Is it better to visit graves on Cold Food Festival or Qingming Festival? You cannot visit graves on Cold Food Festival in 2020
Introduction: Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival are both ancient festivals. So is it better to sweep tombs on Cold Food Festival or Qingming Festival? You cannot sweep tombs on Cold Food Festival in 2020! It is the third month of the lunar calendar and spring is about to end. What are the good days in the third month of the lunar calendar? If you want to know more about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2020, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website.Is it better to visit graves on Cold Food Festival or Qingming Festival?By looking up the customs of the two festivals, we can know that there is a custom of tomb sweeping on both Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival!Ancestor worship on Cold Food Festival: Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship on Cold Food Festival was considered a "wild sacrifice" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was included in "Kaiyuan Ritual" "Volume 87: Worship and Sweeping for Kings and Dukes and Below (Attached to the Worship and Sweeping for Cold Food Festival)" and became one of the auspicious ceremonies officially recognized and advocated. Later it evolved into the royal family offering sacrifices to the tombs; government officials offering sacrifices to the Confucius Temple and to the sages; and the common people visiting the graves, etc. At that time, a family or a clan would go to the ancestral grave together, offer sacrifices, add soil, hang paper money, then scatter Zitui Swallow, Snake and Rabbit on the top of the grave and roll them down, then string them up with willow branches or knotty needles and place them in a high place in the room, in the hope of receiving the ancestors' virtues. Qingming Festival Ancestor Worship: Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship are the core customs of the Qingming Festival. The Qingming Festival is mainly for ancestor worship, expressing the filial piety of the worshiper and his longing for the ancestors. It is a cultural tradition of respecting ancestors and remembering the past. Qingming Festival was originally an "ancestor worship festival" and was given the name "Ghost Festival" during its development and evolution in later generations. In ancient times, people worshipped their ancestors to express filial piety, gratitude and remembrance of their ancestors, and did not call the festival for worshiping their ancestors the Ghost Festival. Qingming sacrifices can be divided into tomb sacrifices and ancestral hall sacrifices according to the different places of sacrifice. Tomb sacrifice is the most common. The characteristic of Qingming sacrifice is tomb sacrifice. Qingming sacrifice is called tomb sweeping, mainly because of the tomb sacrifice method. Another form is the ancestral hall sacrifice, also known as the temple sacrifice, where a clan gathers in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. After the sacrifice, they hold a meeting and dinner. This kind of sacrifice is a way to reunite the clan. Therefore, you can visit the graves on both Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival, but tomb visiting on Qingming Festival is generally more common! No tomb sweeping on Cold Food Festival in 2020Lunar calendar: March 11, 2020 Gregorian calendar: April 3, 2020, Friday, Aries [Today's old almanac is suitable] Accepting marriage proposals, marrying a son-in-law, removing mourning clothes, offering sacrifices, moving, building, building, breaking ground, erecting pillars, accepting wealth, seeking offspring, resigning from office, planting, catching, and going to school [Today's old almanac is unsuitable] Setting up beds, felling trees, raising beams, accepting livestock, marrying, returning home, traveling, fasting and offering sacrifices to the meridians, praying for blessings, entering the house, drilling, repairing graves, burying, breaking ground, and opening the marketBased on the above content, we can know that today’s day of sacrifice [i.e. tomb sweeping] is in accordance with the lunar calendar, so you can sweep the tombs on the Cold Food Festival in 2020! Fortunes in life can be good or bad, and calculating the direction of your fortune in advance can help you nip problems in the bud, reverse unfavorable situations, and make your life smoother and brighter. To calculate your life fortune over the next ten years, please click on the "Premium Calculation" below for accurate calculation. I wish you a smooth life! |
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