What are the customs of ancestor worship in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping requires three knocks and nine worships, as well as fruit, incense and wine. It is meant to sweep the grave, weeding, filling the grave, sweeping the grave, hanging paper, burning paper money and so on. Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping, pregnant women can't attend.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and Tomb-Sweeping Day is a national holiday these days. Going home on holiday to worship ancestors is basically what China people do. The general process of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day is weeding, filling, sweeping graves, hanging paper, offering sacrifices, lighting incense, burning paper, offering libation and bowing down.

First of all, on this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, when people go to sacrifice their ancestors, everyone will take a sickle to weed. After a long time, weeds will grow on the grave. When people go to worship their ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they will remove weeds from graves. In people's eyes, weeds on graves are just like weeds in ancestors' yards.

Second, filling the soil is something that Tomb-Sweeping Day also needs to do to pay homage. If there wasn't a lot of soil on the graves of our ancestors, everyone would fill in some soil. People think that there is more soil on the graves of ancestors, which proves that there is more land in the underworld.

Third, sweeping the grave is to clean up weeds or other things around the grave. Clean up the grave before starting the next process.

Fourth, hang paper. This kind of paper is a kind of slender hanging paper, not a thin rectangle. Generally, a pile of notes is pressed by stones on the tombstone and the memorial tablet of the blessed god, while the pile of graves is evenly covered with notes. In many rural areas, bamboo is still used to hang this paper on graves. The hanging paper is white and decorated with some red and green things.

Fifth, sacrifice is to place offerings in front of the tomb. Sacrifices are usually fruits, cakes, sweets and the like.

Sixth, burning incense is a custom that Tomb-Sweeping Day will also do. Burning incense on both sides of the grave suggests that ancestors can eat.

Seventh, burn paper money. In Tomb-Sweeping Day, if you visit your ancestors' graves, you will always visit them. I hope they can have enough money for the following.

Eighth, three kneels and nine knocks. This is a ritual of ancestor worship. Kowtow three times every time you kneel. When saluting, kneel with your legs crossed, lean forward and touch the ground with your hands. Show respect for ancestors.

Ninth, pregnant women should not sweep their ancestors' graves. It is considered unlucky for pregnant women to sweep graves.