Sihaiwang: it will be our annual qingming festival soon. With the development of traditional festivals, some of the past sacrificial activities are not very clear to young people. For example, many people in Shangfen don't know what tribute to bring. In fact, Shangfen is very exquisite, and we bring tribute to Shangfen. Others will say what to do when the tribute is over. Can you eat it? Xiaobian is going to answer for you one by one.
Do you pay attention to the offerings of Tomb Sweeping Day in 2018
Can I eat the tribute to the grave
In addition to fruits, dry goods and other common tributes, there is also the saying of qingmingtang rice in some places. During the Qingming Festival, we make soup rice at home, which is commonly known as "Qingming soup rice". We sacrifice to our ancestors and bless their safety. At that time, every family's offerings for making rice soup were: Fried Tofu with bean sprouts, pickled mustard soup, braised yellow croaker, braised meat, goose, etc. In addition, a plate of green troupe is indispensable in the offering, because it is the symbol of Qingming. Qingtuan is made of Wormwood Leaves mashed with juice and glutinous rice flour. It is inlaid with the stuffing made of cowpea sand or white sugar sesame or soybean flour.
When the incense and candles on the sacrificial table are going to burn out, they will burn some 'silver ingots' made of tin foil to their ancestors to send them off. Laodizi, ordinary people go to the cemetery, usually by boat or foot boating to the countryside near the cemetery, and then walking to the cemetery. However, some families with copper mother of pearl will hire sedan bearers to go to the grave in sedan chairs, so there is a saying of "going to the grave in March and sitting in sedan chairs".
According to Pang Shuhua, a great master in modern times, changes of time and changes of law, during the Qingming Festival in today's era, whether it's making rice soup or going to the grave, are expressions of yearning for ancestors and deceased relatives, and also a traditional folk custom. Take some of your favorite meals with you. Generally, you should pay attention to three kinds. When the fragrance is burnt out, you can take them back to eat.
What's the point about the tribute to the tomb
According to Pang Shuhua, a great master in modern times, changes of time and changes of law, during the Qingming Festival in today's era, whether it's making rice soup or going to the grave, are expressions of yearning for ancestors and deceased relatives, and also a traditional folk custom. Take some of your favorite meals with you. Generally, you should pay attention to three kinds. When the fragrance is burnt out, you can take them back to eat.
During the Qingming Festival, we make soup rice at home, which is commonly known as "Qingming soup rice". We sacrifice to our ancestors and bless their safety. At that time, every family's offerings for making rice soup were: Fried Tofu with bean sprouts, pickled mustard soup, braised yellow croaker, braised meat, goose, etc. In addition, a plate of green troupe is indispensable in the offering, because it is the symbol of Qingming. Qingtuan is made of Wormwood Leaves mashed with juice and glutinous rice flour. It is inlaid with the stuffing made of cowpea sand or white sugar sesame or soybean flour.
When the incense and candles on the sacrificial table are going to burn out, they will burn some 'silver ingots' made of tin foil to their ancestors to send them off. Laodizi, ordinary people go to the cemetery, usually by boat or foot boating to the countryside near the cemetery, and then walking to the cemetery. However, some families with copper mother of pearl will hire sedan bearers to go to the grave in sedan chairs, so there is a saying of "going to the grave in March and sitting in sedan chairs".
What are three kinds of offerings
On Tomb Sweeping Day, the tributes are usually singular, three or five. The common ones are fruits, vegetarians and drinks. Each place has different customs, and there are no fixed rules. It is suggested that we do not need any meat and other meaty and fishy things. It is better to sacrifice vegetarian food, fruit, dessert, dried fruit, vegetable wine and other food.
It can be offered with the food preferred by the ancestors when they were alive. The sacrificial tribute to the ancestors can't be eaten, but it still needs to be carefully selected. This is to express the reverence and yearning for the ancestors. As long as there is a sincere filial piety, that is to say, the relatively simple tribute is still very full, and then flowers are prepared.