The significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day's pruning willow branches

It means that this tomb has descendants to sacrifice.

When you go to the grave, you will find many graves in the rural mountainous areas, especially those that have not been erected for a long time. Because of the rain and the long grass, it is not easy to tell which is which, and it is not uncommon to worship the wrong grave. If you just burn paper and kowtow to the grave, where can you see if there are descendants coming to worship the grave? If there are no grave-sweepers in Tomb-Sweeping Day, they will really be laughed at by the village, which proves that the home is too cold and the children are not prosperous. In order to prevent this misunderstanding, people think of folding a spring willow and inserting it in front of the grave, so that it can be seen at a glance that there is a sacrifice in front of the grave, which is easier to distinguish.

Tomb-Sweeping Day introduction

Tomb-Sweeping Day is an ancient festival of the Chinese nation. It is not only a solemn festival to visit graves and worship ancestors, but also a festival for people to get close to nature and enjoy spring outing. Douzhi B (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi, and the festival time is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. At this time, life is full of vitality, everything is "old and new", and the earth presents a scene of spring, tranquility and peace, which is a good time for the suburbs to go to the spring and celebrate the ancestors. Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship is very long, 8 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day 10 and 8 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day 10. These nearly 20 days belong to Tomb-Sweeping Day who worships his ancestors.