Can I visit the graves and worship my ancestors on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year in 2019?
During the Spring Festival, people in many places worship their ancestors. Can we go to the graves to worship our ancestors on the sixth day of the first lunar month in 2019? The various festivals in the first month of the lunar calendar will come soon after the Spring Festival. Following Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on the first month of the lunar calendar in 2019, let’s count how many important traditional festivals and customs there are in this month.Can I visit the graves and worship my ancestors on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year in 2019?Lunar calendar: the sixth day of the first lunar month of 2019Gregorian calendar: Sunday, February 10, 2019 Aquarius Auspicious gods to follow: Bu Shouzhong, Fuhou, Longde, Tiancang, Tianshe, Wangri, Yaoan Evil spirits: failure, thunder god, heaven punishment, earth palace, earth taboo, death, moon building, qi death 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 Repairing graves, weddings, offering sacrifices , fasting and offering sacrifices, pardons, seeking wealth, traveling, schooling, seeking help [Today’s taboos in the almanac] Wedding, building a house, building a house, breaking ground, buying property, breaking ground, building a dike, releasing water, seeking medical treatment, taking up a post, accepting marriage proposal, praying for a son, shipping, raising beams and erecting pillars, burial, drilling, lifting, migration, boating Judging from the above, today is suitable for offering sacrifices. What are the forms of ancestor worship?1. Visiting the graves <br /> The main times to visit the graves are the anniversary of the death, New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, and Cold Clothes Festival. The men in the family bring offerings, incense and paper to the grave, place the offerings, water and wine, and then burn paper, burn incense, pour libation and perform rituals, during which time they also put paper on the grave. The custom of visiting graves is most grand during the Qingming Festival. People have to "add soil" to their ancestors' graves the morning before to show that the family is prosperous. In most rural families, when a son gets married, they will also visit the graves. This is to tell the ancestors that the son has started a family and the population has increased. In addition, at dawn on the 7th day after a person’s death, family members go to the grave to pay tribute and express condolences, which is called "Lei Qi". After that, it is held every 7 days, usually completed after 57 days, but sometimes it can be completed up to 77 days.2. Family worship <br /> Do not go to the grave, or do it at the same time as visiting the grave. Place the tablets or genealogy charts with the names of the direct ancestors in the main hall or "family temple", and the whole family or clan members worship together. The family worship is called "inviting the family hall", and the ceremony is very solemn. The genealogy ceremony in our village is presided over by the oldest person in the family, and is usually held at the same time as the continuation of the genealogy during the New Year. In recent decades, due to the promotion of cremation, cemeteries have become common and grave visits are also carried out in cemeteries. 3. Remote sacrifice <br /> Also called "invite", when one cannot go out due to bad weather or is living away from home and cannot go to the cemetery to offer sacrifices in person, one can offer sacrifices at home or in the wild nearby, facing the cemetery of the ancestors in the hometown, holding incense and bowing to respectfully invite the ancestors to enjoy the sacrifices. What is the significance of online tomb sweeping?The memorial customs that have been passed down for thousands of years have always varied from time to time. With the Internet so developed today, the custom of tomb sweeping must also keep pace with the times. Online memorial services will be a modern and scientific way to inherit the fine tradition of the Chinese nation of "respecting the dead and remembering ancestors" and promote the traditional virtues of valuing kinship, family, and filial piety. As long as the original meaning of tomb sweeping remains unchanged and the memorial is performed sincerely, the method of tomb sweeping is not important. The online memorial hall is a timeless and spatial online memorial and communication platform where users can not only express their respect and filial piety to their ancestors, but also use this platform to strengthen communication between family and clan members, enhance understanding, strengthen family ties, maintain unity, and increase cohesion, thereby promoting social harmony. The glorious history of our ancestors is permanently recorded in this virtual memorial space, allowing descendants scattered around the world to learn about their ancestors' glorious achievements and unfinished business on this platform, thereby inspiring future generations to continue to pursue and strive for progress. |
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