Can I visit the graves in advance on the Ghost Festival on July 15th? What is the auspicious time for the 2019 Ghost Festival?

Can I visit the graves in advance on the Ghost Festival on July 15th? What is the auspicious time for the 2019 Ghost Festival?
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Can I visit the graves in advance on the Ghost Festival on July 15th?

It is not allowed to go to the graves to burn incense and paper money in advance on the Ghost Festival on July 15th. The reason is very simple. If you burn the incense in advance, your ancestors won’t have time to return home and receive the incense. The underworld will wait until the Ghost Festival to release all the ghosts and allow them to return to the world of the living to reunite with their families, so people generally hold activities to worship ghosts on this day, such as visiting graves, burning incense, and burning paper. According to legend, paper in the world of the living is money in the underworld, and people burn paper to send money to their deceased ancestors and relatives. Usually when burning paper at the grave, people would leave a few sheets and burn them at the crossroads. The purpose was to give some alms to the wild ghosts that could return to their homes, so that they would not rob the money given to their ancestors.

What is the auspicious time for the 2019 Ghost Festival?

Zi hour (23:00-00:59): Jiazi [Wood and Water] auspicious time, no taboos <br /> Chou hour (01:00-02:59): Yichou [Wood and Earth] auspicious time, no taboos <br /> Yin hour (03:00-04:59): Bingyin [Fire and Wood]
Mao Hour (05:00-06:59): Ding Mao [Fire and Wood]
Chen time (07:00-08:59): Wuchen [earth earth] auspicious <br /> Si time (09:00-10:59): Jisi [earth fire] auspicious <br /> Wu time (11:00-12:59): Gengwu [metal fire]
Wei time (13:00-14:59): Xin Wei [metal and earth] auspicious <br /> Shen time (15:00-16:59): Ren Shen [water and metal]
You Hour (17:00-18:59): Guiyou [Water and Metal]
Xu time (19:00-20:59): Jiaxu [wood and earth] auspicious time, no taboos
Hai Hour (21:00-22:59): Yi Hai [Wood and Water]

What do you need to prepare for visiting a grave?

1. You usually need to prepare some ghost paper, also known as ghost money, which can be burned at the graves during the Ghost Festival, so that your deceased relatives can use it there.
2. Fresh flowers, such as white or yellow chrysanthemums, are usually sold already wrapped to express thoughts and condolences for loved ones.
3. Candles, gold ingots, lighters, and incense all need to be prepared. You need to light candles and burn incense when visiting the grave. Sometimes you also have to learn to kneel down, as the customs vary in different places.
4. Offerings: fruits and food, prepare some in advance. You can prepare some food that your loved ones loved when they were alive and bring it over, or prepare some apples, oranges, etc.
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