202 1 Tomb-Sweeping Day for a long time.
202 1 (February 23rd, Year of the Ox, 202 1 36 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day) Sunday, April 4th.
Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as outing festival, outing festival, March festival, ancestor worship festival, etc. It was celebrated at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the ancestral belief and the custom of worshipping spring in ancient times, which has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival. Grave-sweeping and outing are the two major themes of Tomb-Sweeping Day etiquette and customs, and these two traditional themes have been passed down from ancient times to the present in China.
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.
Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. Tomb-Sweeping Day's integration of natural solar terms and humanistic customs is a combination of humanistic and natural conditions, which fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of harmony between heaven, earth and people, pays attention to conforming to the right time, place and people, and follows the laws of nature.
Tomb-Sweeping Day, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are also called the four traditional festivals in China. Besides China, some countries and regions in the world also have Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as Viet Nam, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. On May 20th, 2006, with the approval of the State Council, Tomb-Sweeping Day announced by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Culture was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Another year in Tomb-Sweeping Day. For thousands of years, we have chosen this day to have a spiritual dialogue with our ancestors and express our deepest memories with a simple and pious action.
This festival, not only has the deep feeling of where you will go, but also contains the joy and emotion of the recovery and vitality of everything.
So, what does Buddhism, which has a far-reaching influence on Chinese civilization, think of Qingming?
Tomb-Sweeping Day not only paid homage to his ancestors and cleaned the cemetery, but also expressed his intention to pursue the future cautiously. He can also participate in the training of releasing animals all over the country and return the merits of releasing animals to his ancestors. You can also pray for relatives and friends to eliminate disasters, gain merits, pray for family members to be safe and auspicious, and return to world peace, disaster-free life and people's happiness.
Tomb-Sweeping Day, for the disciples of Buddhism, is grateful: he prayed that "six sentient beings, mainly ancestors, can get rid of the suffering of reincarnation as soon as possible, get the fruits of Buddhism, let us get rid of it, recite scriptures and make meritorious deeds", which will be very rewarding for them.
It is very limited to do merit by one's own meager strength. If we do merit in the name of all living beings, we will have great merit.
The best way for Buddhist disciples to worship their ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day is to respectfully go to the tomb, clean up weeds and rocks, tidy up the surrounding environment, bring flowers, and provide some vegetarian dishes if they want to worship, as a token of remembrance and commemoration. In fact, it is much better to recite scriptures and do merits for them than to kowtow and burn incense.
It is better to worship ancestors with vegetarian food. Many areas are used to meat, which is not good for the dead. What we really need to do is to offer cigarettes, release them, read Tibetan scriptures and recite Guanyin mantra.
After 49 days of death, people will basically be born again. If they are born again, they may not be human. According to karma, they may also go to Hungry Ghost Road, Hell Road, Animal Road, Asura Road and Paradise Road. Turning over is to let the dead get rid of their jobs and increase their happiness. No matter where he is reborn, I hope he will stay away from that pain and get out of reincarnation as soon as possible.
Tomb-Sweeping Day, the best filial piety is to do merit to repay ancestors. Since Buddhist disciples advocate the merits of not killing every day, they are not as good as Tomb-Sweeping Day's vegetarian diet on the day of ancestor worship, and his merits are even greater.
When worshipping ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Buddhist disciples should mainly recite the sutra of turning over. If they have enough time, they can devoutly recite the original prayer sutra of the Tibetan King and Bodhisattva, the title of "South without Tibetan King and Bodhisattva", the Guanyin Heart Mantra (Ommana Bamei Society), the Amitabha Sutra, confessions of thirty-five Buddhas, Pu Xian's wish, and the Pure Land of Death.