The Qingming Festival is coming, and I prefer such a traditional festival, because every year at this time, people who go out to work have to go back to the countryside to visit the graves and worship their ancestors.
One is to remember the deceased elders, and the other is to remove weeds, garbage, etc. next to the tombs of the elders, so as to show that the tomb owner is fragrant and prosperous, and there are successors.
In fact, there are many problems that need attention in rural tomb sweeping, especially on the day of Qingming. Last time, my second grandfather told me that there are four kinds of people who can't give their ancestors a grave during the Qingming Festival. Which four types? Now, I want to tell you:
1. In ancient times, it was said that underage men and women were not allowed to go to the grave, but now they were men before the age of 20 and women before the age of 14. But this article has been diluted in many places now, but the son-in-law can not go to the grave still exists.
2, pregnant and seriously ill in the body is not recommended to go to the grave, after all, along the way tired, there are a lot of fright, etc., are need to pay attention to.
3, the foreign family is going to the grave, worship the wrong ancestor is to make a joke, but also a not very auspicious thing.
4, the elders and the elderly can not go to the grave, this is a tradition, but also a kind of respect, but this point is now very weak.
Don't listen to the old man, suffer losses in front of you! There are two issues to be aware of.
What is certain is that the four kinds of people mentioned above do not necessarily have to go, but only the experience summed up through practice among the older generation of peasants. Although times are changing, it still has some meaning. Moreover, some of these truths are not due to the progress of science and technology, the development of medicine and other developments and changes, and there are special explanations. At the end of the day, science can't explain all phenomena either.
In addition to the above four kinds of people, there are two other points worthy of our attention when the Qingming Festival is swept.
It is best not to wear red clothes when going to the grave. This is an ancient tradition, as to why there is such a delicacy, in fact, even the old people in the village themselves are not very clear, but it is passed down from generation to generation.
It is even more impossible to take pets like black cats to the grave. In the countryside, black cats have certain taboos and special meanings, saying that they are related to static electricity, so rural people are also very taboo to take pets to Qingming ancestors, especially black cats.
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