Eight taboos in tomb-sweeping customs during the Qingming Festival: taking photos will cause imbalance between yin and yang

April 5th of every year is a traditional festival in my country, which is of great significance in remembering ancestors and honoring them. When visiting graves during the Qingming Festival, you should pay attention to some taboos and avoidances to avoid bringing bad luck. Here are the eight taboos in the customs of visiting graves during the Qingming Festival. Be sure to read them before visiting graves!

Taboos of tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival: Pregnant women should avoid tomb sweeping

It is best for pregnant women to avoid tomb sweeping activities during the Qingming Festival, not just because of the heavy yin energy. From another perspective, the Qingming Festival is very crowded. For the safety of the fetus, pregnant women are not recommended to participate. Moreover, the weather and surrounding environment for tomb sweeping are not good for the health of pregnant women. In addition, women who are menstruating should also avoid such activities.

Taboos during Tomb Sweeping Day: No photography at cemeteries

The purpose of tomb sweeping is to worship ancestors, not for fun. There are gods above us. When visiting the graves, it is best to be respectful, focused and cautious. Never take photos at the cemetery, or even take photos casually, otherwise you will attract bad aura, which may cause an imbalance of yin and yang, and damage one's fortune.

Taboos during Tomb Sweeping Day: Avoid wearing bright red or purple

You cannot wear bright red clothes to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival, and I believe that no one would wear such clothes to participate in such activities. However, there are always people who are careless and inadvertently use red on their clothing or underwear. Of course, the year of birth is an exception, and you can wear red underwear.

Taboos of tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival: Outsiders should not participate in other people's tomb sweeping

It is taboo to participate in tomb sweeping as an outsider during the Qingming Festival, which can easily lead to unnecessary trouble. After all, they are not a family, and the luck they have is different, which may cause a disorder in the aura, leading to disharmony and bad luck.

Taboos of tomb-sweeping during Qingming Festival: People with poor health or bad luck should avoid tomb-sweeping

People who are sick or weak, or who have had bad luck recently, should not participate in tomb-sweeping activities, because such people are in a state of overall low fortune and are very likely to attract bad luck, or to put it bluntly, be possessed by evil spirits, because dark things like people with low luck the most. Such people lack popularity and are easily invaded.

Taboos of tomb sweeping during Qingming Festival: Graves with grass must be trimmed

Any plants growing on graves must be removed and must not be allowed to grow. This is the most important point. You should know that tomb sweeping requires you to clean up things that are not good for the cemetery. The grass and trees on the grave will cause harm to family members, including luck and health, which are greatly unfavorable.

Tomb-sweeping taboos during Qingming Festival: Don’t buy shoes if your hair is not covering your forehead

In fact, Qingming Festival is also considered a ghost festival, so of course you need to pay attention to your hairstyle, especially the hair should not cover the forehead. The forehead is the location of the magic lamp of the human body and should not be covered. At the same time, you should not buy shoes on that day, because shoes are associated with evil. Most friends with a little common sense will not buy shoes on this day to avoid bad luck.

Tomb sweeping taboos during Qingming Festival: Avoid joking, cursing, and criticizing ancestors

After the tomb sweeping is completed, some people bring their children with them. They may be quite solemn at the beginning, but they start playing and laughing as soon as it is over. This is something you need to pay attention to. After all, cemeteries are where spirits sleep. Laughing, scolding, and getting angry will disturb the spirits and is disrespectful, which may lead to revenge. Criticizing ancestors is even more undesirable. If you pass by someone else's cemetery and comment on the deceased, it is an act of blasphemy, and you can't blame anyone if you get into trouble.