Is it a good idea to visit graves and pay homage to ancestors during the 2018 Spring Festival? What should I pay attention to?

Is it a good idea to visit graves and pay homage to ancestors during the 2018 Spring Festival? What should I pay attention to?
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in our country. Many people who work away from home will take advantage of the long Spring Festival holiday to go back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year. In some places in China, tomb sweeping and ancestor worship are also held during the Spring Festival. So is it a good idea to sweep tombs and worship ancestors during the Spring Festival in 2018? For more details about the 2018 Spring Festival, please visit Fortune Teller.com for consultation.

Is it a good idea to visit graves and pay homage to ancestors during the 2018 Spring Festival?

Lunar calendar 2018, first day of the first lunar month, Gregorian calendar 2018, Friday, February 16, 2018 [What to do today] Breaking ground, drilling, repairing graves, recruiting sons-in-law, taking up posts, building, praying for blessings, fasting and offering sacrifices, receiving wealth, seeking heirs, erecting pillars, planting , building houses, offering sacrifices, traveling, raising livestock, seeking wealth, seeking medical treatment, and opening the eyes [What to avoid today] Marrying, moving, raising beams, burying, receiving livestock, moving into houses, separating, and accepting marriages. Auspicious gods to follow: not guarding the tomb, not being a general, Daming, official days, auspicious periods, Tianen, Yuyu. Evil spirits to avoid: Hengtian, Xianchi, disaster, Suzaku. God of wealth: Northeast. God of fortune: Due south. God of wealth: Due north.
According to the lunar calendar, the Spring Festival of 2018 is suitable for tomb sweeping and ancestor worship. However, in many places in our country, there is a saying that people should not go out on the first day of the first lunar month. So it depends on which one you believe!

What should you pay attention to when sweeping tombs and paying homage to your ancestors?

1. When offering sacrifices to ancestors or visiting their graves, you must not make loud noises, play around, or do anything disrespectful to your ancestors.
2. Ancestor worship and tomb sweeping are solemn matters. Generally speaking, one should dress solemnly and avoid bright colors. But a newly married daughter-in-law and a newborn baby can wear bright red clothes to express the good news to the ancestors.
3. Other people should still dress simply and elegantly. For those who are in their zodiac year, they can wear red clothes inside to resist the effect of negative energy, or wear a "silver evil-repelling Pixiu" to protect their health and boost their wealth.
4. Ancestor worship and tomb sweeping are special ways to express remembrance of clan members. According to traditional Chinese customs, women generally avoid ancestor worship ceremonies, but there is an exception during the Qingming Festival. A new daughter-in-law or new child in the family can visit the cemetery (sweep the tomb) on the Qingming Festival accompanied by their family members to recognize their ancestors.

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