Don't abandon the old tradition

In Tomb-Sweeping Day again, it rained in succession during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road were dying.

As a traditional festival in China, Tomb-Sweeping Day has been highly valued by China people since ancient times.

Especially now that life is getting better and better, people attach great importance to the custom of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

China, as a country with thousands of years of culture, pays attention to grave sweeping.

The so-called "offering three tributes and four tributes" means choosing odd-numbered offerings, including three, five and seven, but not even-numbered offerings.

In addition, Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping actually has a lot to pay attention to. Let's take a look.

1, don't fight, discuss

Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship and grave sweeping is a very serious matter. In front of your ancestors' gravestones, you should be very careful what you say and do. Speak as quietly as possible, in a calm tone, and don't make any noise or speak loudly.

Others are solemn at first, but after the grave sweeping, they start talking loudly and pay no attention to the occasion, which is also not acceptable.

The cemetery is the place where ancestors sleep. Even after the worship, as long as you don't leave the cemetery, you can't make a scene.

Besides, you can't talk about your ancestors and other people in the cemetery.

So, on this occasion, you must remember not to talk too much.

Don't trample on other people's graves.

In rural areas, some older tombstones will be close together, and the tombs are generally arranged according to the generations of the family.

And sometimes there is no clear line between tombstones and tombstones.

After a long time, my tombstone will be close to that of other families.

You should be very careful when you go to the grave at this time. Don't accidentally step on other people's graves.

This is disrespect for the dead, and if you are not careful, it will bring you bad luck and great trouble.

3. Go to the grave in strict accordance with seniority.

In Tomb-Sweeping Day, families usually go to visit graves together, especially in rural areas, and even the whole family.

At this time, we have to pay attention to one issue, that is, the generation of family members.

Sacrificing ancestors is a major event, so we should pay homage from a higher level, because it can reflect our country's emphasis on respecting the elderly and loving the young.

When you go to the grave, never stand in front of your elders or bow down in front of them.

4. Pears and peaches can't appear in sacrificial fruits.

In China, people pay more attention to "homophonic terrier".

For example, fish means "more than a year", apples mean "nothing happens" and persimmons mean "everything comes true".

The homonym of pear is "separation", which means separation and parting, so people don't share pears when they eat them in daily life.

When Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave, pear was not allowed to appear on the altar.

For the deceased relatives, we are more homesick than separated.

There is another kind of fruit that can't appear in the tribute, and that is peaches.

Someone must wonder why peaches can't appear. In China, peaches are usually associated with longevity. Whether it is the birthday of the elderly or other happy events, "Shoutao" is often seen.

However, it is not appropriate to worship the deceased relatives, which means longevity.

These two kinds of people can't go to the grave.

The first person who can't go to the grave is a pregnant woman.

Pregnant women are not suitable to appear in sacrificial places, because they are pregnant with babies, so it is best for pregnant women not to participate in activities such as sweeping graves.

The second kind of people are weak.

Because people think that cemeteries are generally heavy in yin, people who are weak and sick are not suitable to go to cemeteries.

6. Pay attention to burning paper

When we used to sweep graves, we would burn paper for our ancestors and deceased relatives.

But some families can't burn paper for their ancestors for various reasons. In the folk, the "soul" of ancestors will become a "lonely soul" because they can't receive the paper money burned by their relatives and have no money to spend.

Therefore, when we go to the grave, we should give less paper money around us, that is, give it to those "ghosts" so that they will not disturb their ancestors and deceased relatives.

In addition, when burning paper money, the old people usually burn it one by one, and there will still be words in their mouths.

Moreover, young people sometimes burn a stack of paper money when it is convenient and fast, which will lead to incomplete burning of paper money and incomplete burning of paper money.

This is very disrespectful to our ancestors.

Friendly reminder, you can't burn paper on the grave now!

7. Weeds must be removed.

Another very important thing to go to the grave is to clean up the weeds around the grave.

For the living, the house is the facade of a family, and for the dead, the tombstone is the facade.

Because tombstones can't be taken care of in time at ordinary times, it is easy to grow some weeds around them. It's time to clean up these weeds.

Old people think that clean tombstones can bring good luck to future generations, and vice versa.

Besides the above, do you have anything to add to the rules that should be paid attention to when sweeping graves?