Should we visit graves on the day of Hanyi Festival or in advance? Is there any particular time for visiting graves on Hanyi Festival?

The first day of October in the lunar calendar every year is the Cold Clothes Festival. When this festival comes, people have to perform sacrificial and ancestor worship activities, and also burn winter clothes. However, since many people are at work during this period, should they visit the graves on the Cold Clothes Festival or in advance?

Should we visit graves on the Cold Clothes Festival or in advance?

It is okay to visit graves on the day of the Cold Clothes Festival or in advance, but it must not be postponed because according to custom, the Cold Clothes Festival is the most appropriate day to send winter clothes to deceased relatives and friends. If due to some matters you cannot go to deliver the winter clothes on the Cold Clothes Festival, it is actually possible to do it a few days in advance, but you must not do it after the Cold Clothes Festival. In other words: you can do it in advance, but you cannot postpone it.

Is there any particular time for visiting graves during the Cold Clothes Festival?

Many people have the question of what is the etiquette for visiting graves on the Cold Clothes Festival. Generally speaking, it is best to visit graves on the Cold Clothes Festival between 9 am and 3 pm. Don't go to the cemetery too early or too late. On the first day of October, the sun rises later and sets earlier. The period between 9:00 a.m. and 15:00 p.m. is the time of the day when the Yang energy is relatively strong, which will strengthen one's own Yang energy.

What to bring to the graves during the Cold Clothes Festival

What to bring to the graves during the Cold Clothes Festival depends on local customs, but it should be noted that paper money must be burned

Many people just go through the process and do not pay attention to whether everything they burn is completely burned. Here I want to tell you that all the clothes and paper money for the deceased must be burned. Only when they are burned thoroughly can these papers from the world of the living be transformed into silk, cloth, houses, clothes, quilts, gold, silver and copper coins in the underworld. As long as there is even a little bit that is not burned out, all previous efforts will be wasted and the deceased cannot use it. Therefore, when burning winter clothes on October 1st, you must be particularly careful and meticulous. Although this action seems funny, it also reflects the living's grief and respect for the deceased and is a kind of spiritual sustenance.