Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-sweeping, that is, "tomb offerings", is also a "respect for the time" to ancestors, and its custom has a long history. In the north, it is called Shang Tomb, and in some places, tomb sweeping is called "sweeping the mountain" or "baishan", etc., and in some areas in the south, it is called "hanging the mountain" or "hanging paper". There are two kinds of "mountains" for worship: one is the ancestors who have descended from their parents to their ancestors within three generations, called "jiashan", and worshiping the family mountain is called "jiaji"; Ancestral Mountain" and "Dazhong Mountain", and worshiping Ancestral Mountain is called "Sweeping Dazhong Mountain".

Tomb-sweeping refers to going to the cemetery to offer sacrifices to ancestors to express the filial piety of the sacrificers and their longing for their ancestors. According to the custom, people usually set out to sweep the tomb in the morning. When sweeping the tomb, people should bring wine, food, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, repair the tomb, add new soil, remove weeds, offer food to the ancestors’ tomb, and then burn the paper money, and then Kow down and pay homage. Influenced by traditional cultural psychology, Chinese people have a strong family concept, especially attach importance to family and ancestors, and have a strong awareness of ancestor worship and returning to their roots. Sweeping the graves of ancestors is a special way to remember the ancestors.