What are the taboos of the Qingming Festival in Guangdong?

As a traditional festival, Qingming Festival has many special taboos. So what are the taboos during Qingming Festival? Let’s take a look together below.

What are the taboos of the Qingming Festival in Guangdong?

1. 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 during tomb sweeping are not conducive to the health of pregnant women. In addition, women who are menstruating should also avoid such activities.

2. No photography is allowed in 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 careful. Never take photos at the cemetery or even take photos casually, otherwise it will attract bad aura and damage your personal fortune.

3. 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. They are not from the same family, and the luck they bless is different, which may cause the aura to be disrupted, leading to disharmony and bad luck.

4. People with poor health or bad luck should avoid tomb sweeping

A person who is sick or weak, or has had bad luck recently, should not participate in tomb-sweeping activities, because such people are in a state of overall low fortune, and are easily bad luck and vulnerable to attack.

5. Avoid wearing bright red or purple

You cannot wear bright red clothes to visit the graves during the Qingming Festival, and I believe that most of you would not 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.

6. The grass on the grave 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.

7. Don’t buy shoes if your hair doesn’t cover 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.

8. Avoid scolding or criticizing your 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.