The origin and meaning of ancestor worship

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping for ancestor worship: Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is a festival custom related to funeral customs.

According to records, in ancient times, "tombs were not graves", that is to say, only graves were dug and graves were not built, so sacrifices were not recorded. Later, graves and graves, the custom of offering sacrifices to sweep graves, were supported. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, tomb sacrifice has become an indispensable ritual activity.

When people sweep the graves of their ancestors, they will personally check whether the graves have collapsed due to the rainy season, or have been pierced by foxes and rabbits. Weeds in graves are uprooted, new soil is added, pigs are sacrificed, incense and libation are burned, paper money is burned, and simple sacrificial ceremonies are held to commemorate ancestors.

Moral: In today's advocating "new" and "future", this is an indispensable ceremony. People remember their ancestors and pay homage to them, because their ancestors are their own source, and their efforts and struggles are the starting point for people to move on.

This is a constant respect for life and awe of history. China people's sacrifice to their ancestors is a moral letter, a poetic act to express their feelings, and gratitude and memory from individual feelings.

The way of civilized sacrifice

1, music sacrifice

Sacrificing the masses can play the favorite songs of the deceased before his death to express his memory of the deceased.

2. Flower sacrifice

Sacrifice to the masses can use the flowers loved by the deceased to sweep, or participate in the "flowers for burning paper" activities organized by various cemetery units.

Step 3 plant trees for sacrifice

People can plant trees to pay homage to their old friends.

4. Grave-sweeping sacrifice

Family members can wash the tombstones of the deceased to express their thoughts.

5, online sacrifice

With the help of the Internet platform, the real memorial halls and cemeteries are "transferred" to the computer webpage or WeChat applet, and the families of the deceased can edit the memorial gardens of the deceased online.