Is the Lower Yuan Festival on October 15th of the lunar calendar in 2018 suitable for ancestor worship? Is it good to worship ancestors on the Lower Yuan Festival?

Is the Lower Yuan Festival on October 15th of the lunar calendar in 2018 suitable for ancestor worship? Is it good to worship ancestors on the Lower Yuan Festival?
Introduction: The Xiayuan Festival is one of our country’s traditional festivals, and you need to know the auspicious days for the Xiayuan Festival before you can offer sacrifices to your ancestors. So is the Xiayuan Festival on October 15, 2018, a suitable day for offering sacrifices to your ancestors? Is it good to offer sacrifices to your ancestors on the Xiayuan Festival? The sunshine in October of the lunar calendar is great. Although its warmth is limited, it always spares no effort to drive away the severe cold. Come to Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn about the tenth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.

Is the Lower Yuan Festival on October 15th of the lunar calendar in 2018 suitable for ancestor worship? Is it good to worship ancestors on the Lower Yuan Festival?

2018 Lunar October 15th Lower Yuan Festival Almanac Query:
Lunar calendar October 15, 2018 (small day)
November 22, 2018, Thursday, Sagittarius (solar calendar)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Pray for blessings, get married, build, break ground, travel, migrate, take up a post
Sacrifice , accepting marriage proposal, seeking heir, resolving marriage, accepting wealth, erecting pillars, raising beams, planting, fasting and offering sacrifices, entering the house, catching fish, and signing a certificate
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Setting up beds, building beds, opening warehouses, housing livestock, sailing, and felling trees
Based on the above contents of the lunar calendar, we can know that the Lower Yuan Festival in 2018 is suitable for ancestor worship!
What are the taboos for the Lower Yuan Festival in 2018?
(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 choosing a person of high moral character to preside over the ritual.
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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