Is it taboo to burn incense and pray on the day of Minor Cold in 2020? Is Minor Cold the beginning of the 39th day of winter?

Is it taboo to burn incense and pray on the day of Minor Cold in 2020?

January 6, 2020 Xiaohan Almanac Query:
Lunar calendar: December 12, 2019
Gregorian calendar: Monday, January 6, 2020, Capricorn
Year : Year of the Pig, Zodiac Pig, Month of Ding Chou, Day of Wu Shen
Conflict : Tiger (Ren Yin) Conflict South
Today's suitable activities: start drilling, repair graves, fast and offer sacrifices, pray for blessings, seek heirs, move into new homes, seek wealth, accept marriage proposals, take up a post, get married, build, break ground, move, collect wealth, erect pillars, plant, settle lawsuits, open markets, establish bonds, build houses, catch fish
Today's taboos: Setting up the bed, cutting wood, raising beams, taking in livestock, seeking medical treatment, breaking ground, funerals, burials, sailing
From the above content, we can see that praying on this day is in accordance with the lunar calendar, so the day of Xiaohan in 2020 is an auspicious day to burn incense and pray!

Is Xiaohan the beginning of the 39th day of winter?

Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term in the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, marking the official start of the winter season. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" states: "In the twelfth month, the cold is still light at the beginning of the month, so it is called that. In the middle of the month, it becomes severe." Minor Cold means that the weather is already very cold. In most parts of my country, the Minor Cold and Major Cold periods are generally the coldest periods. Once Minor Cold is over, it enters the 39th day of the coldest days, when people have to "walk on ice when going out."
Erjiu time: December 31, 2019 - January 8, 2020
Day 1: December 31, 2019 Day 2: January 1, 2020 (New Year’s Day)
Day 3: January 2, 2020 (Laba Festival)
Day 4: January 3, 2020 Day 5: January 4, 2020 Day 6: January 5, 2020 Day 7: January 6, 2020 (Minor Cold)
Day 8: January 7, 2020 Day 9: January 8, 2020
No, Xiaohan is not the beginning of the 39th day of winter. The Minor Cold in 2020 falls on the seventh day of the Erjiu period, not in the Sanjiu period.

There are four aspects to the meaning of burning incense:

1. To show sincere and respectful offerings to the Three Jewels, and to demonstrate and guide sentient beings.
2. It means transmitting information to the void Dharma Realm and gaining blessings from the Three Treasures in all directions.
3. It means burning oneself to spread fragrance to all directions, reminding Buddhist disciples to make selfless contributions.
4. It means that the Buddhists' precepts, concentration and true incense have been lit, which contains the silent vow to "diligently cultivate precepts, concentration and wisdom, and extinguish greed, noise and ignorance". The Buddha does not like the big and expensive incense in the world, but he likes the precepts, concentration, truth and incense of his disciples.
It is best to burn three incense sticks. This represents the three non-leakage studies of precepts, concentration and wisdom; it also represents the offerings to the permanent Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. This is the most complete and civilized way of burning incense and offering. It is not the number of incense sticks you burn that matters, but the sincerity of your heart. As the saying goes, "Burn three civilized incense sticks and offer a sincere heart." Generally, it is enough to light three incense sticks in front of the main hall.
After lighting the incense, they should be inserted in the middle of the incense burner. The first incense stick should be inserted in the middle, and you should silently recite in your heart: offering to the Buddha, awakening and not being confused; the second incense stick should be inserted on the right, and you should silently recite in your heart: offering to the Dharma, being righteous and not evil; the third incense stick should be inserted on the left, and you should silently recite in your heart: offering to the monks, being pure and not being tainted.

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