Qingming Festival is a festival of sacrifice. Every year on Qingming Festival, many people rush back to their hometown to pay homage to their ancestors. Can Tomb Sweeping day be held in advance? What's the time of Tomb Sweeping Day.
Can Tomb Sweeping Day go to grave ahead of time? Which day is good for Tomb Sweeping Day in 2019?
The Qingming Festival in 2019 is on April 5, so you can go to the grave around April 2. (no going to the grave and sweeping the grave. )
Tomb Sweeping within the first three days and the last four days of the Qingming Festival is called the first three days and the last four days. There are also places that are wider, called the first seven and the last eight. (the 19th day of the lunar calendar this year is tiger day. Don't go to the grave. )
That is to say, it is OK to bury graves from the first three days to the last four days of Qingming Festival.
It is said that there will be a meeting in the underworld on Tomb Sweeping Day, and people without descendants can't attend. People attending the meeting must carry flags sent by their descendants before they can enter.
Therefore, at Tomb Sweeping Day, people put paper scissors on the graves of their deceased ancestors. Therefore, Tomb Sweeping Day should be before Tomb Sweeping Day, not after Tomb Sweeping Day.
The best time for Tomb Sweeping Day in 2019
You can go to the grave on Tomb Sweeping Day. But it should be earlier, usually before 8 a.m. Otherwise, it's meaningless.
When it comes to tomb sweeping, it's time for people to go to the Tomb Sweeping Day. It means that before 12 o'clock on the Qingming Festival, I went to the grave and came back for dinner; after lunch on the 11th day, I went to the grave.
It is also said that Tomb Sweeping Day, generally before the Tomb Sweeping Day, or in the Tomb Sweeping Day burning paper. It is said that at that time, there were two hundred pieces of paper.
How long is the right time for Tomb Sweeping
There are different customs in different places, some of which are ten days after the first ten days of Qingming Festival;
Some are called the first three and the last three; some are held on a single day before and after the Qingming Festival; some have tomb sweeping activities for as long as a month.
As long as during the Qingming Festival, it's convenient to see yourself. Of course, there are some local customs everywhere, and we should respect them.
In the ancient calendar, it is best to start at 5-7 o'clock, that is, Maoshi.
It's usually not so early now, just according to your own situation, but it's better to finish the Qingming mountain worship activity before 3pm.