Is it a good idea to worship ancestors on April 28th of the lunar calendar in 2019? What are the etiquettes for worshiping ancestors?

Is it a good idea to worship ancestors on April 28th of the lunar calendar in 2019? What are the etiquettes for worshiping ancestors?
Introduction: Ancestor worship requires choosing an auspicious day to arrange, so is it okay to worship ancestors on April 28th of the lunar calendar in 2019? What are the particulars of ancestor worship? April is also known as Mengxia, Yinyue and Meiyue. The fourth month of the lunar calendar means the arrival of summer. Shuimoxiansheng.com provides you with more content related to the fourth month of the lunar calendar in 2019. Welcome to learn more!
2019 Lunar April 28th lunar calendar query:
Lunar calendar April 28, 2019 (small day)
Gemini, June 1, 2019 (Saturday)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
[Do not use it for major events on the day of the year]

Marry, travel, migrate, offer sacrifices, collect money, plant crops, receive amnesty, get married, go to school, seek a job
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
[Do not use it for major events on the day of the year]

Accept livestock, build, start ground, buy property, break ground, build embankments, release water, set up beds, take office, pray for blessings, seek offspring, ship goods, raise beams and erect pillars, bury, start drilling, remove boats
From the above almanac content, we can know that the 28th day of the fourth lunar month in 2019 is an unlucky day [do not use it as it is a bad day for the year], so today is not suitable for ancestor worship!
Sacrificial Rituals
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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