How should we celebrate the first Qingming Festival after an elderly person passes away? What does it mean that new graves are not pardoned?

How should we celebrate the first Qingming Festival after an elderly person passes away? What does it mean that new graves are not pardoned?
Qingming Festival is a festival for tomb sweeping and outing, and is also one of the 24 solar terms. Want to know more about Qingming Festival? In late spring in March, orioles sing beautifully, so March is also called "Oriole Month". Shuimoxiansheng.com has compiled a lot of content about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2022. If you want to know, come and have a look.

How should we celebrate the first Qingming Festival after an elderly person passes away?

For a new grave within the first three years after an old person's death, the first year's tomb sweeping should be done on an auspicious day chosen 10 days before Qingming Festival, the second year's tomb sweeping should be done on Qingming Festival, and the third year's tomb sweeping should be done on an auspicious day chosen within 10 days after Qingming Festival.
In the first year after an elderly person's death, it is necessary to go to the cemetery to burn paper and hold memorial services, and all relatives and friends must be present. If you really can't spare the time to go, you can burn paper money at the place where the elderly person stayed when he was alive.

What does it mean that new graves are not pardoned?

New graves cannot be pardoned, which means that tomb sweeping of new graves must be done before the heavenly pardon.
Tianshe is the day of Wuyin in spring, which is the first day of spring (after the beginning of spring).
For example, the day of Tianshe in 2022 is: February 24, 2022 in the lunar calendar, March 26, 2022 in the Gregorian calendar, Saturday

What are the rules for visiting a new grave?

The so-called new grave refers to a grave that is less than three years old.
1. When sweeping a new grave, the relatives and friends of the deceased should go to the grave to burn paper money and set off firecrackers.
2. In some areas, new graves must be swept during the Chinese New Year: on the first day of the first lunar month in the first year, on the second day of the second year, and on the third day of the third year.
3. In some places, there is a saying that "new graves should not be swept outside the community", which means that the sweeping should be completed before the fifth Wu day after the beginning of spring, and it is not advisable to exceed this time.

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