Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional festival for the Chinese nation to commemorate their ancestors. Its main form is to worship ancestors and sweep their tombs. Below I have shared the correct method of worshiping ancestors during the Qingming Festival. Let’s make it together.

The correct way to worship ancestors during the Qingming Festival

1. Preparation of items for worshiping ancestors during the Qingming Festival

First, prepare incense. Incense is like the signal we dial with our mobile phones. Once the incense is lit, the ancestors will know that their descendants are coming to offer sacrifices.

Second, prepare fruits. Since the cemetery can control five generations of us, it is best to get five kinds of fruits. If it's really inconvenient, you can just get one, don't be lazy.

Third, prepare pastries. Fruits represent yin and cakes represent yang. When worshiping ancestors, fruits and cakes are usually prepared. Visiting the graves of ancestors to offer meat as a sacrifice is only a custom in some places. In the past, sacrifices to heaven and earth required three or five animals, which were relatively sacred. Our ancestors did not have the merits of heaven and earth, nor the blessings as great as heaven and earth, so offering meat or blood is disrespectful to our ancestors.

Fourth, prepare paper money. What kind of paper do you burn? Hemp money paper. This is very orthodox. Banks such as Mingcoin and Tianditong Bank are all operated by scammers. Just like counterfeit banknotes, taking this kind of money and burning it in graveyards also tarnishes the ancestors. Think about it, how angry would you be if you took fake money?! This does not bring good fortune, but brings disaster. Including burning mobile phones, telephones, cars, and buildings. These are all attempts by businesses to make money, and they are all useless. We should not be fooled, and we should not think that burning these is called filial piety.

Fifth, prepare candles. It is best to light a candle. The candle is called a lamp. This is Yang, which can prevent the descendants from taking any wrong path or going to the underworld. This is called a clear path. If the ancestor died within three years, use white candles; if it is more than three years ago, use red candles.

2. Burn paper and incense to worship ancestors during Qingming Festival

(1) The more paper you burn, the better. Unless what happens? The family is particularly unlucky, the children and grandchildren are in trouble outside, and everything goes wrong. Then you have to think about it at this time, is your penis defective? Are you being filial? Are you looking for a lover outside? Is it not good for your wife and children? Is your sisterly relationship tense? Are you embezzling the work unit? Money?

I met a friend whose daughter is mentally ill. This daughter didn't speak to anyone when she saw her, but when she saw me, she chatted with me very well and very intelligently. Her parents found it very strange and said, "Why is your child not crazy when he sees you? He is the same as you did when you left." I told her father, "The child is not crazy, it's you who are crazy." He asked why? I said, think about it, when you were a leader, did your family own all the things in the work unit? Did you turn the things in the work unit into the property of your family?

When he thought about it, at home, All the things were transferred from the unit. I said that you have done something wrong and you are morally deficient, so your child will be like this. I said, think about how much you have embezzled and donate it so that she can be fine. As a result, it took him two years to donate, and the child's mental illness was cured. Therefore, if there is a loss in Yang, the descendants will suffer. You have to first look for the reason in this aspect, and then look at whether you did a poor job in offering sacrifices.

(2) Burning incense. To burn incense, you need to burn 365 sticks. If the whole family comes to offer sacrifices, they will be divided according to the male. If there are 5 males, they will be divided into 5 handfuls, if there are 10 persons, they will be divided into 10 handfuls, and if there are 12 persons, they will be divided into 12 handfuls. In front of the cemetery, all the incense should be lit. Burning incense is called nourishing yang.

3. Things to note when worshiping ancestors during Qingming Festival

1. Do not shred the paper. At this time, the more paper you can, the better. But when burning paper, be sure not to pick it with a stick. If you pick it, it will break into pieces, as if we are mutilated. Why are you burning so fast? You only come to the grave once a year! When worshiping ancestors, you should be slow and dignified. This is called continuing the fire and adding fragrance. Many people burned paper and wanted to pick it up and leave as soon as it was done. It's good to just stay for a while and chat with the old man when you come. If you have faith, you can recite scriptures when burning paper. If you believe in Buddhism, the simplest thing is to recite Amitabha.

If you believe in Taoism, you can also read some Taoist classics. Chanting sutras at the cemetery will be helpful to the living descendants. A family with too many girls will have more boys, and those who work hard to make money will feel more relaxed.

2. Dress in an elegant and dignified manner. When we go to the cemetery, it is best to wear black or white clothes to look dignified. We must not wear colorful clothes, shorts, or skirts, otherwise it is easy for romantic descendants to appear in the family. I met a woman who often went to worship her ancestors and always wore skirts. Her daughter couldn't walk when she saw a man, so she had six or seven men and had five abortions. She said, why is my daughter like that? I said, you always wear skirts when you go to the cemetery. She said she would go for an outing and take her with her to visit graves. She thought it looked pretty in a skirt. In fact, this is disrespect for your ancestors, and your children will have problems, which will damage your face.

3. The expression should be serious. Sacrifice is a very serious matter. If you worship your ancestors according to the law, your descendants will prosper, and your descendants will prosper. When entering a cemetery, your expression should be heavy and stop smiling. Why? The cemetery is someone else's home. If you smile and laugh there, it is very disrespectful to them. If you have a playful and smiling face, your ancestors will think that you are watching us die and are laughing at us. If they read it together, you will be in trouble.

4. Don’t take pictures. Don't take photos in the cemetery. No matter what, the cemetery is shady. I have met people who like to stand next to tombstones and take photos. As a result, they are not only harmed by villains, but also constantly investigated by the procuratorate.

5. Don’t smoke. When we are in the cemetery, we should get rid of bad habits. Don't smoke incense or paper while burning incense. This is disrespectful. If you do this, you will easily get angry, and your children will easily contradict you.

6. Pay attention to fire prevention. Before going to the grave to burn paper, you should first clean up the weeds and other flammable materials around the grave, and then start burning paper. Burn slowly, and wait until incense, paper, candles and other items are completely burned and no sparks remain before leaving. To avoid causing fire and causing adverse effects.

4. Steps to pay homage to ancestors and visit their graves during the Qingming Festival

(1) Burn incense

1. First, burn three sticks of incense. Many people may not be able to find the graves of their ancestors, such as the grave of great-great-grandfather. How to burn the incense?

The first incense stick, if your surname is Wang, just say that the Wang family has been a member of the family for generations and is widely popular in cigarettes. , come and enjoy the sacrifice. The entire surname has been listed throughout the ages.

The second incense is the main incense. If you are offering sacrifices to your grandparents, just say "grandparents, today is your festival, and I respectfully invite you to come and enjoy the sacrifice."

The third stick of incense begins on behalf of the family. If many of your grandchildren and sons are away from home and have not come back, you should say that they are very busy with work and really cannot come. Don't be offended. I will take their place. You can mention the name of the person who should come to offer sacrifices, and pray to the ancestors to protect them from smooth work, smooth walking roads, and peace throughout the seasons.

2. How to insert incense. Don't insert the three incense sticks together, but insert them one by one. When inserting incense, use your left hand and insert it from right to left. We living people put the left side up, and dead people put the right side up. We use the left hand to insert the finger to show great respect for them. They are our elders; inserting the finger from right to left is to comply with other people's rules.

3. Kneel down to repay kindness. After offering incense, you must kneel down. If you don't kneel down, it's not enough to repay your kindness, because this is where you came from. Don't say that your pants are dirty when you kneel down. If your pants are dirty, they can be washed. If your heart is dirty and ungrateful, it cannot be washed clean.

(2) Offer fruit cakes

(3) Burn paper. I started to burn the paper very respectfully, thinking about all the kindness of my ancestors.

(4) Clean environment. Clean up the weeds and dirty things around the cemetery. Take all the plastic bags and other things with you when you leave. Many people go to the graves and throw rubbish everywhere. That is the home of the ancestors. Who wants to throw your home like that? It would be strange if you don't get angry. You know, if we behave inappropriately at our ancestors' graves, we will get into trouble.

(5) Processing of sacrifices. After offering fruits and cakes, you only need to use your fingers to pinch some dregs and sprinkle them in front of the grave. Do not throw them randomly in the cemetery. This is called a waste of blessings.

After offering fruits and cakes to the ancestors, it is best to share them. If there are many people, everyone can share some and take them home.

5. Time to visit ancestors’ graves during the Qingming Festival

If you often go out of town, you don’t necessarily have to go to the cemetery during the Qingming Festival or solar terms. Your grandparents, or your parents, who are closer to you, can , you can go whenever you are free. Take the fruit, take three sticks of incense, a little, insert one, and put it out, and chat with them, just like when you were alive.

I have a friend who is very rich. Most people worship their ancestors four times a year, but he does it dozens of times a year. During the November holiday, he went back to his hometown, to his uncle's house, to his grandpa's house, and to the cemetery. The Mercedes-Benz drove there directly and said, "Grandpa, I am here, I will honor your ancestors. Look, I have brought the Mercedes-Benz here." Light some incense, put some fruit, and say, Grandpa, you have to leave late, I am so rich, how nice it would be to you. He has this habit, and he said he didn't expect that this habit would make him rich. He said that if others could not do things well, he would do them smoothly. If others could not develop the market, he would do it. Ancestors protect you!

At first he drove a van, a small dipper, and then he drove to the cemetery and said, "You looked like you were pulling a truck in the past, but now you are driving a van, please be happy for your grandson." Every time after changing the car, if the business was done, he would run to chat with his grandfather. He said that people are afraid of going to cemeteries, but he is not afraid. This is an example I encountered. He is very prosperous and everything goes well, but I have never heard him say that his work does not go well if he encounters villains.

Their company said that he is a general who can overcome difficulties, and he can solve any difficulty as long as he goes there. He worked by himself, and companies actively cooperated with him. This is how he made his fortune. He said that he didn't know when he started going to cemeteries, and he thought he would like it if he could let the elderly see it. He felt sad and said, "Look, I'm rich now, and all the old people are gone." His thoughts changed the feng shui of the cemetery. In fact, I went to see the feng shui of his grandfather's grave, and it was not good.

But what I want to remind everyone is, don’t say that Teacher Qin said that I can make a fortune by going here, then your ancestors will see it and lie to me! You must be sincere and respectful.

Now I heard that there are people who cry on behalf of others and offer sacrifices on behalf of others, but I don’t dare to do this. I met a person who did this. He couldn't go to the cemetery every year, so he always called his relatives and asked them to burn paper for his parents on his behalf. Later, he married a wife and got pregnant. Three days after the child was born, the wife told him that the son was not yours, but someone else's. I can't hurt you. Otherwise, I would get divorced. He asked me at that time how he encountered such bad luck, and I said it was a matter of generation, worship your ancestors and let others take your place.

Parents and ancestors are very upright throughout their lives and provide virtue and blessings to their descendants. But people nowadays think that my father has never found a mistress in his life. Even if he is dead, my mother will not be angry. She can find a mistress for my father, so she went to buy a beautiful woman and burn it. This is called tarnishing the ancestors and damaging the moral character of one's ancestors. Once you burn these things for your ancestors, your sons will be prone to extramarital affairs, and your daughters will be prone to not being single-minded in their relationships.

6. Seven respects for ancestor worship during Qingming Festival

First, behave respectfully. Behave respectfully, including kowtow. Kowtow to the deceased three times in a row. When praying for the birthday of a living person, you can only kowtow to one head. This is called uniqueness. He is your parent, no one can replace him, this is called uniqueness. We don’t want to be indistinguishable between gods and ghosts, and we don’t want to kowtow three times to the living. This is the etiquette of kowtow. When kneeling, lower your right leg first, then your left leg.

Second, speak respectfully. Words can only praise the deceased's merits and help to you, and must not expose others' scars or talk about their shortcomings. I met a family that was not prosperous. Not only was it not prosperous, but the son often beat his mother and his father. The phenomenon of chewing on the old was particularly serious. His father asked me why his life was so miserable. I said that you often complained about your father when you were worshiping your ancestors at the cemetery.

He told me that every time he visited the grave, he would say, Dad, you see you have been a farmer all your life and left me nothing. You made me work so hard, and your grandson complained every day that I earned Not enough money. He even told his son, "Go and burn paper for your grandma. Your grandma is not good to me, so I won't burn it."

This is disrespectful. We can only praise the virtues of our ancestors.

Third, the voice must be respectful. Don't make your voice uneven, otherwise your child will talk to you by his or her first name. The voice should be very soft and calm. When talking to ancestors, you should not look upward, but downward, as if you are listening to the ancestors' teachings with great respect.

Fourth, respect one after another. Your father is leaving, and you cannot take away your father's glory. Burning incense, burning paper, you are trying to get the upper hand, you are seeking death. It is reasonable to let your father, mother, eldest brother, and eldest sister get burned first, and then yourself. The five moral principles must be followed. In many places, women do not go to graves, and wives do not go to graves. This is wrong. It was often said in ancient times that you are one's family when you are alive, and your ghost when you are dead. Don't you let your descendants respect you after you die?

Before a boy marries a wife, it is best to let him take his girlfriend there. The cemetery brings good news to the ancestors that a new member is about to be added to the family. After giving birth to a child, they also go to their ancestors' graves as soon as possible to tell their ancestors that they have a new baby in their family. This is called announcing good news. When a girl gets married, she tells her ancestors that she should get married when she is young. You should always protect her from the misfortune of her husband's family and teach her to be virtuous and filial to her family.

Fifth, advance and retreat with respect. When entering the cemetery, you should be very quiet, don't raise your head, and have a sad heart. Now that you are living so well, your parents have not enjoyed the blessing after all. This is the time to enter. When retreating, don't turn around and give your ancestors a slap in the face. You should take three steps back, look at the tombs of your ancestors, reluctantly take three steps back, and then turn around. If you don't understand, in the future, the son may actually run away to the woman's house and never come back. As soon as the daughter gets married and becomes very close to her husband, the parents abandon her.

Sixth, be respectful when approaching a cemetery. The cemetery may be a large cemetery. When we approach the cemetery, we must respect not only our own family members, but also other families. Don't make any noise when entering the cemetery. I met someone urinating in a cemetery, and he got prostate hyperplasia when he returned home. He was young and still looked bad.

Seventh, perform sacrifices with respect. When you are in a cemetery, don't burn incense while thinking about whether your child is back? My dad doesn't know what to buy on the street today? What did my mom cook this morning? If your mind wanders, you will be in trouble. The child will go to school in the future and be half-hearted. , always disobey the teacher, and his mind will run away when the teacher lectures. After we enter the cemetery, our clothes must be neatly arranged.

7. The most suitable tree to plant in the cemetery during Qingming Festival

The most suitable tree to plant in the cemetery is the arborvitae that is green all year round. Platycladus arborvitae is in the shade and its roots are not very large, so it is most suitable for planting around the paper burning area. If there are many people in the family working outside, if you want to benefit boys, the cypress tree on the left should be closer to the cemetery; if you want to benefit girls, the cypress tree on the right should be closer; if it is beneficial to both men and women, then Both sides are closer. The right side when we face the cemetery is the left side of it.

The most taboo thing in the cemetery is the toon tree, whether it is toon or ailanthus. When I was in my hometown, I met a family where a one-eyed dragon would appear for five consecutive generations. The smartest people all had problems with one eye. I asked them if there was a chun tree in the cemetery. They said there was, and it grew very vigorously, with a thick root inserted directly into the tomb. The actual cemetery is where a person's eyes are, so their family has produced five one-eyed dragons in five generations, and they are all the smartest children. Since destroying the tree, the sixth generation has not appeared. This type of tree has deep roots and is the most disrespectful to the ancestors. Why? It absorbs the bones of the ancestors as fertilizer. Therefore, trees with particularly lush and deep roots should not be planted on cemeteries.

8. Worship ancestors during Qingming Festival

Many people pay attention to ancestor worship, but do not know how to worship ancestors. Here is a special explanation. In fact, the most fundamental thing is the heart. Minds can be changed, and all problems can be changed. If you truly understand this, you will worship your ancestors in a reasonable and legal manner, your descendants will also do so in a reasonable and legal manner, and your work will also be in a reasonable and legal manner.

Someone asked me, what is Feng Shui? I said: People live with a human flavor, and this flavor is Feng Shui.

When you meet people, people have human taste; when you meet things, things have the taste of things; when you eat things, things have the taste of things. All external things will follow your taste to help you and achieve you.

?