It will soon be the annual Tomb-Sweeping Day. "There are many rains during the Qingming period, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls." Tomb-Sweeping Day has always been our traditional festival, and people have always had the custom of worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves.
As the saying goes, "Take a sacrifice to the grave and you will never be poor again." This sentence expresses people's yearning for a better life.
Some people may think that these sayings are superstitious, but the proverbs handed down by these ancestors still have some truth.
Therefore, going to the grave to worship the ancestors must be accompanied by offerings. Although the choice of offerings is not so particular, and the customs of different places are different, the offerings they bring will be different. What offerings are placed on the grave, and what are the details and arguments?
What are the three offerings on the grave?
Sacrifices vary according to local customs.
For example, the sacrifices of southern Guangdong and Guangxi: a cooked chicken, a piece of cooked meat, six bowls of cooked noodles, two kilograms of raw noodles, a bowl of seasonal fruit, two kilograms of sugar cakes, six cups of wine and tea, two kilograms of cakes or snacks, and six bowls of rice.
Sacrificial offerings in Anhui: a cooked fish, a small piece of tofu, a bowl of rice and a small piece of cooked pork.
Matters needing attention in grave sacrifice
What does the sacrifice to the grave include?
Going to the grave to worship the ancestors is bound to have offerings. Although the choice of offerings is not so particular, and the customs of different places are different, the offerings brought will be different.
Just like some places will bring green balls, some places will bring rice balls, which need to be decided according to their own customs.
However, it should be noted that no matter what the customs in your hometown are, when you go to the grave to pay homage to your ancestors, there are inevitably incense sticks, yellow paper, mingbi, vegetarian wine, fruits and so on.
Burning incense, burning paper money and pouring wine are all things that must be done when you go to the grave to worship your ancestors, so these things are absolutely indispensable when you bring offerings.
In addition, many people now bring flowers when they go to worship their ancestors. In fact, it is also possible to bring flowers as offerings.
The taboo of offering sacrifices to the grave.
Although we don't pay much attention to the choice of grave sacrifices, we must avoid some minefields.
For example, in traditional customs, the sacrifice to the grave cannot have any meat, meat, etc. , including fish, shrimp and beef. , nor can it be used as an offering to worship ancestors.
Generally speaking, choose some vegetarian food, and choose some fruits, dried fruits, biscuits and snacks appropriately. Or choose some foods that our ancestors liked to eat before their death, so as to reflect our unique filial piety and make our ancestors happier.
In addition, we all know that offerings are only used to worship ancestors, and ancestors are not allowed to eat them. Even so, when we choose offerings for our ancestors, we must choose carefully.
Don't make up for it by buying things casually. This is disrespectful to the behavior of our ancestors and will make them unhappy.