Why did Tomb-Sweeping Day bury his ancestors?

The purpose of Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping is to remember his ancestors and pay tribute to them. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major spring festival. This festival has a long history, which originated from ancestral beliefs and spring rituals in ancient times. Tomb-sweeping on Qingming Festival means "tomb sacrifice", which means "respect for thinking of time" for ancestors. Sacrificing ancestors is a way to remember their ancestors, and its custom has a long history. Grave-sweeping is a cultural tradition to express the filial piety of the worshippers and their yearning for their ancestors.

according to the different places of sacrifice, the Qingming Festival sacrifice can be divided into tomb sacrifice and ancestral temple sacrifice. Tomb sacrifice is the most common, and the characteristic of Qingming sacrifice is tomb sacrifice. Qingming sacrifice is called grave sweeping, mainly because of the way of tomb sacrifice.

Another form is ancestral temple sacrifice, also known as temple sacrifice. People of a clan gather in the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors first, and then have a meeting for dinner after the sacrifice. This kind of sacrifice is a way to reunite the clansmen.

before and after the Qingming festival, there were differences in different places. In Qingming Festival, according to the custom, we usually set out to visit the graves in the morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day. The ways or projects of worshipping Qing vary from place to place. The common practice consists of two parts: one is to renovate the tomb, and the other is to hang paper money and offer sacrifices. When sweeping the grave, the grave should be renovated first. The main methods are to remove weeds, cultivate new soil, and then kowtow and worship.