Introduction: Tomb sweeping during the Qingming Festival has always been an important traditional custom of the Qingming Festival. It is also an expression of "respect for the time" to the ancestors. Therefore, whenever the Qingming Festival comes, it also means an important sacrificial festival. The day of tomb-sweeping has arrived, but what pictures have you seen of tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival in 2021? Let’s enjoy the collection of tomb-sweeping pictures during the Qingming Festival.

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"The first three, the last four"

About April 4th, 5th or 6th every year, the entire solar term lasts for seven days, which is said to be the first three, the last four. That is, the three days before Qingming and the four days after Qingming are the time for ancestor worship.

Tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival is an important custom for worshiping ancestors. The tomb-sweeping time is three days before and four days after Qingming Festival, and the masses call it "three before and four after". In addition, some people also have the custom of visiting ancestral graves on the half and eighth days of the seventh lunar month (referring to the eighth day of the first lunar month).

When sweeping the tomb, you must have snacks, also called Qingming snacks. Offer tea, wine, rice and sumptuous dishes in front of the tomb, light incense candles, and light another Buddhist incense next to the tomb. Those who offer sacrifices to the mountain gods and land will then pray to their ancestors for their protection, so that their descendants will be safe, their homes will be peaceful, and everything will go smoothly. After praying, paper horses (burning paper) are placed in various places on the grave and pressed down with earth, which is commonly known as "floating grave".

After leaving the grave, use a machete to cut off the grass and trees on the grave, dig out grass cakes and place them on the grave. Sprinkle tea and wine in front of the grave to express filial piety, and pray in front of the grave and the earth god. At the place where the incense is placed, paper ingots, paper horses and ghost money notes are burned, and snacks are distributed to the shepherd boys and others who come to visit.

A certain auspicious day in the sky; the second tomb-sweeping time, choose the day before Qingming Festival; the third tomb-sweeping time, choose an auspicious day 10 days after Qingming Festival.

Old graves: refers to those buried for more than 3 years. The time for sweeping the graves of old graves can be chosen on any day within 10 days before and after Qingming Festival. There is no need to choose an auspicious day; when the date of sweeping the grave is selected, the specific time of sweeping the grave will be determined. It should be chosen at the fifth watch of the day, that is, before the sun comes up. This is because traditional customs believe that ghosts and gods dare not come out to eat offerings until dawn.