Tomb-Sweeping Day's taboo

Tomb-Sweeping Day's taboos are as follows:

1, avoid wearing big red and purple

In order to respect the dead, grave-sweeping should be dressed solemnly. Generally speaking, when sweeping graves, you should wear dark clothes, preferably not red and purple, and you should dress neatly and look solemn.

2. Avoid teasing and criticizing ancestors.

When individuals are sweeping graves, it is not only disrespectful to the deceased, but also attracts criticism. It is blasphemous to go through other people's graves and comment on the dead, which will cause trouble.

3, pregnant women had better not go to the grave.

Most cemeteries are built in higher places, and there are many people sweeping graves in Qingming. Secondly, many people burn paper and set off firecrackers when sweeping graves, which makes the surrounding air not very good, which is not conducive to the health of pregnant women. Therefore, it is suggested that pregnant women should avoid participating in grave sweeping.

4. Don't take photos in the cemetery as a souvenir.

Nowadays, young people take photos all the way, but it is best not to take photos when sweeping graves. Whether it is a photo of the grave sweeper or a photo of the grave sweeper and the cemetery, it may attract resentment and criticism from others. When sweeping the graves of relatives, you should concentrate, don't look around, especially don't take pictures in the cemetery.

5. Is it time to sweep the grave?

As long as it is in Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is best to finish it before 3 pm.

6, taboo to visit relatives and friends?

Tomb-Sweeping Day had better not visit relatives and friends on the same day, but the next day.

7. Pay attention to the location when traveling.

It's best not to find someone else to sweep the mountains, don't say unlucky things, and be careful what you say and do at night.

8. Do relatives and friends know anything about sweeping graves?

It is rumored that three years before her husband died, her wife could not go to the grave. It is best to avoid the situation that girlfriends accompany boyfriends to sweep graves, subordinates accompany bosses to sweep graves, and even accompany customers to sweep graves.

9. Come back from the grave to clean up?

When you come back from sweeping the grave, you must clean your shoes, put the toes in, and don't forget to wash your clothes and dry them.

Special note: it's best to take a bath when you come back from sweeping the grave in Qingming.

Extended data

First, the best time to sweep the grave

The best time to worship the mountain is Yin Shi, that is, 5-7 o'clock. However, because most cemeteries are far away from their places of residence, even in the cities where they live and work, it is usually not so early, but it is best to complete the grave sweeping and worship before 3 pm.

Second, you need to fast before sweeping the grave.

It is best to fast before sweeping graves: when you start sweeping graves, it is best not to eat food or vegetarian food to show courtesy and respect for your ancestors. This is very important, but some friends may need to be wronged.

Three or three kinds of people are not suitable for going to the grave to worship.

1, pregnant women are forbidden to sweep graves

It's better for pregnant women to avoid tomb sweeping activities in Qingming, which is not only the influence of heavy yin. In other respects, Tomb-Sweeping Day is very crowded. For the safety of the fetus, pregnant women are not recommended to participate. Moreover, the weather of sweeping graves and the surrounding environment are not conducive to the health of pregnant women. In addition, if women have official holidays, they should also avoid such activities.

2. People who have just had surgery are not suitable.

Weakness is the main factor. According to folklore, if a person who has just had surgery goes to a cemetery, it is easy to be taken away. When the operation is painful and the vitality is weak, evil spirits are particularly easy to invade. People who have just had surgery, for their own health, for their families and for their beauty, still don't go to the grave.

3. Children under three years old are not suitable.

From a scientific point of view, children under 3 years old are easy to carry because of various conditions in the grave-sweeping place, and it is easy for children to get sick when they go out to places with relatively heavy pollution. It is not recommended to bring them, and breastfeeding mothers should not bring their own babies.

Four, other matters needing attention of Qingming health care

1, pay attention to "the disease enters from the mouth"

The changeable weather is easy to catch a cold, leading to tonsillitis, bronchitis and pneumonia; At this time, respiratory infectious diseases, such as diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough, measles, chickenpox, epidemic meningitis and so on. , is a frequent occurrence. Therefore, we should pay close attention to the weather changes, increase or decrease clothes, go to public places as little as possible, and pay special attention to "illness from the mouth".

It is not advisable to change clothes too early.

As the saying goes, "Dressing in disorder in February" refers to Tomb-Sweeping Day. Because the climate is changeable and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, you should prepare a coat that you can put on and take off at will. Wear a trench coat when you go out to work in the morning, and keep warm. When you feel hot at noon, you can take it off and put it on when you get home from work at night, which can effectively prevent colds.

The so-called "spring cover" also means this. It's not until Tomb-Sweeping Day that spring clothes can be changed in mid-April. Of course, the process of "spring covering" also varies from person to person, and clothes should be increased or decreased according to their physical fitness.

Generally speaking, according to climate change, clothes should be increased or decreased at any time, pay attention to cold and warmth, help the human body to grow hair and resist the invasion of foreign evils, which is helpful to health.

3. Don't be too sad.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an important sacrificial festival. Through ancestor worship and grave-sweeping activities, we can remember our ancestors and express our grief. Seeing the tombstones of their loved ones, many people will inevitably think of something and feel extremely sad. This time, everyone will feel this way.

However, excessive sadness has a serious impact on health, especially patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease should control their emotions to prevent the recurrence of old diseases. In addition, spring is a period of high incidence of various mental diseases, and sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day can easily make people feel depressed and depressed, and induce mental diseases.

Therefore, people should not be too sad before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, but should maintain a stable mood and a comfortable mood.

References:

China Panzhihua Net-How much do you know about the taboo of going to the tomb on Qingming Day?