What do you mean, "It takes three generations to go to the grave, and it's not too late to worship"?

Grave-sweeping is a manifestation of China's cultural tradition of filial piety. "It takes only three generations to sweep the grave, and it is not too late to go to the grave" is the idea of individual regions and individuals, and does not represent all China people. In ancient times, the family was the product of China people's survival and development. In the period of low productivity, ruling the world and frequent disasters, families unite people's hearts and strengthen the power to resist disasters and develop together. In addition to expressing filial piety and remembering the predecessors, sweeping graves is a form of strengthening family cohesion. At that time, the family cemetery became a place for family members to get together in a year. Whether it is princes and nobles or ordinary people, whether they stay in their homeland or wander the rivers and lakes, everyone tries their best to rush back to the cemetery to burn incense to pay homage to the deceased. In this place, we exchange our hearts and gather our thoughts. Even if I can't come back, I will look at my hometown in the distance and send my thoughts and condolences. At that time, we were close relatives within five generations, and the old ancestors could not forget it. We are going to sweep the graves for five generations, and we are going to worship our ancestors. Those who have the ability are going to worship their ancestors Yan Di and the Yellow Emperor. Later, with the weakening of the family concept and the frequent migration of the population, modern laws stipulated three generations of close relatives, and some places and individuals had the saying that "sweeping the grave is only three generations".

It is not too late to go to the grave, which is an extension of the theory of Yin and Yang. The theory of Yin and Yang prevailed in ancient China. This theory began with the study of natural science, and later extended to the humanities field, dividing the world into two parts: the underworld and the dead world, corresponding to night and day respectively. Night is the world of the dead, and day is the world of the living. On the basis of this theory, it is necessary to pay homage to the dead before dawn. Now there are still some areas, such as some mountainous areas in Tangshan, where the custom of going to the grave after midnight still exists. The theory of Yin and Yang has its own defects, and the realism of China people has always been the mainstream, so it is inconvenient for people to sweep graves in the middle of the night. Finally, it is a feasible habit to take a compromise approach, which not only takes care of the underworld of the dead, but also takes into account the needs of the dead.

Of course, with the development of modern concepts, traditional customs are also making constant progress. It has also become a concept to only sweep graves for three generations. For example, those who go abroad may be the second generation. He can't go back to China to visit the grave, so he can only be flexible. As for sweeping graves before time, it has long lost its practical significance. Most places can finish sweeping graves before noon.

No matter how many generations, Tomb-Sweeping Day will visit ancestors' graves, and the Yellow Emperor has been with us for generations. Don't Chinese sons and daughters go to the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor to sweep graves and worship their ancestors? Some Chinese sons and daughters wandering abroad always want to return to their roots. Didn't they all come back for generations? No matter how many generations, you can't forget your ancestors.

Different winds in ten miles, different customs in a hundred miles. There is no such thing as three generations sweeping graves in my hometown.

Some people say that people are ancestors, just like things are the sky, trees are the roots and water is the source. Trees have roots and water is active. Where do people come from? From ancestors, passed down from generation to generation.

The Chinese nation has always attached importance to the culture of filial piety, clearly worshiping ancestors and offering sacrifices, and pursuing the future with caution, which lasts for a long time, both ancient and modern. Sacrificing the deceased parents and ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day is a kind of charitable activity to remember the deceased parents and ancestors, and it is also a kind of charitable activity to be a man without forgetting his hometown and ancestors. In this sense, it is meaningless to sweep graves for only three generations.

As long as they think of ancestral graves, most people still climb mountains and wade to sweep graves. Some people go all the way home to worship their ancestors and sweep their graves, but they don't forget their roots and remember the kindness of their ancestors. Not forgetting where one's roots are is the basis and criterion of being a man.

Of course, due to the age, some ancestral graves have disappeared, and some can't be remembered. That can't be helped, and there's nothing wrong with not offering sacrifices to sweep the grave. Some are farther away from the ancestral graves, and some are closer to the ancestral graves. Is it reasonable not to sweep the grave? It doesn't make sense.

In my hometown, Tomb-Sweeping Day's ancestor worship ended before twelve o'clock in the morning, but it was not timely. What's the point? In my humble opinion, on Qingming Day, the deceased ancestors should enjoy paper money and sacrifices. Since it is ancestor worship, it is of course sooner rather than later.

Who says there are only three generations of grave-sweeping? My ancestral grave is over one hundred years old. I go to the mountains every year, and many people are more lively than the New Year.

As a southerner, I have never heard of the "grave-sweeping three generations". We have a strong sense of clan here and will sweep the old graves hundreds of years ago, more than three generations earlier!

The first sentence is not necessarily correct, but most of it is. There is some truth in the second sentence, but only from a superstitious point of view. But nowadays, people sweep graves, mostly mixed with private goods-blessing promotion and making a fortune, and ancestor worship has become a convenience.

Qingming sweeping graves is a feudal and backward custom. It was the feudal backward thought that led to the custom of sweeping graves in Qingming for thousands of years. This is a typical feudal backward consciousness and thought. There is a big gap with modern civilization. So now that we have entered the modern society, we should abandon those feudal and backward ideas and lifestyles and stop believing in those feudal superstitions and backward customs.

Therefore, the ancient and backward custom of sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day should not continue. The continuation of this feudal and backward custom can only be a manifestation of ignorance and retrogression of human society. Therefore, from this aspect, it is stupid and backward to sweep the grave or go to the grave on Qingming Day.

Therefore, as modern people, we should have modern civilization and modern people's sense of life. Advocating civilization and respecting science is the most correct. So friends must not believe those feudal and superstitious customs.

Mankind has entered modern society and modern civilization, and human society has been highly developed. Satellites have flown in the sky and astronauts have landed on the moon. Modern civilization has become more and more advanced, so as a person, it is better not to believe those feudal and backward customs.

I don't understand why some people say that sweeping graves on Qingming Day is a feudal habit. Following the habit of thousands of years, some people call sweeping graves a "bad habit" to commemorate and respect their ancestors.

I really don't understand what these people think!

In my hometown, no matter you are male or female, as long as you make it clear, the whole family will go to the grave.

Before sweeping the grave, we will cook something specially, all of which are cook the meat and wine. Generally speaking, it is yellow rice wine. When we arrive at our ancestors' graves, we will serve food to each other first, and then pour wine from ready-made cups, so that our ancestors can have a rich and delicious meal underneath.

This is the first ceremony, and then some paper money will be burned and sometimes firecrackers will be set off. Finally, put the vegetables back in the bamboo basket. There are usually three small glasses of wine for the younger generation to drink, but some of them must be poured in front of the ancestral grave.

As for the saying that "sweeping graves can't last for three generations", because our ancestors lived on a hill, the hill was neglected all the year round, and some tombs that were too early can't be remembered by future generations. One of the oldest ancestors that my family has been to is my wife and grandmother. Further on, because my parents can't remember, I have cut off the channel of sacrifice.

I think, if parents remember, whether it is three generations or thirty generations, they will definitely go to sacrifice. Because sweeping the grave is not just about sweeping an ancestor, but for yourself and your family not to forget your roots. I remember my ancestors with gratitude.

"It's not too late to go to the grave", but we didn't pay special attention there. Usually they go to the grave in the morning, and sometimes relatives from other places come back to the grave in the afternoon. Time doesn't have to be observed, what comes back is the mind!

Qingming itself is a memorable festival. If no one in the whole nation worships their ancestors and thinks that going to the grave is a feudal bad habit, do you think the word descendants of the Yellow Emperor is also a bad habit?

I believe that at least half of China people will be proud of their status as "descendants of the Yellow Emperor".

Bad habits are not bad habits, sometimes it is not science that goes its own way in this world!

The tradition of going to the grave is not only a memory of ancestors, but also a gathering of younger generations who are usually busy with their careers and work.

Resettlement has become our complex because the emotional word "home" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of our Chinese sons and daughters!

Shangjian Sun went to the cemetery, and only you updated it later!

I always remember the past, but I don't forget my roots and know where it came from. I miss home for a long time!

There are only three generations to go to the grave, which is an unwritten folk custom handed down from ancient times, because it is unrealistic for human beings to pass it down from generation to generation without a date and for future generations to go to the grave for all their ancestors. On the other hand, the ancients were divided into three generations for a reason. Sun, Zi, Father and Zu met in the world, once knew each other and were the closest relatives. If extended to four generations, according to the life span of people (modern life span can be 100 years), it is impossible for great-grandchildren and great-grandfathers to meet under the same roof. Since I don't know each other, it is more reasonable to divide it into three generations. Four generations of ancestral graves don't go to graves.

It's not too late to pay homage. According to the legend of Yin and Yang, in 15 days in Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is a festival for the underworld and ghosts (and 15 days from winter solstice, with two holidays a year). Therefore, it is often rainy in Tomb-Sweeping Day and heavier in Yin Qi, so the memorial time is generally chosen after meals. Therefore, the memorial service is just inappropriate, and the untimely is the untimely of the twelve branches (lunch is between noon and after dinner). The ancients believed that the spirit of the sun was strongest during the day and could ward off evil spirits.