List of auspicious days for worshipping ancestors in June of the lunar calendar in 2019

List of auspicious days for worshipping ancestors in June of the lunar calendar in 2019
Introduction: Sacrifice is a serious matter no matter where it is performed, so an auspicious day must be chosen for sacrifice. So, which days in the sixth lunar month of 2019 are auspicious days and suitable for worshiping ancestors? The sixth month of the lunar calendar is the season when lotus flowers begin to bloom, and lotus flowers are the messenger of June. If you want to know about the sixth lunar month of 2019, please visit Mr. Shui Mo’s website for consultation.

List of auspicious days for worshipping ancestors in June of the lunar calendar in 2019

July 4, 2019, Thursday, Cancer (solar calendar)
July 6, 2019, Saturday, Cancer (Solar calendar)
July 10, 2019, Wednesday Cancer (solar calendar)
July 12, 2019, Friday, Cancer (solar calendar)
July 13, 2019, Saturday, Cancer (solar calendar)
July 16, 2019, Tuesday, Cancer (solar calendar)
July 17, 2019, Wednesday (Wednesday) Cancer (Solar calendar)
July 18, 2019, Thursday, Cancer (Solar calendar)
July 22, 2019, Monday (Monday) Cancer (Gregorian calendar)
July 24, 2019, Wednesday (Leo)
July 26, 2019, Friday (Leo)
July 28, 2019, Sunday (Sunday) Leo (Solar calendar)
July 29, 2019, Monday (Monday) Leo (Solar calendar)
July 30, 2019, Tuesday (Tuesday) Leo (Solar calendar)
By consulting the old almanac for the sixth lunar month of 2019, we have listed the above auspicious days in the fifth lunar month that are suitable for ancestor worship. We hope this will provide you with some reference!

The significance of sacrifice

Sacrifice is a religious activity that originates from the belief in the harmonious coexistence of heaven and earth. It 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 research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are: belief in heaven and earth, and belief in ancestors. Beliefs in heaven and earth and in ancestors originated from the early human worship of nature and ancestors, which gave rise to various worship and sacrificial activities. The Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival are festivals formed by primitive beliefs to worship the gods of heaven and earth and ancestors.
Sacrifice is a part of Chinese rituals and a major part of Confucian etiquette. There are five rituals, and the most important one is sacrifice, which is to serve the gods and bring blessings. The objects of worship are divided into three categories: gods of heaven, gods of earth, and gods of man. The gods in heaven are called "si", the gods on earth are called "ji", and the ancestral temples are called "xiang". The sacrificial view is recorded in the Confucian books such as "The Book of Zhou", "The Book of Rites", "The Commentary on the Book of Rites" and "The Supplement to the Great Learning".
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.

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.
Notes on sacrifice
1. Taboos for Offering Sacrifices
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, which will lead to the disaster of having no children or grandchildren.
② Those who are left with physical 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 The Han people forbid any unclean person from participating 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.
2. Taboos during the Festival
After a person dies and is buried, people return home and immediately burn incense and pray to the household gods to comfort the deceased's soul.
3. Taboos of Sacrifice
① When burning paper at the grave, never use a stick to stir up the paper money.
② When burning paper at the grave, you must concentrate and not let your mind wander. Otherwise it would be considered impious.
③ 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 via other roads and cannot take the same route as when leaving.
④ When offering sacrifices to the elderly deceased, one must be extremely respectful. One must not 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.
4. Taboos on Offerings
① If the gifts for sacrifice are brought by daughters, all of them must be accepted and part of them cannot be returned to the daughter.
② Gifts for sacrifice can generally be the food we eat daily, but we cannot use food we do not eat.

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