The leap month is considered as an "ominous month" and is not suitable for holding important sacrificial activities. The main reason is that the appearance of leap moon destroys the regular cycle of the lunar calendar, leading to the imbalance of yin and yang and the imbalance of the five elements. In the traditional culture of China, Yin-Yang and Five Elements are the basic elements of nature, and the relationship between them is mutually restrictive and interdependent. Deviation from either side will affect the overall balance.
In traditional culture, leap month is also considered as a special month, which is different from other months. Because leap month seems to adjust the difference between lunar calendar and solar calendar, it is an adjustment measure inserted manually. Traditional culture emphasizes respecting the laws of nature and does not interfere with the operation of nature at will.
Matters needing attention in sacrifice
1, avoid wearing colorful clothes. Tomb-Sweeping Day can't wear colorful clothes, such as red and purple clothes. In order to respect the dead, he should dress solemnly when sweeping the grave, wear dark clothes when sweeping the grave, dress neatly and look solemn.
2, avoid mocking ancestors. After all, the cemetery is the place where ancestors sleep. If you laugh and curse in the cemetery, it is disrespectful to your ancestors, and criticism is even more undesirable. It is blasphemous to pass by other people's cemeteries and judge the dead.
3. Don't take photos in the cemetery. Sacrificing ancestors is not only to commemorate ancestors, but also to sincerely worship and pray. There is a god who holds his head three feet high. When sweeping the grave, everyone should be respectful and take photos seriously, whether it is the grave sweeper himself or the grave sweeper and the cemetery.