When is Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to pay homage to ancestors, but also a happy festival for people to get close to nature, have an outing and enjoy the fun of spring.

Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day gas, and the node time is around April 5 of Gregorian calendar. At this time, the vitality is booming, the yin is declining, everything is "going to the old and welcoming the new", and the earth presents a scene full of spring, which is a good time to go for a walk in the spring and sweep the graves. Tomb-Sweeping Day, who worships his ancestors, is very long. There are two statements: 8 days before 10 and 10 days before 10. These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.

The custom of Tomb-Sweeping Day

1, sweeping graves to worship ancestors

As one of the traditional festivals, the most important forms in Tomb-Sweeping Day are ancestor worship and grave sweeping. Throughout the ages, we China people have the habit of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Wanderers in foreign countries always return to their hometown to pay homage to their ancestors before Tomb-Sweeping Day.

When offering sacrifices to sweep the grave, it is generally to uproot the weeds in front of the grave, add some new soil, then place offerings and burn incense as a souvenir, or burn some paper money, or hang some notes on the branches and hold simple sacrificial ceremonies, such as kowtowing and bowing. Tell the ancestors about the big events and small feelings that happened at home in the past year, and then how to properly handle them so that they don't have to worry about their ancestors and so on. To show their concern.

Step 2 burn your luggage

Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship should be held in the cemetery in person, but some families can't go to the cemetery for some objective reasons, so they have a way to adapt to local conditions. This is the main form of ancestor worship in ancient Beijing Tomb-Sweeping Day. Going to the cemetery is really not possible. Just set up a confession desk in the ancestral hall or the main room at home, or "burn a bag" outside the yard, at the door of the house, by the roadside and by the river. Most of the bags are gold ingots made of paper money, mingbi and gold and silver foil.