Introduction to the Beginning of Summer solar term. Should we offer sacrifices to gods on the Beginning of Summer solar term on May 5, 2020?

Introduction to the Beginning of Summer solar term. Should we offer sacrifices to gods on the Beginning of Summer solar term on May 5, 2020?
Introduction to the Beginning of Summer solar term. Should we offer sacrifices to gods on the Beginning of Summer solar term on May 5, 2020? Spring is for growth, summer is for growth, autumn is for harvest and winter is for storage. Summer is the best season for many crops to grow vigorously. The daily lunar calendar items include: do’s and don’ts, hexagrams, good and bad luck, clashes, etc. The special article for April of the lunar calendar in 2020 - Shui Mo Xiansheng website is being updated, welcome to check it out!

Introduction to the Beginning of Summer

Chinese name: Beginning of Summer
Foreign name: The Beginning of Summer
Representative meaning: Farewell to spring, the beginning of summer.
Climate characteristics: Hot summer is coming and thunderstorms are increasing.
Season: Summer
Date: May 5, 6 or 7 of the Gregorian calendar every year
Sun position: Sun reaches 45 degrees of ecliptic longitude
Previous solar term: Grain Rain
Next solar term: Grain Full
Customs and activities: egg fighting game, new food tasting activities
Traditional food: young broad beans, Beginning of Summer rice, Beginning of Summer eggs
Farming activities: Mature spring flower crops should be harvested in time when the weather is fine.
Health preservation: regulate the spirit and maintain the heart.
Three signs: crickets chirp, earthworms come out, and cucumbers grow.
Attribute: April of the 24 solar terms
The handle of the dipper points to the southeast

Should we offer sacrifices to gods on the Beginning of Summer solar term on May 5, 2020?

According to historical records, during the Zhou Dynasty, every time the summer solstice came, the emperor would lead his ministers to the southern suburbs to hold a ceremony to welcome summer. After the ceremony, the officials in charge of fields and forests were ordered to represent the emperor in a tour of the plains of heaven and earth. To comfort and encourage farmers to work hard on their farmland. In addition, when the agricultural officials presented the new wheat, the emperor would offer pigs to the ancestral temple and hold a ceremony to taste the new wheat. In folk culture, people offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors with newly harvested fruits on the day of Beginning of Summer, indicating that there is a new harvest. The first thing that comes to mind is to tell the gods and ancestors that these vegetables and grains have been harvested and offered to them for their enjoyment. During the Beginning of Summer, the weather is changeable and hail may occur in some places. Therefore, in ancient times, farmers had the custom of offering sacrifices to the hail god in the suburbs on the Beginning of Summer day to pray for the elimination of hail disasters and a good harvest.

Is the 2020 Beginning of Summer solar term suitable for sacrifices?

Solar term Beginning of Summer: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 08:50:23
Lunar calendar: April 13, 2020 Gregorian calendar: May 5, 2020, Tuesday, Taurus
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Breaking ground, drilling, repairing graves, burying, accepting marriage proposals, marrying, recruiting sons-in-law, opening the market, moving into new homes , offering sacrifices and praying for offspring, breaking ground, moving, accepting money, taking up new posts, accepting livestock, signing contracts, performing funerals, and handling the way
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Put up beams and erect pillars, plant, dig canals, release water, build houses, build bridges, build embankments, install beds, open warehouses, acupuncture and moxibustion, relieve meridians, seek medical treatment
According to the lunar calendar, the day of the Beginning of Summer in 2020 is suitable for offering sacrifices, so this day is a suitable day for offering sacrifices.
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