Chapter 303: Tomb Sweeping! [1]

January 9, 1979.

Yang Ming was woken up by his cousin Yang Shuhai early in the morning.

I officially went to visit the grave today.

After Yang Ming got up, he had a simple breakfast and went with Yang Jirong and his wife to the cemetery of the eighteenth generation's nose grandfather and began to sweep the grave.

Grandpa Nose’s grave is on another high mountain, nearly a hundred meters high.

Now, in addition to Yang Ming, Yang Jirong and his wife, the villagers of Sanjiantang, and other Yang family members related to the Yang family are participating. There are more than a thousand people participating.

It can be seen that it is still very lively.

When Yang Ming came, he was no longer in a wheelchair. He knew that in this case, it would be impossible to get up in a wheelchair.

However, Yang Shuhai and others were even more surprised that Yang Ming was not in a wheelchair.

When they first met this child Yang Ming, he was already a rich man at a young age, but it was a pity that he was sitting in a wheelchair.

Now it is discovered that Yang Ming can walk normally like them.

In fact, Yang Ming can only walk for more than an hour at most before he has to stop and rest. He needs help from others to walk up the mountain.

Azhu and Zhong Chuhong could have followed, but when they learned that it was not easy to go up the mountain, they did not follow.

Uncle Chen and Song Shaoguang have already been there once in the past few days, but now they still want to take a look.

Among these thousands of people.

Yang Ming and others had arrived at the foot of the mountain and began to climb up the mountain.

A few days ago, the villagers had cut down all the weeds on the path, which was equivalent to creating a new path. Under such circumstances, Yang Ming found that climbing the mountain was not that difficult.

It took almost over an hour.

Finally, we arrived at the cemetery of Yang Jirong’s grandfather.

This is a tomb with an area of ​​more than a thousand square meters. It is a white tomb. The tomb should be swept every few years.

In other words, even if Yang Jirong never came back, Grandfather Nose’s cemetery is still an important ancestor for other Yang clan members.

Except that today's protagonists are Yang Ming, Yang Jirong and his wife, it is mainly these three people who came here specially.

There are also villagers from Sanjiantang and Yang clan members from other places.

In addition, there is also the person in charge of today's tomb-sweeping ceremony.

It was still the respected old man of the Yang family.

Elder Yang seemed to take this matter very seriously.

In addition to preparing a memorial essay in advance, he has been guiding Yang Shuhai and others on other preparations.

Yang Ming stood in the crowd.

This was the first time he had seen such a large-scale tomb-sweeping ceremony of a clan.

In his previous life, Yang Ming really didn't realize it.

Even on the Xiangjiang side, apart from those unknown tombs in the New Territories North, there are more in cemeteries and then small tombstones.

In other words, after those people left this world and were sent to the cemetery, it was not like what they are now.

Historically, many places like these tombs have suffered certain damage.

If it is in a place where the clan is strong, these are often very well protected, because these people will really do anything to protect the tombs of their ancestors.

Yang Ming saw here that the cemetery was very well protected in all aspects!

Except for the conspicuous white grave, the surrounding area is protected with stones, bricks, etc. In addition to the fact that the surrounding area is grassland, a lot of weeds grew there before. After being cut down in advance a few days ago, the area is now very clean.

Yang Ming and thousands of people are watching here.

At this time, at the gravesite of Yang Jirong's grandfather, in addition to offering worship supplies first.

Pigs, chickens, tea and other worship supplies.

Firecrackers and thunderous thunder started to be set off all around, and this would continue.

After the elder Yang who presided over the ceremony burned incense himself, Yang Jirong, Yang Ming and Li Yufang respectively burned incense and paid homage to the ancestors here.

Elder Yang announced that today's tomb sweeping will officially begin.

This is another very complicated grave sweeping ceremony.

Uncle Chen and Song Shaoguang watched it with great interest.

This kind of tomb-sweeping and worshiping ceremony may no longer exist in many places, but it seems to be very well preserved here today and is an important part of traditional Hakka culture.

When the old man of the Yang family who presided over the ceremony asked the Yang family members to kneel down to worship their ancestors, Yang Ming and Yang Jirong knelt there. The old man of the Yang family took out the written memorial in advance.

In fact, it is a memorial poem written in ancient Chinese characters, but it is just like the old man singing it in Hakka dialect.

Probably means.

Back then, Yang Jirong, a descendant of the Yang family, left his hometown to develop in Xiangjiang. Now he has returned with his wife Li and his son Yang Ming to pay homage to his grandfather.

This memorial text also mentioned in detail the situation of Yang Jirong and Yang Ming in Xiangjiang, especially Yang Ming's achievements in Xiangjiang. In fact, it was read to the grandfather below and everyone present.

This is also an ode.

In addition to commemorating the ancestors, I also told the current situation of the Yang Jirong family. I hope that grandpa Nose will continue to bless the Yang Jirong family to achieve better results, and also bless other Yang family members to have a better life, good health, etc.

After the old man Yang spent more than two hours singing.

He put the sacrificial text into the incense burner and burned it together with the incense paper and money. Only then did the ritual process of the sacrificial text come to an end.

Next, continue to burn incense and kneel down three times to worship the ancestors in the cemetery.

After all these are done.

The visit to Grandpa Nose’s grave is the end.

It took four hours, and Yang Ming began to feel tired, while other Yang clan members seemed to be fine.

"Peter, how do you feel?" Li Yufang asked.

Yang Ming was already sitting on the grass like other young people, with some broken grass on his clothes.

Others couldn't believe that the Yang clan members, who regarded Mr. Yang as the most sacred and revered person, would actually sit on the ground like them?

After the worship of the great grandfather was over, the next step was the great grandfather and the great grandfather.

The process was almost the same.

It was almost dark when the three ancestors' graves were worshipped.

The rest could only wait until tomorrow.

Many times, tomb sweeping for ordinary families could not be completed in one day, and it might take several days or even a week.

Now sweeping the tombs of three ancestors in one day has reduced many complicated rituals.

If it was in the past, it might be more troublesome.

Yang Ming knew that although he was a little tired, it was still very meaningful.

When Yang Ming returned to the Weilong House.

There were more people cooking in the Weilong House.

So many people participated in the tomb sweeping today, and naturally they gathered here to have a big meal after the tomb sweeping.

Thousands of people, more than a hundred tables, regardless of gender, age or young, all sat together to eat.

Since Yang Ming just came back, he was very unhappy to learn that women and children in the village could not sit at the table. Yang Shuhai has made changes, and now everyone can sit at the table.

"Mr. Yang, your family is really lively."

Mr. Shen and Secretary Zhang did not go with them to sweep the tomb, but they found that there were really many people inside and outside the Weilong House.

"Mr. Shen, Secretary Zhang, today is indeed a rare lively day."

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