Qingming Festival is a day to sacrifice ancestors and go home to visit tombs. Many people go home to visit tombs. But for pregnant expectant mothers, it seems that Tomb Sweeping Day is not allowed to go to the grave. Where does this custom come from? So why can't pregnant women go to the grave on Tomb Sweeping Day?
It is not suitable for pregnant women to visit the tomb on Qingming Festival.
Pregnant women should not go to the Tomb Sweeping Day. During tomb sweeping, a large number of people are cleaning and kneeling, setting off firecrackers, burning incense and gold paper, which cause air and noise pollution. In addition, it's easy to get heatstroke when it's sunny and easy to slide when it's rainy. In addition, it's a hot and cold day in the Qingming season, which is a high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Pregnant women may have difficulty in controlling their emotions, be excessively sad and may hurt their health. These consequences are unbearable to pregnant women. So it's better not to go to the tomb sweeping for pregnant women on Qingming Festival. They can worship their ancestors at home.
The danger of Tomb Sweeping on Tomb Sweeping Day for pregnant women
1. In terms of folk taboos, it is said that pregnant women go to the Tomb Sweeping Day and their children can see unclean things. Not only that, strictly speaking, when women come to the regular leave, it's better not to participate in such activities, especially not to participate in Tomb Sweeping activities after 3 p.m. This may not be true, but scientifically speaking, pregnant women are not suitable for grave sweeping.
2. Scientifically speaking: there are many people who go back to their hometown to worship ancestors or go to the mountains to visit tombs on the Qingming Festival. The cars are crowded, and the places to visit tombs are generally on the mountains. The roads are rough, and pregnant women are tired and prone to fall down. In addition, when they visit tombs, they need to set off firecrackers, burn incense and styrofoam, which will cause air and noise pollution. All of these will make pregnant women have the risk of miscarriage.
Travel precautions for pregnant women on Qingming Festival
1. Travel: in the Qingming Festival, there are many people and crowded cars.
2. Weather: if it rains, the road is slippery and easy to fall; if the sun is out, take care of sunstroke.
3. Environment: Qingming is in a warm spring. There are many flowers and mosquitoes in the wild, which may cause pollen allergy and mosquito bites.
4. Road condition: now most tomb sweeping in Qingming still have to climb mountains. The road condition may be rough and prone to fall.
5. Firecrackers: when most tombs are visited, incense, Styx and firecrackers must be burned, which will cause air and noise pollution.