Is it appropriate to visit graves and worship ancestors on Qingming Festival in 2020? Can't we say Happy Qingming Festival?

Is it appropriate to visit graves and worship ancestors on Qingming Festival in 2020? Can't we say Happy Qingming Festival?
Introduction: Tomb sweeping and venerating ancestors is a custom of Qingming Festival, but generally an auspicious day must be chosen. So is it appropriate to sweep tombs and venerate ancestors on Qingming Festival in 2020? Can't we say Happy Qingming Festival? The third month of the lunar calendar has another nice name called "Oriole Month", because of the chirping of orioles in late spring. So what should we pay attention to in this beautiful month? Let’s take a look at the special topic of March of the lunar calendar in 2020 on Shuimoxiansheng.com.

Is it appropriate to visit graves and pay respect to ancestors during Qingming Festival in 2020?

》》》 Lunar calendar : March 12, 2020 》》》 Gregorian calendar : April 4, 2020, Saturday, Aries 》》》 (Today’s suitable days) [Do not use for important events on this day] Get married, bring in wealth, set up beds and build stoves, recruit a son-in-law, seek an heir, terminate your appointment, erect pillars and beams, plant crops, attend funerals, enroll in school, obtain certificates, and travel 》》》 (Today’s taboo days) [Do not use for important events on this day] Build houses, repair graves, bury, move, install incense, offer sacrifices, pray for blessings, build bridges, build dams, open warehouses, bury, move coffins, break ground, start drilling, bring in livestock, sail, bring in brides, release water, break ground, open markets, and seek wealth . From the above contents of the lunar calendar, we can see that since this day is a red day, it is not recommended to sweep graves and worship ancestors on Qingming Festival in 2020!

Can’t we say Happy Qingming Festival?

《1》The saying that you cannot say Happy Qingming Festival:
Qingming Festival has been a festival to commemorate ancestors since ancient times. It has always been a festival shrouded in gray shadows. During the Qingming festival of remembering ancestors and expressing grief, people's mood is inevitably low. Therefore, saying "Happy Qingming Festival" at this time is obviously inappropriate and shows an improper attitude.
Therefore, for more people, "Happy Qingming Festival" is obviously inappropriate, so it is not recommended. It is generally replaced with "Happy Qingming Festival".
《2》About saying Happy Qingming Festival:
The characteristic of Qingming Festival is to fully display the vitality of spring, and tomb sweeping and ancestor worship give people spiritual comfort and support;
Activities such as outings, swinging, and kite flying allow people to move their bodies and minds. The above festival contents are all designed to allow people to spend a fulfilling and happy time.
So there is actually nothing wrong with saying "Happy Qingming Festival".

What is the meaning of sacrifice?

Sacrifice refers to a series of symbolic actions or rituals performed to worship gods and ancestors in accordance with the requirements of religious or social customs. Sacrifice is a traditional ritual to pray to gods for blessings and ward off disasters, and is known as a lucky ceremony. "Sacrifice" also means respecting gods, praying to gods and worshiping ancestors.
According to the explanation in the dictionary, in the religious and folk sense, sacrifice refers to the general term for offering sacrifices to gods, ancestors or mourning the dead with rituals. Such as offering sacrifices to heaven, offering sacrifices to ancestors, and public sacrifices; sacrifice refers to offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors.
The contents of sacrifice include venue, ceremony, sacrificial text (prayers, words), and offerings. The forms of sacrifices have been constantly changing with the passage of history. In recent years, the emerging online sacrifices have gradually entered people's lives and are being adopted by people under the advocacy of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is predicted that online sacrifices will become one of people’s sacrificial activities in the future.

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