Can we visit graves and worship our ancestors on the Qixi Festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in 2019? What are the rules for worshipping our ancestors?
Introduction: The Chinese Valentine's Day is also known as the "Daughter's Day" and the "Begging Festival". So, can we visit graves and worship our ancestors on the Qixi Festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in 2019? What are the etiquettes for worshipping our ancestors? July is also called the "Qiaoyue". On July 7th of every year, Chinese women "beg for cleverness" from the Vega star in the sky, begging her to make them dexterous. Follow Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019!Can we visit graves and worship our ancestors on the Qixi Festival on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in 2019?The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar year 2019 (Lunar calendar)Wednesday, August 7, 2019 (Leo) 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 [Do not use on the day of the four most important events] Fasting and offering sacrifices to pray for a son, seeking wealth, burying, marrying a son-in-law, litigating, breaking ground, drilling, removing mourning clothes, building a house, erecting pillars and beams, resigning from office, planting, taking in livestock, digging wells, catching, signing contracts [Today’s taboos in the almanac] [Do not use on the day of the four most important events] Bed installation, construction, groundbreaking, marriage, moving into new home, travel, migration, separation, opening warehouse, collecting money, opening market According to the old almanac, the Chinese Valentine's Day on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019 is not suitable for sacrificial offerings because it is a day that is not suitable for important events. What are the requirements for ancestor worship?1. When entering a cemetery, you must first light firecrackers. Firecrackers cannot be set too close to the cemetery, let alone on the graves. They must be set at a certain distance from the cemetery.2. Place food, bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, tea and other offerings on the graves of ancestors, then light three incense sticks in front of the graves. 3. 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. 4. When the incense is half burned, place offerings to the land god who looks after the graves, and then burn a piece of yellow paper to protect the ancestors from harm. 5. 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 visitors leave. 6. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, foul language, loud noises, and fighting are prohibited. 7. Do not take photos casually during the offerings to ancestors, and do not take photos of other people’s graves . There are rules for offering sacrifices to ancestors, and if you do not pay attention to these rules, you may get into trouble! The Origin of the Chinese Valentine's DayThe Chinese Valentine's Day is also known as the "Qiqiao Festival" and the "Daughter's Day".The Qixi Festival, a festival for begging for cleverness, originated in the Han Dynasty. In the Western Capital Miscellaneous Records by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is a record that "beautiful women of the Han Dynasty used to thread seven-hole needles in the open-collared tower on July 7th, and everyone was accustomed to it." This is the earliest record of begging for cleverness that we have seen in ancient documents. In later Tang and Song Dynasty poetry, women's begging for skills were repeatedly mentioned. Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem saying "The dim stars are adorned with pearly light, and the palace maids are busy begging for skills on the Qixi Festival." According to "Kaiyuan Tianbao Yishi", Emperor Taizong of Tang and his concubines held banquets in the Qing Palace on the Qixi Festival every year, and the palace maids each begged for skills. This custom has been popular among the people and passed down from generation to generation. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the Qixi Festival was quite grand, and there was even a market in the capital city that sold items for the Qixi Festival, which was known as the Qixi Market. Song Dynasty Luoye and Jin Yingzhi compiled "Zuiweng Tanlu" said: "On the Qixi Festival, people buy and sell Qiqiao items in front of Pan Tower. From July 1st, the carriages and horses are congested, and three days before the Qixi Festival, the carriages and horses are blocked and cannot pass. The traffic is blocked and people cannot get out until nightfall." Here, from the grand occasion of buying Qiqiao items in the Qixi Market, we can infer the lively scene of the Qixi Festival at that time. People start preparing for the Qiqiao Festival from the first day of July. The Qiqiao Market is bustling with people and vehicles. When it is close to the Chinese Valentine's Day, the Qiqiao Market becomes a sea of people, with vehicles and horses having difficulty passing through. The atmosphere and customs seem to be no less than the grandest festival - the Spring Festival, which shows that the Qiqiao Festival was one of the favorite festivals of the ancients. "Destiny governs one's entire life, while luck governs one's moment." "Destiny" governs one's entire life, while "luck" governs different periods of one's life. If you want to know your own destiny, use the Eight Characters to calculate it! |
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