not universal, it is paid by the descendants of the family on the second day of February after the death of their loved ones, and distant relatives and neighbors will also raise money for it.

In fact, it is not only the second day of February, but also the first day of February in many places, that is, the second day of February after the death of a loved one. In some places, it will last until the third day of February, with the same nature. The third day of February is the most grand, and the second day of February is the most important place after the third day of February. The specifications are equivalent to weddings and funerals.

Grave-sweeping is called "respect for time thinking" for ancestors. Its customs have a long history. The Ming Dynasty's "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" reads: "In March, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, men sacrificed their ancestors in Qingming Festival, and the road was full of embarrassment. Worshipers, mourners, weeping, weeding, adding soil to graves, burning ingots several times, and buying graves with paper money. If you can't see the paper money, it will be a lonely grave. After crying, don't go back, go to the fragrant tree, choose the garden, and sit down and get drunk. "

Generally speaking, the custom of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day has inherited the tradition of Cold Food Festival. "Before the Tang Dynasty, sweeping graves was always at the Cold Food Festival. Confusing Tomb-Sweeping Day with the Cold Food Festival began in the Tang Dynasty. It began in the Tang Dynasty to confuse cold food with tomb sweeping in Qingming "(China Festival and its Origin by Chen and Lu Lianrong, Shanghai Science and Technology Education Press, 1989).