How to burn paper in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023? What's so particular about Tomb-Sweeping Day in February 2023?
How to burn paper in Tomb-Sweeping Day in 2023?
Whether you can burn paper on Qingming this month depends on the customs in your area. In most parts of our country, there is a custom of not burning paper on Qingming Festival in February, but our customs are different and our voices are different. After all, it was no longer suitable for people to burn paper on graves as early as February 2023, but many places think that leap years and leap months can completely add soil to the graves of deceased elders. In fact, there is no scientific basis for this. According to our own ideas, we can go to the grave to pay homage to our deceased relatives in Tomb-Sweeping Day on this day.
It is unlucky for Tomb-Sweeping Day to burn paper on this day.
In Tomb-Sweeping Day, burning paper has no unlucky implication. On the contrary, it is a unique way for China people who attach importance to family values to express their respect and yearning for those who died at home and hope that they can live well in another world. In addition, Tomb-Sweeping Day's burning paper also has special significance in Taoism. The ashes of burning paper fly to the void and scatter to the earth, which is a transformation from being to nothing, including "yin and yang and five elements"
What is particular about Tomb-Sweeping Day in February every year in 2023?
Leaping in February means that there are two February in the lunar calendar, which only happens once in 19 years. The last leap in February was in 2004, because in China's traditional calendar, a leap month was needed to balance the solar terms and climate in a year. It's a bit special to meet Tomb-Sweeping Day in February this year. Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually in March. This year, Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only in February, but also in February. Old people often say: "You can't go to the grave in leap February, and going to the grave will bring disasters again and again." Why is this? What should I pay attention to?
Leaping in February means that there are two February in the lunar calendar, which only happens once in 19 years. The last leap in February was in 2004, because in China's traditional calendar, a leap month was needed to balance the solar terms and climate in a year. It's a bit special to meet Tomb-Sweeping Day in February this year. Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually in March. This year, Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only in February, but also in February. Old people often say: "You can't go to the grave in leap February, and going to the grave will bring disasters again and again." Why is this? What should I pay attention to?
What are the taboos in leap February?
1. Avoid birthdays. It's not good to have a birthday on a leap month, because "leap" means double. Some old people think that having a birthday in a leap month will bring "bad luck", which means bad things.
2. Avoid slaughtering livestock. Because leap months don't happen every year, we should pay attention to good luck. Some old people think that the blood of leap moon will bring bad luck of stroke.
3. avoid moving. Moving pays attention to good luck, and some places call leap month "bad luck month". Therefore, leap month will not move, will not break ground, and avoid troublesome things.
The old man said, "Tomb-Sweeping Day should pay attention to the grave when touching the leap moon." What's the story?
1. The first thing to note is that you can't play casually. Because ancestor worship is a very serious and solemn thing, you only need to have a heart of admiration.
2. Pay attention to the order in which the sacrifices are placed in front of the grave. First of all, we should replace the old paper on the grave, then clean it in front of the tombstone, put offerings and light incense, which means: "The incense keeps burning." Finally, I started to burn paper money to mourn.
Pay attention to draw a circle when burning paper, and then leave a gap in the northwest. Before burning paper, you should burn a few pieces outside the circle, which is also awe of some "lonely ghosts" who have no relatives. I'm finished burning paper. I can't leave until I'm finished. One is fire prevention, and the other is to prevent paper money from being blown away by the wind, which makes ancestors unhappy.