Is it a good idea to visit the graves on the Autumnal Equinox on September 23, 2019? Why do we eat autumn vegetables on the Autumnal Equinox?

Is it a good idea to visit the graves on the Autumnal Equinox on September 23, 2019? Why do we eat autumn vegetables on the Autumnal Equinox?
Introduction: You need to choose an auspicious day to visit the graves and worship your ancestors. So is it a good idea to visit the graves on September 23, 2019, the Autumnal Equinox? Why do we eat autumn vegetables on the Autumnal Equinox? Autumn is the season of harvest. As the eighth month of the lunar calendar arrives, the autumn atmosphere gradually becomes stronger. The autumn breeze brings coolness, and days like this should be beautiful every day. Shuimoxiansheng.com will accompany you through every day of the eighth lunar month of 2019.

Is it a good idea to visit the graves on the Autumnal Equinox Day on September 23, 2019?

Query the lunar calendar for the Autumnal Equinox on September 23, 2019:
Lunar calendar: August 25, 2019 Gregorian calendar: September 23, 2019, Monday, Libra
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Marry, move into a house, set up a bed, build a stove, travel, plant, seek a son, remove, erect pillars, take in livestock, establish a contract, raise livestock, tailor clothes, meridians
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Relocation, raising the beam, burial, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, building, breaking ground, building embankments, releasing water, opening warehouses, burial, moving coffins, starting drilling, opening markets, seeking wealth, building houses, collecting wealth, and taking up positions
From the above content of the old almanac, we can know that today's sacrifice [i.e. visiting the graves] is taboo in the almanac, so the Autumnal Equinox in 2019 is not suitable for visiting the graves. It is recommended to choose another auspicious day!

Why do we eat autumn vegetables during the Autumnal Equinox?

In the Lingnan region, the Xie family in Cangcheng Town, Kaiping, one of the former Four Counties (now Five Counties with Heshan), has a custom during the Autumnal Equinox that is not a festival, called "eating autumn vegetables during the Autumnal Equinox".
"Qiucai" is a kind of wild vegetable, which the locals call "Qiubi Luo". On the day of the Autumnal Equinox, the whole village goes to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the fields, most autumn vegetables are tender green and thin, about the length of a palm.
The harvested autumn vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets in a soup called "autumn soup".
There is a saying that goes: "Autumn soup cleanses the internal organs and cleanses the liver and intestines. The whole family, young and old, will be safe and healthy." When autumn comes, people pray for peace at home and good health.

Sacrificial Rituals

1. Place food, bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, tea and other offerings on the graves of ancestors, and then light three incense sticks in front of the graves.
2. Pour the first glass of wine after lighting the incense. After about 30 minutes or half of the incense is burned, one person will light three incense sticks for the second time and pour the second glass of wine.
3. When the incense is half burned, place offerings to the land god who looks after the grave, and then burn a piece of yellow paper to protect the ancestors from harm.
4. When the three incense sticks have burned out, remove the offerings and leave a small amount of money and other belongings to be burned on other graves to prevent other ghosts from stealing money and clothes from the ancestral graves after the people who visited the graves leave.
Precautions
1. Do not laugh, play, run around or bump into anything around a cemetery. Doing so is not only impolite, but also disrespectful to the ancestors.
Second, it is not advisable to wear bright red or bright green clothes, and pregnant women, the sick, and children under 7 years old should not go to sweep the graves.
3. What is usually said during the sacrifice: what you plan to do at the grave, why you do it, and the hope that the ancestors will bless you, and everything will go smoothly and peacefully.

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