Is it a good idea to hold a memorial ceremony for the Ghost Festival today in 2019? Can I visit the graves and worship my ancestors in advance on the Ghost Festival?

Is it a good idea to hold a memorial ceremony for the Ghost Festival today in 2019? Can I visit the graves and worship my ancestors in advance on the Ghost Festival?
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Is it a good idea to hold a memorial ceremony for the Ghost Festival today in 2019?

2019 Lunar calendar for the 15th day of the seventh lunar month:
Lunar calendar: July 15, 2019 Gregorian calendar: August 15, 2019, Thursday Leo
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Getting married, traveling, taking up a post, repairing graves, recruiting sons-in-law , offering sacrifices
Fasting and offering sacrifices, amnesty, coming of age, school enrollment, seeking help
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Meridians enter the house, build, start ground, buy property, break ground, build embankments, release water, accept marriage proposals, pray for blessings, seek offspring, ship goods, raise beams, erect pillars, bury, start drilling, lift migration, settle incense, and travel by boat
From the above almanac content, we can see that the sacrifice on the Ghost Festival on July 15th of the lunar calendar in 2019 is suitable according to the almanac, so today is an auspicious day for sacrifice!

Can I visit the graves and worship my ancestors in advance during the Ghost Festival?

It is not allowed to visit graves and burn incense and paper money in advance during the Ghost Festival.
The Zhongyuan Festival is on July 15th, and in some places it is on July 14th. On this day, the underworld will release all ghosts and allow them to return to the world of the living to reunite with their relatives. Therefore, people generally carry out activities to worship ghosts on this day, such as visiting graves, burning incense, and burning paper.
If you burn paper, burn incense, or visit graves in advance, the ghosts of your relatives have not yet returned to the world of the living, and will not be able to receive your kindness. Therefore, as a general rule, you should not visit graves, burn incense, or burn paper in advance on the Ghost Festival.

What are the taboos in sacrifice?

(1) Women and outsiders are not allowed to participate in the sacrifice
Many ethnic groups, such as the Yi, Miao, Nu, Dai, Wa, Hani, Lisu, and Oroqen, have the custom of prohibiting women from participating in sacrifices and prohibiting outsiders from entering sacrificial sites.
(2) Avoid having unclean people participate in offering sacrifices to the gods
The Han ethnic group forbids unclean people to participate in sacrifices, that is, menstruating women, pregnant women, postpartum women, infants, people wearing mourning clothes, and people who have been punished.
(3) Avoid inviting a person of high moral character to preside over the ceremony.
When performing sacrifices, one must choose a person who is over fifty years old and of high moral character to preside over the ceremony. Otherwise, the presiding priest will die immediately due to his young age and will not be able to enjoy such an honor.
(4) Avoid offending the gods with words or actions during sacrifices
During the sacrifice, people are not allowed to talk or cough casually, and cannot behave in an indecent manner. During the sacrificial period, men and women are not allowed to meet alone, have sexual intercourse, eat meat, etc.
(5) Avoid offering sacrifices to gods with gender characteristics regardless of gender
For example, there is a saying among the people that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the kitchen god". This is because the moon god is a goddess and the kitchen god is a male god, so people are afraid that worshipping the opposite sex would blaspheme the gods.

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