Can I visit the graves after the beginning of spring?

Can I visit the graves on the beginning of spring? What are the customs of visiting graves on the beginning of spring? What should we pay attention to when visiting graves at the beginning of spring? Next, let’s take a look at it together.

Can I visit the graves on the beginning of spring?

Generally speaking, there is a folk custom of visiting graves before the beginning of spring and during the Spring Festival, and in many places it is not allowed to dig graves after the beginning of spring. On New Year's Eve, all relatives who have been away from home come back. At this time, every household will go to the graves to report the safety of their deceased family members and hope that the ancestral spirits will bless their descendants with prosperity, happiness and health. At the same time, people will burn some paper money and scatter some rice wine to celebrate the festival with their deceased relatives. This is also a way to express their grief and tell them that the living are living well and have not forgotten them, in order to comfort the deceased.

Regarding the relevant rules of visiting graves to worship ancestors

About time

After choosing an auspicious day for sacrifice, it is best to go when the Yang energy is stronger, usually between 10 am and 3 pm. It is not allowed to visit the graves before dawn, in the evening, or at night. Because the yang energy is weak and the yin energy is strong at this time, it is very unfavorable for people to visit the graves.

Location Directions

Do not go to worship ancestors alone, especially to remote places, and it is best to go there according to the normal order. Firstly, it is a safety issue, and secondly, remote places are humid and easily attract evil spirits.

Sacrificial Rituals

When facing the cemetery of your ancestors, you must clean up the weeds, add some loose soil, sweep away the debris in front of the tomb, and clean the tombstone. And they pray silently in their hearts, hoping that the ancestors in the netherworld will bless the future generations with wealth and prosperity.

Precautions

It is better to be sincere when offering sacrifices to ancestors and visiting graves. Be respectful to the graves you encounter while walking or standing. Do not touch the tombstones with your feet. Be serious and solemn in such places. Do not touch other tombstones casually.