How old can children worship their ancestors? Children go to the cemetery
4hw.com.cn: the Tomb Sweeping Day in 2019 is coming soon. Ancestor worship and tomb sweeping has been a major event for Chinese people since ancient times. Many friends will bring a family to worship their ancestors. How old can children worship their ancestors? What are the taboos for children to go to the cemetery? Let's have a look.
How old can children worship their ancestors
There is a saying that children under the age of 7 are inappropriate, but in fact, from the perspective of numerology, children under the age of 3 are even more inappropriate, because it is mentioned that children under the age of 3 are the easiest to see another world, whether from Chinese religion or foreign previous and present life theories. From a scientific point of view, children under the age of 3 are easy to carry because of various conditions at the tomb sweeping site. Going out to a relatively polluted place is also easy to make children sick, that is, it is not recommended to take them, and lactating mothers should not take their babies.
Tomb Sweeping Day is a day to sweep tombs and worship ancestors. However, from ancient times to today, it is basically rare for children under the age of 3 to sweep tombs for their ancestors. Although many young mothers follow the instructions of the elderly, they rarely take their baby to sweep the grave.
Is there a taboo for children to go to the cemetery
1. Children and ancestors worship each other on the same day, and they cannot worship on the same day
What is a Zodiac opposition day? In the calendar, you can find that the signs of each day contradict each other. Therefore, you can check the day when you want to worship your ancestors. For example, the child belongs to a cow, and today's Day is just a rat rushing the cow. It's best not to let children follow you to the cemetery to worship your ancestors. Because if they worship, children tend to cry and make trouble in the middle of the night.
2. Remember to let children kneel down
The children in the family are the younger generation to the ancestors, and the ancestors who died in ancient times will always be turned into traveling cranes and gods by the elderly. Therefore, the ancestors mean that there are gods to help. Children's kneeling ceremony is first to respect and second to let their ancestors bless them. It is a virtue to worship their ancestors.
3. Burning incense and inserting incense are made by the elders at home
China is a country of etiquette, with distinction between young and old. In addition to the fact that it is unsafe for children to burn incense with many hands and feet, it is mainly because the children are too young to be qualified to insert and burn incense for their ancestors. We need our elders to do it. Of course, our elders will talk about things to our ancestors and pray for the prosperity of our homes and the safe growth of our children.