Can I visit graves on the fifth day of the first lunar month?

You can sweep graves on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

If the ancestor died on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the grave can be visited on the fifth day of the first lunar month. Tombs are swept on the fifth day of the first lunar month. Most of the time, this day is the memorial day for ancestors. Customs and habits do not stipulate which day is the memorial day of the ancestors and cannot sweep the graves. This custom does not stipulate a day when graves cannot be visited.

Extended information:

Grave sweeping refers to going to the cemetery to worship ancestors to express the worshiper's filial piety and longing for the ancestors. It is a cultural tradition of paying respect to ancestors and pursuing the future with caution. . According to custom, people generally start sweeping the tombs in the morning. When sweeping the tombs, people bring wine, food, fruits, paper money and other items to the cemetery, repair the tombs, add new soil, clear weeds, offer food in front of the ancestors' tombs, and then burn the paper money. Kowtow and worship.

Chinese people are influenced by traditional cultural psychology and have a strong sense of family. They attach special importance to family and ancestors. They have a particularly strong sense of worshiping ancestors and returning to their roots. When worshiping ancestors, they pay tribute to their ancestors. A special way to remember.

Sweeping the tomb is a "tomb sacrifice", which is called "respect for the time" for the ancestors. This custom has a long history. In some places, tomb-sweeping is called "sweeping the mountain" or "worshiping the mountain", etc. In some areas in the south, it is called "hanging the mountain" or "hanging paper" out of respect for the ancestors, or to "remove evil words". The rhetorical habit of "beautiful".

For example, tomb-sweeping on the Qingming Festival is called visiting the grave in the north. In order to avoid the words "grave" and "grave" in the southern coastal areas, it is euphemistically

called "paying homage". "Mountain". Calling grave sweeping "mountain worship" seems more quaint. One of the ancient meanings of the word "mountain" is "tomb". Today, Feng Shui masters still call the sitting direction of the cemetery "mountain direction".

There are two types of "mountains" to worship: one is ancestors who go back to the ancestors within three generations from parents, which are called "family mountains", and worshiping family mountains is called "family sacrifices"; the other is worshiping ancestors of the clan, It is called "Ancestral Mountain" and "Dazhong Mountain", and the mountain for worshiping ancestors is called "Sweeping Dazhong Mountain"

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