&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203; Hanyi Festival, March 3, Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival are collectively referred to as China's four Ghost Festivals, which are festivals to sacrifice ancestors. Tomb Sweeping Day has the custom of going to the grave. Do you want to go to the grave on Hanyi day? What should we pay attention to when going to the grave on Hanyi Festival? In this article, let's learn whether to go to the grave on Hanyi Festival and the precautions for going to the grave on Hanyi Festival.
Can I go to the grave on the day of Hanyi Festival: Yes
The tomb days in a year are Qingming Festival, the first day of October, the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. For the Chinese who believe in "peace in the land", the grave is not only a place for the dead to rest, but also a place for future generations to mourn. Going to the grave on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month and the 15th of the first lunar month is to invite the old mother (i.e. the old ancestor) to go home and celebrate the new year and festival happily. The Tomb Sweeping Day and Hanyi Festival are to remember our ancestors and express our thoughts. There are still "new graves" and "old graves" on these two grave days. As far as going to the grave on Hanyi Festival is concerned, the old grave in the sky on the first day of October and the new grave the day before (that is, the grave within three years of the death of a loved one). People in LaoHuang county are used to calling the tomb on the first day of October 'the tomb of last month'.
What should we pay attention to when going to the grave on Hanyi Festival
1. You can't worship people who die suddenly (people who die violently).
2. Worship in the ancestral hall or in front of the memorial tablet, where the heavenly soul can communicate all the time, no matter sooner or later.
3. There is no ancestral temple or memorial tablet. At the intersection (or roadside) where few people can communicate with the heavenly soul at night, they worship only at night.
4. There are not many other procedures when worshipping in front of ancestral halls or memorial tablets. You can worship three sticks of incense, call your ancestors and make a wish to protect your family when burning paper.
5. Make a boundary on the ground and draw a circle without closing a small opening, so that the ancestors can obtain the blessing of worship;
6. First burn some paper outside the circle to reward the land and empty past;
7. Burn paper in the circle and ask the land and void to pass and bring these blessings to their ancestors;
8. When burning paper, you can make a wish to your ancestors.