Notes on burning paper in Qingming Festival
4hw.com.cn: Recently, it led to the death of 90 year old people. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause of the fire was due to a Han family living on the 10th floor of four buildings, who held a memorial ceremony in Qingming and burned paper money in the corridor. It may be that paper money ignited the combustibles in the corridor, and smoke poured into the 11th floor, causing the death of a 91 year old sitting in the corridor on the 11th floor. Such a tragedy is heartbreaking. It rings the "Qingming alarm bell". Qingming energy saving paper burning? What are the precautions for burning paper in Qingming Festival?
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Qingming energy-saving grave burning paper, but now the country advocates civilized sacrifice, generally send flowers on it.
The worship of ancestors in the Qing and Ming Dynasties is a ceremony to express respect and recollection for ancestors. The descendants who worship their ancestors every year can naturally be protected by their ancestors. However, some people who forget their gratitude and recite their ancestors are punished by their ancestors instead of worshiping them all the year round.
A few days before the Qingming Festival
Tomb Sweeping should be carried out as early as possible. In the past, there was a saying "early Qing Ming, late 11". The earlier the tomb sweeping ceremony, the better. It can be carried out one to two weeks before the Tomb Sweeping Festival. Don't rush to the Tomb Sweeping Festival. In addition, it's better to sweep the tomb before 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., which is the best time for us to sacrifice our ancestors. Because after three o'clock in the afternoon, the Yang Qi has gradually subsided and the Yin Qi has gradually increased. If the unlucky person or the weak person is in this period of time, it is easy to provoke the evil spirit to haunt you and bring you harm.
Notes on burning paper in Qingming Dynasty;
First: types of paper burning
When buying burning paper, don't buy stacks of printed matter, because that kind of paper is not real as the money over there. But when you burn a lot of money, you can burn it a little bit. Because according to the words of the old people in the countryside, there are a lot of debt collectors there, who will be shameless and ask for money from their ancestors. If they don't give them, they will grind people, so they have to use such small money to send them away. This is also a reassuring practice for our ancestors.
Second: burn yellow paper to make money
Now many young people in rural areas don't know about this. They are going to bury their ancestors. When they buy back the yellow paper, they must cover it with a piece of 100 yuan real money, and then stamp it from right to left, from top to bottom. Only in this way can we guarantee that the money will be realized there. To make the money that our ancestors spent there useful.
Third: circle when burning paper
When all is ready to burn paper for the ancestors. Draw a circle at the place where you burn paper, and leave a gap in the northwest corner, because this direction is the legendary ghost gate, which is convenient for the following people to get money. But when you are in a wreath, remember not to draw yourself in, otherwise it will cause great harm.
Fifth: do not play when burning paper
When you burn paper, first of all, you must be very serious. You can't laugh or scold. When burning paper, first take two pieces of paper to offer a sacrifice to the "ghosts" around you. Then when lighting other pieces of paper and burning them, say something in your mouth: come to see you, send you money, today's yours... Also come, there's money to spend. Words like this are meant to let them know and protect future generations. We must burn the paper before we leave, otherwise our ancestors will be very unhappy and get into trouble.