Is the Qingming Festival in 2018 suitable for tomb sweeping and ancestor worship? When is the best time to visit graves during Qingming Festival?

Is the Qingming Festival in 2018 suitable for tomb sweeping and ancestor worship? When is the best time to visit graves during Qingming Festival?
Qingming Festival is one of my country's traditional cultural festivals. People usually worship their ancestors on this day. It is the embodiment of my country's "virtue of filial piety culture". So is Qingming Festival in 2018 suitable for tomb sweeping and ancestor worship? A year's plan begins with spring. The wind in February of the lunar calendar officially brings spring, and the weather is gradually getting warmer. The Fortune Teller website will interpret every day of February of the lunar calendar in 2018 for you!

Is the Qingming Festival in 2018 suitable for tomb sweeping and ancestor worship?

According to the lunar calendar, Qingming Festival is not a very suitable day for tomb sweeping;
February 20, 2018 (Lunar calendar)
Aries (Thursday, April 5, 2018)
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Fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for offspring, seeking wealth, burying, taking up office, starting drilling, removing mourning clothes, accepting marriage proposals, accepting wealth, raising beams, planting, accepting livestock, filling graves, and signing contracts [taboos today]
Offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, building, breaking ground, purchasing property, breaking ground, building embankments, releasing water, getting married, traveling, moving into new homes, erecting pillars, and building houses
From the perspective of customs, Qingming is a good time for tomb sweeping;
Qingming Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China and also the most important festival for commemorating ancestors. It is not only a day for commemorating ancestors and sweeping tombs. Tomb sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave, which is an activity to commemorate the dead. Most of the Han people and some ethnic minorities sweep tombs on Qingming Festival. It is also a bond for the Chinese nation to trace their roots, and it is also a day for hiking and getting close to nature. The Qingming Festival has a history of more than 2,500 years. In ancient times, the Qingming Festival was also called the Outing Festival, March Festival, Ancestor Worship Festival, Tomb Sweeping Festival, Grave Sweeping Festival, Arbor Day, Ghost Festival, etc. In 2006, Qingming Festival was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.

When is the best time to visit graves during Qingming Festival?

Try to do tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival in advance. There was a folk saying in the past that "the earlier the Qingming Festival, the later the 11th day of the 11th month". The earlier the Qingming Festival is, the better. It can be done one or two weeks before the Qingming Festival. Don't rush it all on the Qingming Festival.
In addition, it is best to choose to sweep the tombs between 7 am and 3 pm. This is the time when the yang energy is high in the day, and it is the best time for us to pay tribute to our ancestors. Because after 3 o'clock in the afternoon the yang energy has gradually subsided and the yin energy has gradually increased. If you are unlucky or weak during this time period, it is easy to attract evil spirits to haunt you and cause harm to you.

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