What do you need to prepare for sweeping the grave?

1. Incense candles are the most important and necessary items for tomb sweeping in Qingming. We should not only burn incense at the present time of our ancestors, but also give incense to the land of the mountain god who is in charge of the cemetery, and pray that the land of the mountain god will bless the cemetery and the soul of our ancestors.

2. Tribute: It is suggested to buy five kinds of tributes: "apples, oranges, bananas, cakes and biscuits". When offering sacrifices, five copies can be placed in each tomb (some apples can be used together with other tributes). Everyone decides the total number according to the number of graves.

3, chrysanthemum has the meaning of missing and nostalgia. It is generally appropriate to use chrysanthemums to sweep graves on Qingming Festival, especially white chrysanthemums.

4, paper money, is burned to the dead, so that they have money to spend in the underworld, must be burned clean. Usually you buy yellow paper for sacrifice, and then use one side of Chairman Mao's head at 100 yuan, put it on paper and print it from top to bottom, then these yellow papers become coins that can be used in the underworld.

5, yellow wine, the process of sweeping the grave, is equivalent to bringing food to the ancestors for the holidays, so it is necessary to drink to the ancestors, and there must be wine to sweep the grave.