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What do you need to prepare for Tomb Sweeping? Which day is the best time to go to the tomb on Qingm

As we all know, Qingming Festival, as a traditional Chinese festival, is also a day to return home to worship ancestors and visit tombs. On this day, many people will hold flowers, money paper, candles, food, etc. So what do I need to buy for Tomb Sweeping Day in 2018? Which sky tomb is better for Tomb Sweeping Day?

What to buy at Tomb Sweeping Day in 2018

Joss sticks and candles

Incense candles are the most important and necessary items in tomb sweeping. It is not only necessary to light incense candles at present, but also to offer incense to the mountain god land that looks after the cemetery, and pray for the mountain god land to protect the cemetery and protect the dead of the ancestors.

Paper money

Paper money is to be burned to the dead, so that they can spend money in the underworld. It must be burned clean. Generally, it is to buy yellow paper for sacrifice, and then use one side of Chairman Mao's head image of 100 yuan to put it on the paper, and print it from top to bottom, then these yellow paper will become coins that can be used in the underworld. Then make the paper into a spiral shape (refer to local customs) to facilitate combustion. Please refer to local customs for details.

Plain wine

In the process of tomb sweeping, it means taking food to celebrate the festival for ancestors, so we should drink wine to ancestors, which is necessary for tomb sweeping.

Tribute

It is suggested to buy five kinds of tributes: apples, oranges, bananas, cake snacks and biscuits. When offering, each tomb can be placed in five portions (some apples and other tributes can be used together). The total number depends on the number of graves. Fruits are suitable for local seasonal fruits without any special requirements; snacks can be determined according to specific situations.

Meal

It's better to eat what you like before you live. Many people will tell their children about the deeds before you live, and let the next generation not forget their ancestors.

flower

Chrysanthemum has the meaning of missing and remembrance. Chrysanthemum is suitable for tomb in Qingming Dynasty, especially for scenery.

Burden

"Baggage" refers to the food and clothing that the grave sweeper (family members of the deceased) brings to the deceased. It is named after a large bag of white paper, which contains the money of the dead, gold and silver, as well as various paper made "Yuan Bao", "clothes", "furniture", etc. "Burning the burden" is an important form of sacrificing the dead. Burning the "burden" is to give these items to the ancestors.

Tomb Sweeping Day 2018

2018 Qingming Festival is on April 5. According to the custom of "first three, then four", from April 2 to April 9, it is suitable for going to the grave. However, there are also local customs of "first seven, then eight".

It's said that there will be a meeting in the underworld on Qingming Festival. People without descendants can't attend. Those who attend the meeting must carry the flag sent by their descendants to enter. Therefore, when people go to the tomb in the Qing Dynasty, they put paper cut flags on the graves of their deceased ancestors. Therefore, Tomb Sweeping Day should be before the Tomb Sweeping Day, not after it.

When it comes to tomb sweeping time on Qingming Festival, some people say "early Qingming, late 11th". It means that before 12 o'clock at Shangfen in Qingming Dynasty, I didn't come back for dinner until I went to the grave; after lunch at Shangfen in the 11th. Some people also say that when going to the tomb in Qingming, they usually burn paper before or on the day of Qingming. It is said that at that time one hundred and two hundred pieces of paper were burned.