Do you have to visit the graves during the winter solstice? Is it good to visit the graves in advance? Is it appropriate to worship ancestors the day before the winter solstice in 2020?

Do you have to visit the graves during the winter solstice? Is it good to visit the graves in advance? Is it appropriate to worship ancestors the day before the winter solstice in 2020?
Introduction: Visiting graves and worshipping ancestors is one of the customs of the Winter Solstice. So [Do we need to visit graves during the Winter Solstice? Is it okay to visit graves in advance? Is it appropriate to worship ancestors the day before the Winter Solstice in 2020?] Follow the editor to find out! "The coldest months of the year" refers to the three coldest months before the New Year. The coldest month is October, the winter month is November, and the twelfth month is December. This winter, Mr. Shui Mo will accompany you through the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 2020.

Do we visit graves during the winter solstice?

In many places today, there is still a custom of visiting graves and worshipping ancestors on the Winter Solstice. For example, in Suzhou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Chaoshan, southern Fujian and many other places, there is a custom of visiting graves and worshipping ancestors on the Winter Solstice.
It is said that in the Tang and Song dynasties, the winter solstice was the day to worship heaven and ancestors. The emperor would go to the suburbs to hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven, and the people would worship their parents and elders on this day. In addition to each family worshipping their own direct ancestors, those who had ancestral halls or temples would hold a sacrificial ceremony together, which was called the winter solstice.
Nowadays, some places still celebrate the winter solstice, and it has gradually extended to tomb sweeping. However, at that time, I felt that this explanation did not provide more authoritative information from classics, so it was not credible.

Can we visit the grave in advance?

Visiting the graves during the winter solstice is one of the traditional customs in many places. If there are no special regulations on the time for visiting the graves during the winter solstice, then you can choose an auspicious day to visit the graves in advance , about 3 days in advance.
The purpose of tomb sweeping is to express grief and remember the deceased, and there are not many time restrictions. The winter solstice is the festival when yang returns and everything is renewed, just like life: birth is the beginning of death, and death is the beginning of life, in an endless cycle.

Is it appropriate to worship ancestors the day before the winter solstice in 2020?

Lunar calendar: November 6, 2020 Gregorian calendar: December 20, 2020, Sunday, Sagittarius ♦Suitable for today - Day of the Four Departures - get married, move, receive money, make stoves, fast and offer sacrifices, seek money, open warehouses, catch, plant and go to school ◇Taboo for today - Day of the Four Departures - repair graves, bury beds, cut wood, raise beams, receive livestock, offer sacrifices, pray for blessings, build houses, build bridges, build embankments, break ground, hold funerals, receive betrothal gifts, move into houses, start drilling, travel, meridians and open markets
——According to the old almanac, the day before the winter solstice in 2020 is not suitable for ancestor worship, so this day is an unlucky day among the four days of separation!

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