It is a traditional festival of Chinese Han nationality. Before and after April 5 of the Gregorian calendar. On this day, there are activities such as going to graves and sweeping tombs, planting willows, outings and spring outings. What is the significance of Tomb Sweeping Day? What is the significance of Tomb Sweeping Day?
Tomb Sweeping during the Qingming Festival is called "respect for time" to ancestors. Its custom has a long history. The Ming Dynasty's "a brief introduction to the scenery of the imperial capital" states: "in March, the Qing Dynasty and tomorrow, men and women sweep the tombs, carry and lift the vases, and hang Chu ingots behind the sedan cars and horses. Worshipers, sprinkling, weeping, weeping, weeding and adding soil to the tombs, burned the Broussonetia papyrifera for several times, and used paper money to set up the tombs. If there is no paper money in the hope, it will be a lonely grave. Cry, do not return also, trend Fang tree, choose garden, row sit drunk. In fact, tomb sweeping began before the Qin Dynasty, but it wasn't necessarily during the Qingming Festival. Tomb sweeping was after the Qin Dynasty. It didn't become popular until the Tang Dynasty. And it has been handed down to this day.
The tomb sweeping ceremony should have been held in person, but because the economic conditions of each family are different from other conditions, the way of sweeping is different. "Shaobaobi" is the main form of ancestor worship. The so-called 'package', also known as' package ', refers to the parcel sent by filial piety from the world of yang to the world of hell. In the past, nanzhidian sold the so-called "wrapper", that is, a large bag of white paper. There are two forms: one is to use a woodcut version to print the Sanskrit transliteration of the curse of the dead in the surrounding area, and a rosette tablet in the middle to write the area code of the deceased. For example, the words "the late Zhang Fu Jun taboo the old man of Yunshan" are both postal parcels and tablets. The other is plain wrappers, which do not print any patterns. Only a blue label is pasted in the middle, and the name of the deceased is taboo. Also used as the main card. There are many kinds of money in the burden.