Qingming ghost festival taboo

It is forbidden to hang wind chimes at the bedside and eat rice with chopsticks.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is the time to go to the grave, and at the same time, it has the custom of climbing high, adding new soil to the grave and adding graves. In the past, Tomb-Sweeping Day was also called Cold Food Festival, which lasted for one hundred days. Cao Cao changed it to one day, and the Tang Dynasty changed it to three days before Qingming. All fires must be put out. After the cold food was served, a new fire broke out in the palace. Tomb-Sweeping Day, we're going to insert willow branches, wear wicker hats, fly kites and swing.

It is forbidden to hang wind chimes at the bedside. Bells, wind chimes, etc. It is said that ghosts will be summoned, and sleeping is the most vulnerable time. Therefore, on Halloween, you must never hang a wind chime on the bedside.

It is forbidden to eat rice with chopsticks. Although everyone eats rice, of course, it is normal to eat it to fill their stomachs. Some people shouldn't put chopsticks on rice when eating. It is said that they will recruit bad things to share the food. It is forbidden to play with water on Halloween. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a day when the gates of hell are wide open, and many people go swimming and playing with water. But remember, rivers or reservoirs are kept at a respectful distance from others, because it is said that on this day, water ghosts will come to their bodies.

Taboo paper money, many places in Tomb-Sweeping Day have the habit of burning paper money, whether it is ancestral graves or nearby intersections. Remember, you can't be rude when passing by, you can't pick up paper money, and you can't step on it. There's no night walking, Tomb-Sweeping Day. This evening, everyone had better go home early and stay at home. Don't run around, walk less at night, and don't stay.