As the saying goes, "Money makes the mare go." It is said that when people die, they will either become gods or ghosts, and ghosts will go to the underworld, where there are all kinds of vendors. In ancient times, the way to bury gold and silver jewelry or burn paper money was to send money to the dead so that they could have money in the underworld.
Let's talk about things before Wei and Jin Dynasties. At that time, princes and nobles used physical money to go to the grave. In memory of their ancestors, when they visited the grave, they buried what they wanted for their ancestors. With the continuous development of economy, people's wealth is increasing day by day, and there is a bad social atmosphere of extravagance and waste, and this habit was imitated by dignitaries and ordinary people at that time.
Traditional grave-sweeping festival
1, Tomb-Sweeping Day
Generally, around April 5th of the Gregorian calendar, Tomb-Sweeping Day went to the graves of his ancestors to uproot weeds, place offerings, burn incense and pray, burn paper money and gold ingots, or simply present a bunch of flowers to express his memory of his ancestors.
2. Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of worshipping relatives among the people, because the early Dragon Boat Festival was mainly to worship the gods, hoping to pray for good weather through sacrifice. So far, it has become a festival to pray for peace.
3. Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival (July 15 of the lunar calendar), usually called Ghost Festival, July 30th, as well as New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival, is a traditional festival for ancestor worship in China. People believe that ancestors will go home to visit their descendants at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, every ancestor must burn incense in front of the memorial tablet, and tea and rice will be served three times a day until July 30th.