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How to deal with the first Tomb-Sweeping Day after the death of the old man in Luxi

Worship.

In the first year of the old man's death, Tomb-Sweeping Day, children and grandchildren needed food and wine, and three sacrifices and five fruits were offered to worship. In the first year, the tomb will be opened on the day before Qingming, the second day of Qingming and the third year after Qingming. Since then, every time before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, future generations have taken fruit tomb paper to sweep the grave. Pei Tomb is also called Yi Tomb, Wall Tomb and Filled Tomb.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival.