April 5 is China's traditional festival Qingming Festival. On Qingming Festival, everyone should sweep tombs, go to graves and worship ancestors. These are the traditional customs of Qingming Festival that have been circulating in China for a long time. But tomb sweeping day also has many taboos and precautions, do you know? The small editor of this article makes an inventory of the five taboos of going to the grave on the Qingming Festival. You should pay attention to it when going to the grave on the Qingming Festival.
How to clean and defend yourself during Tomb Sweeping Day
Take a red bag and put seven banyan leaves and a little salt rice in it. If there are no banyan leaves, they can be replaced by wormwood and hibiscus leaves. Before starting to sweep the grave, put the red envelope in your coat pocket. After sweeping the grave, remember to throw away the red envelope and don't take it home. This will help avoid bad atmosphere.
To be on the safe side, after the tomb sweeping, it is recommended that you eat in the restaurant outside, or go shopping in the mall, or it is convenient to go to the public toilet outside, and then go home, so as to avoid unclean things coming home with you.
It is taboo to laugh and play in tomb sweeping, and you can't take random photos
The cemetery is the home of our ancestors, so when sweeping the tomb, remember not to disrespect our ancestors, such as crossing the tomb offering, making noise and laughing, urinating everywhere, etc. In addition, tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival is to commemorate our ancestors. This is a time for future generations to worship the dead with the intention of remembrance. Therefore, it is inappropriate to take self photos or group photos, and it is taboo to take photos of the tomb into the camera.
What flowers and clothes are suitable for Tomb Sweeping on Tomb Sweeping Day
Chrysanthemums with the meaning of missing and remembering are usually used in Tomb Sweeping Day, but the flower color should not be too bright. Generally, white and yellow are the most suitable. They can also be matched with some flowers with large green leaves, such as lilies and carnations, which can better show the memory and respect for their ancestors.
Tomb Sweeping Day in order to respect the dead, the clothes should be natural, elegant and dignified. Generally, they wear dark clothes and avoid red, purple and too exposed clothes. In addition, it should be noted that in addition to the offerings brought during tomb sweeping, the flower bouquets for sacrifice and the flowers, insects and wild fruits of the cemetery must not be brought home.
It is forbidden to visit relatives and friends during the Qingming Festival
Tomb Sweeping Day is a special time to pay tribute to ancestors. Generally, it should not be arranged to visit relatives and friends on the day of Tomb Sweeping Day, in order to avoid bad luck. If you have visited the tomb before the Qingming Festival, you can walk around crowded places, such as shopping malls and markets, and you should go home early in the evening.
In the morning of the Tomb Sweeping Day, look at your forehead. Before washing your face in the morning of the Tomb Sweeping Day, look at your forehead in the mirror. If it looks black, it means that your luck is low. When you participate in the tomb sweeping, in addition to being prepared for self purification and self-defense as described above, you can also wear black crystals in your right hand, or emerald Guanyin, Buddha Gong, Kaiyun red rope, etc, To help resolve.