Can children visit graves during Qingming Festival? Who is not suitable for tomb sweeping?

Can children visit graves during Qingming Festival? Who is not suitable for tomb sweeping?
Tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival is quite common, but not everyone knows whether children can visit tombs during the Qingming Festival. So, let’s take a look at whether children can visit tombs during the Qingming Festival. Who is not suitable for tomb sweeping? The calendars commonly used in China are the solar calendar and the lunar calendar, also known as the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar. The Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar can be converted into each other. For details on the special content of February of the lunar calendar in 2021, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website!

Can children visit graves during Qingming Festival?

Whether children can visit graves during the Qingming Festival depends mainly on how old the children are.
It is not recommended for children under three years old to visit graves.
Reason 1: Qingming Festival is a festival for worshiping ancestors and deceased relatives. Many parents will bring their children to worship their ancestors to express their longing and remembrance of their deceased relatives. It is quite common to see children under three years old crying. However, it is unlucky to hear them crying during tomb sweeping as it may disturb the ancestors. Therefore, it is not recommended to visit the graves.
Reason 2:
In addition, children's health is not as good as that of adults. The yin energy and humidity in the cemetery are relatively heavy, so it is possible that children will become sick.
Therefore, it is not recommended for children under three years old to visit graves.

Who is not suitable for tomb sweeping?

1. People who are seriously ill or weak are not suitable for tomb sweeping.
The patient has yin deficiency, weak vitality and low immunity, which makes them easily invaded by evil spirits, causing the condition to worsen.
2. Pregnant women are not suitable for tomb sweeping
Because the mountain roads are rugged, burning incense and paper at the graves will produce a lot of smoke and dust, which will have a certain impact on the health of pregnant women and fetuses.
3. Women who are menstruating are not suitable for tomb sweeping
Since girls at this age are usually weak, they should avoid running around or being overworked. Folk customs believe that this is "dirty air", which is disrespectful to ancestors and should be avoided.
4. People with knife wounds or bloody wounds are not suitable for tomb sweeping.
The blood light will impact the tomb, making it impossible for the incense, money, sacrificial meals, etc. offered to the ancestors to be received.
5. Widows under 3 years old are not suitable for tomb sweeping
Less than 3 years had passed and her husband's soul had not returned to the underworld. If you go at this time, you may be easily "taken away" or "haunted" by your husband, which may cause illness or accidents.

Introduction to the Development of Qingming Festival

Qingming Festival is a major spring festival of the Chinese nation. Corresponding to the Qingming spring festival is the Chongyang autumn festival. The two spring and autumn festivals have existed since ancient times. The Chinese nation has had the custom of respecting ancestors and remembering their ancestors since ancient times. Qingming Festival has a long history. It has changed with the development of the times and gradually merged the customs of Cold Food Festival and Shangsi Festival. In ancient times, customs in the north and south of my country were different. Before the Tang Dynasty, tomb sweeping in northern my country was mainly done during the Cold Food Festival and the Cold Clothes Festival. According to the records in "The Book of Rites" and other documents, there was no custom of visiting tombs and offering sacrifices on Qingming Festival in northern my country before the Tang Dynasty. By the Tang Dynasty, visiting tombs and offering sacrifices on Qingming Festival had become a custom. The Tang Dynasty was a period when tomb-worshiping customs from all over my country's north and south merged. The Qingming tomb-worshiping customs were continued and expanded to all parts of the country. After the Tang Dynasty, the Cold Food Festival gradually declined because it was close to the Qingming Festival. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Qingming Festival rose to the status of replacing Cold Food Festival, and incorporated customs of Cold Food Festival such as banning fire and eating cold food.

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