Why do you worship your ancestors during the Spring Festival?

During the Spring Festival, we must worship our ancestors, remember them and inspire future generations. However, local customs are different, so some places worship before New Year's Eve. Some places worship before and after New Year's Eve; In some places, on the first morning, worship before opening the door; In Taiwan Province Province, on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, ancestor worship is the last time of the year.

In other places, after worshipping at home on the first day of the first month, we have to go to the ancestral temple to worship our ancestors. Others go to the grave to worship their ancestors, commonly known as tomb sacrifices, mainly to burn incense, sacrifice and worship in the cemetery. In modern times, people usually go to the graves of relatives to worship.

In ancient times, this custom was very popular. Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. Most of them put their ancestral tablets in the main hall in turn at home to show their worship, and then worshippers worship them in order of age. Worship ancestors, mostly fish bowls, filled with high bowls, quite ringing.

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Characteristics of ancestor worship

The significance of ancestor worship is that it has a long history and hopes that future generations will prosper. Therefore, when acting, it is serious, solemn, respectful and sincere, all of which come from China's traditional ethical thoughts.

In the history of our country, the era of the Yellow Emperor was the era when Chinese civilization began to create greatly, and the Yellow Emperor was revered as the ancestor of mankind by later generations. "The Yellow Emperor collapsed and buried Qiao Shan" is the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor in Qiao Shan, huangling county, Shaanxi Province today. Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Huangdi Mausoleum is sacrificed here.

Paying attention to ancestor worship is a remarkable feature of Chinese etiquette. This is because ancestor worship has a good social education function, which is helpful to cultivate the moral quality of social members, strengthen the unity among social members and maintain the stability of patriarchal society.