Is the third day of the fourth lunar month in 2018 suitable for offering sacrifices?

Is the third day of the fourth lunar month in 2018 suitable for offering sacrifices?
Sacrifice is an important part of our Chinese etiquette. Since ancient times, we have attached great importance to sacrifice. So is the third day of the fourth lunar month in 2018 suitable for sacrifice? In the blink of an eye, we have entered the fourth month of the lunar calendar. It is early summer now, the temperature is rising, and the weather is getting hotter. The Fortune Teller website will take you to experience the wonderful fourth month of the lunar calendar in 2018. The third day of the fourth month of the lunar year 2018 (lunar calendar)
May 17, 2018, Thursday, Taurus (Gregorian calendar)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Drilling, repairing graves, burying, getting married, praying for blessings, accepting marriage proposals, opening the market, building houses, erecting pillars and beams, accepting wealth, offering sacrifices, praying for offspring, migrating, taking up posts, planting, accepting livestock, fasting and offering sacrifices, praying for wealth, attending school, cutting clothes, wearing hairpins, etc. [Today's taboos in the almanac]
Breaking ground, building embankments, releasing water, litigating, setting up beds, building, breaking ground, moving into homes, separating from families, traveling, going out to seek medical treatment. By checking the almanac, we find that the "what is suitable today" of the day includes "sacrificial offerings", so the third day of the fourth lunar month in 2018 is a good day for sacrificial offerings;

What preparations are needed for sacrifice?

First, prepare the incense. Incense is like the signal we dial with our mobile phones. Once the incense is lit, the ancestors know that their descendants have come to worship them.
Second, prepare fruits. Since the cemetery can take care of us for five generations, it is best to get five kinds of fruits. If it is really inconvenient, just take one and don't be lazy.
Third, prepare the pastries. Fruits represent Yin and pastries represent Yang. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, fruits and pastries are usually prepared. Offering meat as a sacrifice to ancestors at their graves is only a custom in some places. In the past, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth required three animals and five livestock, which were considered sacred. Our ancestors did not reach the merits of heaven and earth, nor did they have the same blessings as heaven and earth, so offering meat or blood is disrespectful to our ancestors.
Fourth, prepare paper money. Hemp money paper. This is very orthodox. Things like ghost money and Tianditong Bank are all made by scammers. Just like counterfeit banknotes, burning this kind of money in the cemetery will desecrate your ancestors.

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