Can the offerings during tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival be eaten? What offerings can be prepared for Qingming Festival?

Can the offerings during tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival be eaten? What offerings can be prepared for Qingming Festival?
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Can we eat the offerings during tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival?

People usually prepare some fruits and pastries for tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival. Although these do not cost a lot of money, they are food after all, and it would be a waste if they are not eaten.
In some places, it is believed that offerings are dedicated to ancestors, and if they are eaten, it is equivalent to snatching food from the deceased, which will bring bad luck; in some places, it is believed that as long as the offerings are offered and worshipped, they have been enjoyed, so they can be taken down and eaten.
So as to the question of whether the offerings during the Qingming Festival can be eaten or not, different places have different opinions, and it depends on the local customs.

What offerings can be prepared for Qingming Festival?

1. Fruits: Fruits represent Yin. When visiting graves on Qingming Festival, fruits can be said to be a necessity. First, they are easy to prepare, and second, they are easy to display.
2. Pastries: Pastries represent Yang. It is not appropriate to offer meat when visiting graves on Qingming Festival, so pastries will be the main offering, such as traditional desserts such as mung bean cake and osmanthus cake.
3. Incense: It is a must to light incense when visiting graves on Qingming Festival. Lighting incense is a way to show respect to ancestors. In addition, incense is also a bridge connecting ancestors and descendants, and people can pray for ancestors to bless the younger generations.
4. Candles: When visiting graves on Qingming Festival, you should light candles in front of the graves. Candles represent Yang and can distinguish between the Yin and Yang worlds. It is said that lighting a candle represents a clear path, so that future generations can walk on the clear path.
5. Paper money: You have to burn paper money in front of the tomb when you visit the grave on Qingming Festival. It is best to use orthodox hemp paper. Even if you have bought other types of paper money, you must not miss this kind.

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