Is it a good idea to offer sacrifices to ancestors on the 14th day of the sixth lunar month in 2019? Are there any taboos in offering sacrifices to ancestors?
Introduction: "Sacrifice" also means respecting gods, praying to gods and worshiping ancestors, and is one of the important folk activities. So, is it a good idea to offer sacrifices to ancestors on the 14th day of the sixth lunar month in 2019? Are there any taboos in this regard? The wind and rain in June, drop by drop, hit the earth in midsummer. Light puffs of rain and mist dance across the earth. Mr. Shui Mo's website takes you to appreciate every day of the sixth lunar month of 2019.Is it a good idea to offer sacrifices on the 14th day of the sixth lunar month in 2019?Lunar calendar year 2019 June 14th day (small day)Cancer (Tuesday, July 16, 2019) 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 Pray for blessings, get married, build, break ground, travel, migrate, take up a post, receive money, move into a new house, open a market, make a stove , offer sacrifices, receive a bride, seek an heir, erect pillars, plant, build a house, break ground, start drilling, remove mourning clothes, bury, fast and offer sacrifices, establish a certificate, catch fish [Today’s taboos in the almanac] Setting up the bed, felling wood, raising the beams, taking in livestock, seeking medical treatment, and sailing According to the old almanac, June 14th of the lunar calendar in 2019 is an auspicious day, and everything is suitable, so it is suitable for sacrifices! What are the taboos in ancestor worship?1. If a woman goes to the grave to offer sacrifices to her dead ancestors, she will be mistakenly believed to have no men in the family, and this will lead to the disaster of having no children or grandchildren. Among the Han people, any unclean person is forbidden to participate in the sacrifice, such as menstruating women, pregnant women, women who have just given birth, widows, and even those who have sex during the sacrifice period are not allowed to participate.2. People who are left with disabilities after being sentenced cannot attend their parents’ funerals or visit their graves to pay homage. Because this would "bring shame to the ancestors", so it is taboo to visit the graves to worship ancestors. 3. When burning paper at the grave, you must not use a stick to stir up the paper money. You must concentrate and not let your mind wander. Otherwise it would be considered impious. 4. When visiting the grave of a newly buried person for the first time to offer sacrifices, one must first walk around the grave three times. When returning home, one must return home by other roads and cannot take the same route as when leaving. 5. When offering sacrifices to the elderly deceased, one must be extremely respectful. One cannot make loud noises, laugh, or fart in front of the ancestral spirits. One must kowtow in respect, burn incense and candles, and observe a moment of silence. Place of worship► Flat landThis is the most primitive and simplest place for sacrifice. The ancients believed that the most important sacrifices were held in the most simple places. Often, there was no need to build an altar with earth. They could hold a sacrifice by just sweeping a flat piece of ground. The ancients called it "墠". "The Book of Rites: Ritual Vessels" states: "The utmost respect does not involve an altar, but sweeping the floor before offering sacrifices." "The Book of Rites: Sacrifice Rituals" says: "Clear the floor to make a grave." ► Forum The Book of Rites: Sacrifice notes: "Mounding the earth to form an altar" means piling up earth and stones to form an altar that is higher than the ground. The altars have different shapes depending on the objects of worship. The round altar used for offering sacrifices to heaven was called "round mound" in ancient times; the square altar used for offering sacrifices to earth was called "square mound" in ancient times. The height and width of the altar vary according to time, place, and level. Altars and temples were usually located on the outskirts of the city, but occasionally on mountains. The Fengshan ceremony of the Qin and Han dynasties was to build an altar on the top of Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to heaven, which was called "feng"; and to sweep the ground on Mount Liangfu to make a grave to offer sacrifices to the earth, which was called "chan"; together they were called "fengshan". ► Flat pit It is to dig a large flat pit on the ground as an altar, which the ancients called "kan". "The Book of Rites: Sacrifice" says: "Dig a pit in the ground." "The Book of Rites: Sacrifice" states: "Sacrifice to the sun on the altar and sacrifice to the moon on the pit." The altar and the pit are opposites, the altar is high and is yang, and the pit is sunken and is yin. ►Palaces and temples When walls and houses are built on the basis of an altar or a mound, it becomes a palace; when objects of worship are displayed in the palace, it becomes a "temple". Palaces and temples were originally built only for human gods. Later, many gods had their own temples, such as the Earth God Temple, the Dragon King Temple, the City God Temple, and so on. However, no house is allowed to be built on the altar, otherwise it will be regarded as a "society that betrays the country." ►Grave Offering sacrifices to gods in cemeteries is a relatively primitive and simple method, which is mostly used to worship ancestral gods. The ancients believed that offering sacrifices at the tomb was closest to the ancestors and the ancestral gods could hear them most clearly. The Book of Rites Tan Gong Xia records that when Confucius went out to persuade people, "when he left his country, he would cry at the tombs before leaving; when he returned to his country, he would not cry but open the tombs before entering." As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing you can grasp is your own "luck." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time. 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