What are the civilized sacrifices in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

"Low-carbon, green and civilized" has become the new fashion in Tomb-Sweeping Day. As Tomb-Sweeping Day is approaching, citizens can't go to the cemetery or offer sacrifices, and they can't use superstitious items such as golden buckets, silver mountains and tin foil money. Instead, they can offer a column of incense in front of the portrait of their loved ones, and the whole family will gather together to bow and silently remember their ancestors.

Sacrifice wine to pay homage

Sacrificial activities do not need to be ostentatious, ostentatious. In the cemetery or at home, in front of the portraits or tombstones of relatives, you can put a pot of fruit that loved by relatives before their death, hold a glass of sake, and recite a eulogy silently. Families can collectively hold a toast ceremony. Thrift sacrifice is the inheritance of good family style and virtue of ancestors, and it is also the best comfort for ancestors.

Flower sacrifice

Offering a bunch of flowers to the deceased relatives is a civilized and environmentally friendly way of offering sacrifices and is very popular. Offering a bunch of flowers in front of the tomb or cemetery to mourn quietly is a safe and environmentally friendly way of sweeping, which will neither disturb the dead nor produce soot. Generally speaking, white flowers express condolences, and white chrysanthemums, Bai Baihe and calla lilies are more suitable for grave sweeping. Yellow flowers can also express condolences, among which Huang Juhua is the most common one.

Planting trees to sweep graves

What is more meaningful is to bring hoes and shovels, plant saplings in front of relatives' graves, cultivate the soil and water them, write the thoughts of relatives on ribbons and hang them on the treetops. The main tree species planted are cypress and pine.