What offerings should be prepared for visiting graves and worshipping ancestors during Qingming Festival? What should newlyweds pay attention to when visiting graves during Qingming Festival?

What offerings should be prepared for visiting graves and worshipping ancestors during Qingming Festival? What should newlyweds pay attention to when visiting graves during Qingming Festival?
Introduction: Tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival is a very important event, so there are many things to pay attention to when sweeping tombs on Qingming Festival. So what offerings should be prepared when visiting graves to honor ancestors during the Qingming Festival, and what should newlyweds pay attention to when visiting graves during the Qingming Festival? In March, all things come back to life, willows are green, flowers are red, orioles are singing and swallows are dancing, and the earth is full of vitality. Shuimoxiansheng.com has compiled detailed information for you about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019!

What offerings should be prepared for visiting graves and worshipping ancestors during Qingming Festival?

Prepare fruit. Since the cemetery can take care of us for five generations, it is best to get five kinds of fruits. If it is really inconvenient, just take one and don't be lazy.
Prepare the pastries. Fruits represent Yin and pastries represent Yang. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, fruits and pastries are usually prepared. Offering meat as a sacrifice to ancestors at their graves is only a custom in some places. In the past, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth required three animals and five livestock, which were considered sacred. Our ancestors did not reach the merits of heaven and earth, nor did they have the same blessings as heaven and earth, so offering meat or blood is disrespectful to our ancestors.
Prepare incense. Incense is like the signal we dial with our mobile phones. Once the incense is lit, the ancestors know that their descendants have come to worship them.
Prepare candles. It is best to light a candle. A candle is called a lamp, which is yang. It can prevent your descendants from going astray in any path and from going down the evil path. This is called the bright path. If the ancestor has passed away within three years, use white candles; if the ancestor has passed away more than three years ago, use red candles.
Prepare paper money. What kind of paper should be burned? Hemp money paper. This is very orthodox. Things like ghost money and Tianditong Bank are all made by scammers. Just like counterfeit banknotes, burning this kind of money in the cemetery will desecrate your ancestors. Think about it, how angry would you be if you got counterfeit money? This will not bring you good fortune, but disaster instead. This includes burning cell phones, telephones, cars, and buildings. These are all ways for businesses to make money. They are all useless. We should not be fooled and think that burning these things is filial piety.

What should newlyweds pay attention to when visiting graves during Qingming Festival?

A new bride or a newborn baby who goes to visit the graves must not wear plain clothes, but must wear festive clothing, at least a red dress and an ornament. One reason is to announce the good news so that the ancestors can see the family growing and having more members; the other is to ward off evil spirits so that the surrounding wandering ghosts will not harm them. It is these festive colors that add a different meaning to the tomb-sweeping ceremony on Qingming Festival, and also symbolize the continuation of life and the inheritance of incense.

Taboos and precautions for tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival

1. From the morning of the day of tomb sweeping until you arrive at the tomb sweeping site, try to eat vegetarian food and dress neatly and simply to show courtesy and respect to the ancestors.
2. When burning paper money and placing offerings, you should pay attention to fire prevention and ensure safety. Try to carry your own items and avoid buying items sold by vendors near the sacrificial site. If you have to buy something due to the inconvenience of carrying, you should prepare small change in advance, put small amounts of cash in a coat pocket that is easy to access, and put large amounts of cash on the inside to avoid being picked up by thieves.
3. Try to avoid weekends or other peak tomb-sweeping times, because nowadays there are more and more private cars among citizens, and peak tomb-sweeping times will cause inconvenience due to traffic congestion. You can choose to take various types of public transportation, or extend the tomb-sweeping time (leave early and return late), or avoid key time periods to alleviate the pressure on road traffic caused by the large number of people and vehicles.
4. Whether arriving at the sacrificial site or leaving, you should develop the good habit of counting the items you carry with you to avoid accidentally losing valuables. The number of people participating in collective sacrifices should be counted at all times. Parents who bring children with them should take good care of their children to avoid them getting lost while playing.
5. Do not go to remote places with few people to worship. It is best to plan according to the routes you often take. Do not stay in remote places for a long time to ensure your own safety.
6. The cemetery is the home of the Yin spirits. Do not laugh, yell, use foul language, run around, fight, or urinate anywhere. If you come across other graves on the way, do not step on or kick the tombstones. Do not move other tombstones or sacrificial items. If you do bump into them, you should sincerely say "Sorry, I'm sorry to bother you." You should be cautious within the cemetery and control your emotions and attitude to avoid disturbing and offending other Yin spirits.
7. Cleaning the cemetery: When facing the cemetery of your ancestors, you need to clean up the weeds, add loose soil, and tidy up the surrounding environment to make the cemetery look full and tidy. At the same time, pray silently in your heart, place your hopes in the underworld, and pray that your ancestors will keep the descendants rich and prosperous.
8. Generally speaking, pregnant women should avoid tomb-sweeping activities during the Qingming Festival, but that’s not all. Strictly speaking, women who are menstruating should not participate in such activities, especially tomb-sweeping activities during the Qingming Festival after 3 pm.

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