20 18 when is Tomb-Sweeping Day?
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 Origin and Legend of Tomb-Sweeping Day
Many traditional festivals are related to ancient legends, and so is Tomb-Sweeping Day. The origin of this festival can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Jin Dynasty, Jin Wengong was persecuted and exiled abroad. Jiexiu, a loyal minister, always accompanied him and suffered a lot. On one occasion, Jin Wengong fainted from hunger. Meson pushed off the thigh meat and made soup for the master, saving his life. Later, Jin Wengong returned to the court and rewarded many people who helped him, except meson tui.
Jie Zitui didn't care about this, but he lived in seclusion in Shan Ye with his mother. After leaving, Jin Wengong recalled the past and felt ashamed of his loyal subjects. So he led the department to find meson push, but he didn't expect to find anything. Jin Wengong thought that the other party was resenting himself, so he asked Yamakaji to try to force the meson to push it out. I didn't expect the other party to be honest and upright, and would rather be burned to death than come out. After his death, he left a bloody book "I hope my Lord will always be clear." To Jin Wengong's regret, in order to commemorate him, he designated the day when Yamakaji was released as the "Cold Food Festival" and ordered people to be vegetarian at this time of the year to commemorate Jietui. Later, this day gradually evolved into Tomb-Sweeping Day, a day when people miss their loyalty and 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.
According to different places, ancestor worship in Tomb-Sweeping Day is generally divided into tomb sacrifice and ancestral temple sacrifice. Ancient emperors generally established their own ancestral halls, also known as ancestral halls; Most wealthy families also build ancestral temples for their ancestors, where they can offer sacrifices; However, most people still give priority to grave-sweeping sacrifices, so Qingming sacrifices are generally called grave-sweeping.
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 adjust measures to local conditions-burning buns. 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.
3. Worship "Lord Huang Cheng"
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, there were seven or eight Town God temples in old Beijing, where incense was flourishing and "the Lord of the City" was enshrined. When people are in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they will go to the Chenghuang Temple to burn incense and worship, praying for good weather, safe access and so on.