The correct hand gestures for kowtowing and bowing at the graveside

The ritual is to join palms and bow down, then kneel and kowtow, as in "one bow and one kowtow". After kowtowing the first head, get up and stand, half a step back; stop for a few seconds and again clap your hands, half a step forward, bow down, bend your knees, kowtowing, that is, the second "a worship and a kowtow"; and then do the third "a worship and a kowtow".

The so-called "three bows and nine kowtows": in fact, it is a repetition of the "one bow and three kowtows" three times, in the middle of which there are two times to get up and stand.

The "Three Worships and Nine Kowtows" is similar to repeating the "One Worship and Three Kowtows" three times, but the gestures may be different from the arching of the hands and the joining of the palms, and there is no getting up in the middle of the process.

The most important festival is the Ching Ming Festival, which is the time for paying homage to the ancestors and sweeping the graves, and is the time when the Chinese people pay their respects to their ancestors once a year. festival for Chinese people to express their respect and gratitude to their ancestors! According to the custom, the order of the festival is to first sweep the tomb first, that is, to clean the cemetery.