Can I visit my ancestors’ graves during the Lantern Festival? Is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month suitable for ancestor worship?

The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, which is generally considered to be a joyous occasion. However, there are good and bad days. If some people choose to worship their ancestors and visit their graves on this day, is this appropriate? The arrival of the first month of the lunar calendar, which is the first month of the year, means that we have entered the new year. What should we pay attention to if we want to live a better life in the new year? Shuimoxiansheng.com’s 2020 New Year special topic will tell you.

2020 Lantern Festival Calendar

Gregorian calendar: Saturday, February 8, 2020 Lunar calendar: the 15th day of the first lunar month in 2020 [Suitable] Moving, getting married, moving into new house, getting marriage certificate, breaking ground, laying bed, getting engaged, building stove, seeking offspring, taking office, receiving wealth, getting married, receiving betrothal gifts, moving, fasting and offering sacrifices, giving gifts, hiding treasures, leveling the road [Taboo] Renovation, opening business, burial, raising beams, opening business, breaking ground, building, praying for blessings, offering sacrifices, closing the market, accepting livestock, starting drilling, building houses, digging wells, setting up certificates, seeking medical treatment, erecting pillars, planting, releasing water, opening warehouses, building bridges, and building embankments. According to the lunar calendar, [burial] and [sacrifice] are taboo on that day, so it is not recommended to visit graves and worship ancestors on the Lantern Festival in 2020.

Lantern Festival Taboos

1. On the Lantern Festival, parents should try to prevent their children from crying, so as not to bring bad luck to the family. According to folk custom, this day is the birthday of the Emperor of Heaven and should be celebrated.
2. On the Lantern Festival, damage to tools or equipment, or the occurrence of accidents, means the loss of wealth and the coming of bad luck that year. Therefore, large-scale mechanical operations and construction should be avoided on this day to prevent adverse events from occurring.
3. On the Lantern Festival, you should avoid going to hospitals, remote wilderness areas, cemeteries, ancient tombs and other places with heavy negative energy and bad luck. People with weak health and bad luck should take extra precautions to avoid being contaminated by bad luck.
4. If you lose your property on the Lantern Festival, it means that you are unable to take good care of your wallet and it will be difficult to seize opportunities throughout the year. Therefore, special attention should be paid to prevent the loss of property.
5. On the Lantern Festival, it is best not to lend money to others, otherwise, it will be easy for others to borrow your luck this year.
6. On the Lantern Festival, the rice jar and the flour jar should not be empty, because there is an ancient saying that running out of food is a disaster.
7. On the Lantern Festival, be careful not to tear your clothes. Otherwise, it is easy to be ruined and unlucky for a year.
8. On the Lantern Festival, avoid killing any living beings or seeing blood. Otherwise, this year is likely to cause financial loss, illness, and injury.
9. On the Lantern Festival, you should avoid using bad words or swearing. Otherwise, this year you may easily suffer misfortune due to your words or inadvertently saying the wrong thing.
10. Avoid washing or cutting your hair on the Lantern Festival. Because "fa" means to get rich, if you wash or cut your hair on this day, your wealth will be washed away and you will not be able to save anything for a year.
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