Can we visit the graves and pay respect to our ancestors during the winter solstice? What are the customs of visiting graves to pay homage to ancestors?

Can we visit the graves and pay respect to our ancestors during the winter solstice? What are the customs of visiting graves to pay homage to ancestors?
The Winter Solstice is an important traditional day in our country and also an important day for worshiping ancestors and visiting graves. So, can we visit graves and worship our ancestors on the Winter Solstice? What are the customs of visiting graves to pay homage to ancestors? In the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, the wind is no longer gentle, the sunlight is no longer bright, and the chill of winter has spread. Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for November 2018.

Can we visit the graves and pay respect to our ancestors during the winter solstice?

The origin of the winter solstice and the custom of ancestor worship were recorded as early as in the Eastern Han Dynasty in Cui Shi's "Monthly Orders for Four People", which said that people would offer millet and sheep to the mysterious underworld and their ancestors. Records of ancestor worship during the winter solstice increased in number during the Song Dynasty. "Dongjing Menghualu" says that the capital city attaches great importance to the Winter Solstice Festival. On this day, people change into new clothes, prepare food and drink, and worship their ancestors. "Wulin Jiushi" says wontons were the first to be enjoyed. Ancestor worship during the winter solstice was popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The "Jiangyin County Annals" of the Jiajing period recorded: "On festival days, portraits of ancestors are hung in the central hall, and worship and sacrifice are held, and the ceremony is the same as that of New Year's Day." In the southern region where the clan system is prosperous, ancestor worship is often held in the ancestral hall. The "Nankang County Annals" of Jiangxi in the Jiajing period recorded: "On the winter solstice, ancestors are worshipped in the ancestral hall, and the tombs are worshipped like Qingming." The custom of worshiping ancestors on the winter solstice is popular in Fujian Province. For example, the "Jianyang County Annals" of the Wanli period said: "On this day, the big families perform the ceremony of worshiping their ancestors." Fujian uses specially made rice balls to worship ancestors. In the south, people in the Qing Dynasty usually worship their ancestors at home or offer sacrifices at tombs during the winter solstice, where most people live together as clans. Like Qingming Festival and Zhongyuan Festival, people often worship their ancestors in ancestral temples.

The etiquette of visiting graves during the winter solstice:

1. Don't go to remote places. Because it is a ceremony to worship ancestors, it is inevitable that you will go to places that few people go to. It is best to walk along the usual routes. Don't go for a walk in remote places. Firstly, it is a safety issue, and secondly, it is easy to attract evil spirits.
2. The best time to visit the graves is when the Yang energy is stronger. You cannot visit the graves before dawn, just after dawn, in the evening, or when the sun is about to set. Because the immune system is the weakest at this time, it is not good for tomb sweepers. Generally, it is best to go between 10 am and 3 pm.

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