Grave-sweeping is a kind of "grave sacrifice" and "respect for time thinking" to ancestors, and its custom has a long history. The north is called going to the grave, some places are called "sweeping mountains" or "worshipping mountains", and some places in the south are called "hanging mountains or hanging paper".
There are two kinds of "mountains" for offering sacrifices: one is called "home mountain" for tracing ancestors within three generations, and the sacrifice of home mountain is called "family sacrifice"; The other is the worship of clan ancestors, which is called "Zushan" and "Dazhongshan", and the worship of Zushan is called "sweeping Dazhongshan".
Other forms:
1, Music Sacrifice: Play the favorite songs of the deceased before his death to express his memory of the deceased.
2. Flower Sacrifice: Sacrifice with the flowers that the deceased loved before his death, or participate in the "Flower Burning Paper" activities organized by various cemeteries.
3. Tree Planting Sacrifice: By planting trees to pay homage to the old friends.
4, washing the tomb sacrifice: cleaning the tombstone to express my thoughts.
5. Family memorial service: make photos and videos of the deceased into CDs, organize family members to watch them, and make memories of past lives.
6. online sacrifice: express the grief for the deceased relatives through the internet.
7. Community public sacrifice: full-time etiquette teachers enter the community, and residents in the area organized by the community will pay tribute to the portraits of their deceased relatives and put fruits, fruits and balloons. The families of the deceased will read the eulogy and the citizens will present flowers.
8. Miss Flying: The community can organize residents to fly white balloons and miss flying.
9. Signature Sacrifice: The community can organize the masses to collectively sign and remember their ancestors.