Poems about ancestor worship and grave sweeping in winter solstice

The Seven Laws of Sacrifice to Ancestors Modern Anonymous

Burn incense and wax in front of the hall, and serve delicious food to worship ancestors.

under the maple leaves in Hebei province, the willow edges are crushed by snow in western Liaoning.

No matter Yun Zheyue at night, it's only a long way to worry about water the next day.

the blood ties are strong, and the steaming depends on the descendants.

Vernacular definition:

Light candles and incense in class, and put delicious food on the table to pay homage to ancestors.

The frost in Hebei has frozen the maple leaves, and the heavy snow in western Liaoning has bent the wicker.

When the night comes, whether the dark clouds cover the moon or the distance from home is too far.

They are still connected by blood and flourishing leaves. If you want to get rich, your descendants must be virtuous.

Extended information:

Festival customs

1. Ancestor worship

The traditional custom of ancestor worship continues in the southern coastal areas of China, such as western Guangdong, Chaoshan and parts of Zhejiang. Every household offers ancestral statues, memorial tablets, etc. to the hall at home, places a altar, sets up incense burners, offerings, etc. At the same time of offering sacrifices to ancestors, some places also offer sacrifices to gods and land gods, and worship the gods in order to pray for good weather, family and prosperity in the coming year.

2. Eat roasted meat and ginger rice

Cantonese people eat roasted meat and ginger rice on the winter solstice. On this day, most Cantonese people have the custom of "adding vegetables" to eat meat on the winter solstice. In Chaoshan area, there is a folk proverb of "Winter Festival Pills, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated as soon as you eat them", commonly known as "adding years". Hakkas believe that water tastes the most mellow at the winter solstice, so it has become a custom for Hakkas to make wine at the winter solstice.

3. Eat rice cakes

People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the winter solstice. People in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the winter solstice from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties until now. During the winter solstice, you can cook rice cakes with different flavors, eat rice cakes at the winter solstice, and get older, which is auspicious. In Sichuan, it is the winter solstice to eat mutton soup, and mutton is the first nourishing in winter. In the area of Hunan and Hubei, you must eat red beans and glutinous rice on the winter solstice.