Is it appropriate to worship ancestors on the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019? What are the rituals for worshiping ancestors?

Is it appropriate to worship ancestors on the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019? What are the rituals for worshiping ancestors?
Introduction: Generally, it is necessary to choose an auspicious day to worship ancestors. So is it appropriate to worship ancestors on the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019? What are the rituals for worship? The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is also known as the twelfth month, or the wax month. So what are the things to do and not to do in the twelfth month? Visit Shui Mo Xiansheng's website to learn more about the twelfth lunar month of 2019.

Is it appropriate to worship ancestors on the 17th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2019?

2019 Lunar December 17th lunar calendar query:
Lunar calendar: December 17, 2019 Gregorian calendar: January 11, 2020, Saturday, Capricorn
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
[Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn]

Fasting and offering sacrifices to gain wealth, planting and raising livestock , offering sacrifices to gain wealth, traveling, getting married, attending school, seeking a partner
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
[Do not use it for important events on the day of the red yarn]

Move into a new house, install incense, install the door, install the bed, get married, raise the beam, bury, break ground, hold a funeral, build a house, buy property, build a dam, release water, seek medical treatment, take up a post, accept marriage proposal, pray for blessings, seek children, ship goods, erect pillars, start drilling, end separation, sail a boat
Based on the above contents of the lunar calendar, we can know that today's lunar calendar day belongs to the unlucky day [Do not use it for important events on the day of red gauze]. Therefore, it is not suitable to worship ancestors on October 17th of the lunar calendar in 2019. It is recommended to choose another auspicious day!

What are the rituals of sacrifice?

1. Place food, bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, tea and other offerings on the graves of ancestors, and then light three incense sticks in front of the graves.
2. Pour the first glass of wine after lighting the incense. After about 30 minutes or half of the incense is burned, one person will light three incense sticks for the second time and pour the second glass of wine.
3. When the incense is half burned, place offerings to the land god who looks after the grave, and then burn a piece of yellow paper to protect the ancestors from harm.
4. When the three incense sticks have burned out, remove the offerings and leave a small amount of money and other belongings to be burned on other graves to prevent other ghosts from stealing money and clothes from the ancestral graves after the people who visited the graves leave.
Precautions
1. Do not laugh, play, run around or bump into anything around a cemetery. Doing so is not only impolite, but also disrespectful to the ancestors.
Second, it is not advisable to wear bright red or bright green clothes, and pregnant women, the sick, and children under 7 years old should not go to sweep the graves.
3. What is usually said during the sacrifice: what you plan to do at the grave, why you do it, and the hope that the ancestors will bless you, and everything will go smoothly and peacefully.

What is the meaning of sacrifice?

Sacrifice refers to a series of symbolic actions or rituals performed to worship gods and ancestors in accordance with the requirements of religious or social customs.
Sacrifice is a traditional ritual to pray to gods for blessings and ward off disasters, and is known as a lucky ceremony. "Sacrifice" also means respecting gods, praying to gods and worshiping ancestors.

According to the explanation in Cihai, in the religious and folk sense, sacrifice is a general term for offering sacrifices to gods, ancestors or mourning the dead with rituals. Such as offering sacrifices to heaven, offering sacrifices to ancestors, and public sacrifices; sacrifice: refers to offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors.
The contents of sacrifice include venue, ceremony, sacrificial text (prayers, words), and offerings. The forms of sacrifices have been constantly changing with the passage of history. In recent years, the emerging online sacrifices have gradually entered people's lives and are being adopted by people under the advocacy of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is predicted that online sacrifices will become one of people’s sacrificial activities in the future.

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