What are the taboos for sweeping graves in February this year?

"There are 5 taboos when visiting graves during the leap month":

1. Don't be too casual about the time of visiting graves. Visiting the grave also depends on the time. It is said in rural areas that the latest time for visiting the grave should not be later than Wei Shi. The end time refers to 13 o'clock at noon. The best time to visit the grave is after 7 o'clock in the morning and before 13 o'clock at noon. This time period is when Yang Qi is the strongest. When worshiping ancestors passes this point, the Yang Qi begins to weaken, so the ancients believed that it is best to visit the grave at the balance point of Yin and Yang.

2. It is a very serious matter not to wear bright clothes to visit tombs and worship ancestors. It is to commemorate the ancestors. If you wear bright red and green clothes, it is disrespectful to your ancestors. Qingming Tomb Sweeping Festival When visiting ancestors, it is best to wear relatively simple clothes such as black, white or gray, and the attire should be clean and tidy. This is a kind of respect for the ancestors.

3. Don’t wear new shoes to visit the grave. The old people often say, "New shoes should not step on the graves of old people." That is to say, do not wear new shoes to visit the graves. If you wear new shoes to visit the graves, it is an act of disrespect for the ancestors. In the eyes of the ancients, shoes and evil have the same pronunciation. , if you wear new shoes to visit the grave, it is easy to attract "evil energy" to yourself, your body will suffer from minor illnesses and disasters, and your family will also be implicated.

4. Don’t pay homage to the wrong grave. “There are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having offspring.” Nowadays, many young people have never visited or swept the tomb, and they do not know the specific location of the tomb. It is easy to worship the wrong ancestor and make a lot of jokes. In the eyes of the elderly, worshiping the wrong ancestor’s tomb is equivalent to So the family's incense is cut off, and there are no descendants. This is not only disrespectful to the ancestors, but also a very unlucky behavior. "Don't sweep two tombs in one month", one grave cannot be visited frequently. If you go to the wrong grave, you are disrespecting your ancestors, and it is not a good thing for other people's families.

5. Do not visit the wrong grave. Take photos in front of the grave. There are gods with your head raised. When sweeping the grave, everyone should be respectful and attentive. Do not take photos in the cemetery, or even take photos casually. Otherwise, it will attract a bad aura and possibly cause an imbalance of yin and yang. It will damage personal fortune and even physical health.