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3 Things You Must Prepare Before Renovating Tomb

Fri, 10 Dec 2021

Tomb renovation is a sacred activity that is usually carried out by ethnic Chinese families. This activity is a form of respect for ancestors so that their descendants are always bestowed with blessings and prosperity.

There are several things that need to be prepared before carrying out the process of tomb renovation. Because, this is related to the luck and safety of the family left behind. Find out what you need to prepare below!

1. Year or Month of Birth of the Deceased

The first thing you need to prepare before renovating the tomb is to find out the year or month of birth of the deceased, whether the deceased was born in a 'defective month' or a leap year.

Renovation of the tomb cannot be carried out if the deceased was born in a 'defective month' or a leap year. But what do 'flaw months' and leap years mean?

As is known, every zodiac has its own lucky month or commonly called a good month. On the other hand, the month of defects is a month that does not bring luck to a person's zodiac.

A leap year is a year that has one additional day. According to Long Island Pulse, Chinese people believe that someone born in a leap year is more difficult to raise.

2. Need to know the direction of the grave

In the feng shui of Chinese tombs, a good tomb always faces south, southeast, or between south and southeast. This is very important because the energy of the universe is not radiated properly if the deceased is not buried in the right direction.

Likewise, when renovating a tomb, you need to know the direction of the deceased's grave before carrying it out. That way, luck can flow to future generations.

3. Choosing a Good Day for renovation Tomb

Doing ancestral graves renovation can not be done on any day. In Chinese ethnic belief, there are days that are deliberately chosen to carry out renovations tograves ancestral, usually called auspicious days.

Choosing a good day is quite difficult if you do it yourself. So, it is not uncommon for someone to ask for expert help, although sometimes finding an expert is also often a challenge.

However, now you can choose a good day easily at Hello Fengshui. Don't worry about accuracy because the answers are given directly from the experts. Download Hello Fengshui now, available on Google Play Store and App Store.