How to worship ancestors on April 9 this year? Customs of worshiping ancestors

How to worship ancestors on April 9 this year? Customs of worshiping ancestors
There are some auspicious days in every month, so what are the good days in April? How about worshipping ancestors on the ninth day of the fourth lunar month this year? Regarding the customs of ancestor worship and more matters to pay attention to, let’s take a look at Mr. Shui Mo’s special topic on April 9, 2021 of the lunar calendar!

Check the lunar calendar for April 9 this year

【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Weddings, tailoring, sacrifices, travel, bed-setting, moving, breaking ground, burials, and stove making. Auspicious gods to visit: Tian'en, Sixiang, Shide, Yangde, Fusheng, Siming, Tianguan, Jiqing, Dahongsha [Today's taboos in the old almanac]
Taking office to capture evil spirits. Taboos: Moon evil spirit, Moon void, Blood branch, Five voids, Yin Jue, Desolation. God of wealth: Southeast. God of fortune: Northeast. God of wealth: True north. Month name: Guisi. Phenology: Wangguasheng. Moon phase: Jiuye. Moon and day fortune: Siming mutual fortune. Peng Zu's hundred taboos: Wu does not receive Tianchen and does not cry. Conflict: Dragon day conflict (Renxu). Dog. Yang noble god: Northeast. Yin noble god: Southwest.
From today's almanac, we can know that today is more suitable for offering sacrifices. Choosing this day for offering sacrifices is not only in line with the fortune of the almanac, but also in line with traditional sacrificial etiquette, because sacrifices require choosing a good day.

East Asian customs regarding ancestor worship

Every region has its own customs for ancestor worship, and East Asia, such as Japan, also has its own customs for ancestor worship. Japan also attaches great importance to religion. There are many Buddhist activities and sacrificial activities. The most important one is the Obon Festival, which takes place around July 13th to 15th of the lunar calendar. The Japanese believe that the souls of their ancestors will return home during these days. In order to guide the souls, people place fire pots at their doorsteps, hang lanterns in the houses, and hold "fire welcoming" and "fire sending off" ceremonies, burning hemp poles to welcome the souls of their ancestors and sinking offerings into the water to respectfully send off the souls of their ancestors.

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