What do you need to know about tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival?

What do you need to know about tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival?
Introduction: Qingming Festival is approaching. I believe that many people who work away from home will take advantage of the Qingming holiday to go home and sweep the graves of their ancestors or deceased relatives with their families! So what do we need to do when visiting graves on Qingming Festival? Let’s follow the editor to learn more about it below! March is wonderful because of your encouragement. The seeds sown in March will yield a good harvest in autumn. The drizzle in March nourishes you like milk and brings you the most beautiful start. I wish your March will be as beautiful. Qingming Festival is one of the only two days in a year when one can prepare graves, relocate graves, bury graves together, repair graves, and break ground on tombs. The groundbreaking for a grave involves many things in itself and must be taken very seriously. Especially on a special day like Qingming Festival, there are some special considerations and taboos for such special activities that everyone needs to follow.

1. Necessary Offerings

Incense, paper money, fruit, snacks, vegetarian wine

2. It is best to do it between 9 am and 3 pm

Don't go to the cemetery too early or too late. The period from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. is the time of the day when Yang energy is relatively strong, which will strengthen one's own Yang energy.

3. It’s best to wear some red

Before going to the cemetery, it is best to prepare some clothing, such as wearing red underwear, red socks, or a red hat.
The nebulous energy in cemeteries is heavy, especially on days like Qingming Festival, when it is even heavier. According to the belief that red can ward off evil spirits, wearing red on your body can help keep you safe.

4. People with weak health should wear amulets

People with weak physique should not go to the cemetery alone. It is best to ask someone with strong physique to accompany them. Especially if joint burial or relocation of graves is necessary, it is best to take some protective measures in advance.
If conditions permit, you can ask other people to pick up the bones of your ancestors from the tomb on your behalf to reduce the time you spend in the tomb. Wearing amulets drawn by professionals can enhance one's own yang energy and protect oneself from the yin energy of the cemetery.

5. Perform the ceremony with piety and inform the ancestors

Kneel down, burn incense, burn paper money, perform grand worship, and tell the ancestors that it is not because they are unfilial descendants and are disturbing the bodies, but because of certain reasons, they have to disturb the ancestors, and they sincerely ask for their understanding and blessings for future generations. In other words, tell the ancestors what you are going to do at the grave and why you are doing it, and hope that the ancestors will bless you and that everything will go smoothly and peacefully.
For example, some graves need to be rested due to collapse or water intrusion, some need to be relocated for various reasons, and some need to be buried together. In either case, a ceremony should be held before breaking ground to apologize to the ancestors for disturbing their rest.

6. Precautions for breaking ground

1. When digging the ground, start from the front of the ancestral tomb. Do not dig from the back. It should be done in order of the ancestors' seniority, from the oldest to the youngest. You must remember that when digging the ground, you must start from the front of the ancestral grave and not from the back, so as to avoid the risk of "no descendants".
2. Place the tombstone first and then start breaking the ground. For a cemetery with a tombstone, place the tombstone first and then start breaking the ground.
3. Do not kill auspicious creatures. When digging up a grave, if you find auspicious creatures such as turtles, snakes, rats, toads, etc., do not kill them at will.
4. To avoid digging into the soil and revealing the coffin when opening it, continue to dig deep around the coffin. The depth should be such that no soil will fall into the coffin from above when opening it.
5. Cover the entire tomb with a sunshade before opening the coffin to prevent the bones of the ancestors from being exposed to the sun.
6. After opening the coffin, wait for a while to block the sun, then do not open the coffin lid completely. Instead, open a crack to let the corpse gas out, and wait for a while before opening it again.
Summary: The above are some things you need to know about tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival. You can first learn about the Feng Shui to avoid touching the tombs. I hope the above content is helpful to everyone!

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