Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, one of the branches is funeral culture, which has a long history, reflecting the ancients' mourning for the deceased and respect for life.
Every Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, and Central Plains Land, every household will worship their ancestors, and through ancestor worship, they can also increase the cohesion of the entire family.
Don't look at the sayings are easy to understand, but the words are concise and concise, the sayings are often very grounded, it is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people, the sayings are taken from life, play a role in life, involve a wide range, and naturally there have been some sayings about funeral culture.
In a few days, the traditional festival Qingming Festival will be ushered in, which is not only one of the twenty-four solar terms, but also a day for people to worship their ancestors and worship the mountain.
There is a saying that "the grave collapses and the descendants are rare, and there is no grass on the grave", what does this saying mean? What does it make sense?
First, the collapse of the grave is rare
The first half of the proverbial sentence is easier to understand, and a simple translation is: "If the graves of the ancestors collapse, it proves that their descendants are relatively rare."
As the saying is often not empty, it is a certain logic, people through observation and summary found that when sweeping the tomb to worship the mountain, sometimes will pass by some ungodly graves, because no one maintains for many years, there is a collapse or damage.
In general, in this case, the vast majority of people will not see people adding new soil to the grave and repairing weeds.
Inevitably, this will create a sad, miserable feeling, and people can't help but ask, where have their children and grandchildren gone?
The answer is very obvious, the ancients believe that the descendants of these lonely graves and desolate graves have some unavoidable reasons, they can not come to worship the ancestors, they are not filial piety, but "descendants are rare".
It can be seen that the first half of the proverbial sentence is the logic of the inverted relationship, which is that the "descendants are rare" and the "grave collapse" appears first, rather than the "descendants are rare" caused by the "collapse of the grave"
Second, there is no grass on the grave
As the saying goes, often has the role of warning, admonishment, the first half of the saying warns people, to remember the ancestors in their hearts, on time to worship the ancestors, this is not just a formality, but do not the ancestors of the grave collapsed, damaged also do not know, otherwise in the eyes of the ancients, it is a manifestation of filial piety.
Let's look at the second half of the proverbial phrase "there is no grass on the grave and no family assets", which warns people about the precautions when sweeping the graves of their ancestors and worshiping the graves. When people visit the grave, they will remove the weeds around the grave, but it is worth noting that the weeds around the grave cannot be cut all the grass and roots.
If the weeds are all eradicated, the grave will appear bare and lifeless, and the vitality of the weeds is tenacious, representing the meaning that future generations will continue to live and continue. The weeds should be cut off from the leaves on the ground, so that after a year, the weeds will grow again, and then it will be the time of the next year's grave sweeping season, then cut the leaves on the ground again, so that year after year, back and forth.
In addition, the root system of weeds can consolidate the soil and avoid soil erosion in the grave, which is good for the graves of the ancestors.
summary:
The above is the explanation of the saying "the grave collapses and the descendants are rare, and there is no grass on the grave", it can be seen that this saying also says that there is its logic and reason, and the core essence of this saying is to remind people to remember the ancestors and respect the deceased, because this is also a manifestation of filial piety, and people cannot forget their roots, and the ancestors are the source of the lives of future generations.
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