When is Qingming Festival in 2018? What are the taboos during Qingming Festival?
Qingming Festival, also known as the outing festival, is held at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is the 108th day after the winter solstice. It is one of China's traditional festivals and one of the most important festivals for worshiping ancestors, as well as sweeping tombs. When is Qingming Festival in 2018? What are the taboos during Qingming Festival? Winter has gone and spring has come. February in the lunar calendar has already entered spring. The Fortune Teller website provides you with more detailed information about February in the lunar calendar of 2018!When is Qingming Festival in 2018?Aries (Thursday, April 5, 2018)February 20, 2018 (Lunar calendar) Midnight [23-1 o'clock] The day of Jiawu is a day of conflict with the horse and the soldiers. Suitable for: building a stove, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, fasting and offering sacrifices to the gods. Unsuitable for: taking up a post, traveling, building, or starting construction. Chou time [1-3 o'clock] Clash with Sheep Evil in the East. Clash with Yiwei, Gouchen, Tangfu, Wuqu, and Mercury. Suitable for: meeting a noble, seeking wealth, getting married, moving, burying, offering sacrifices, praying for offspring, fasting, and getting engaged. Unsuitable for: taking up a post, traveling, and building. Yin time [3-5 o'clock] The monkey evil spirit is in the north. The road is empty and the green dragon is retreating. Suitable for: engagement, marriage, bed installation, moving, house building, burial, seeking wealth and meeting nobles. Unsuitable for: sacrifice, praying, fasting, consecration, taking office and traveling Mao time [5-7 o'clock] The Rooster Evil is in the west. The Dingyou Road is empty. The Mingtang is in the ascendant. The Wood Star is suitable for: building a house, moving, building a stove, setting up a bed, moving into a house, opening a business, seeking offspring, getting engaged, getting married, and not suitable for: offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, fasting, offering sacrifices, consecrating, taking up a post, traveling Chenshi [7-9 o'clock] The dog evil spirit is in the south. If it is in conflict with Wuxu, it will not meet Tianxing. The day harms Wuqu. Suitable for: offering sacrifices, praying for offspring, fasting, engagement, marriage, burial, unsuitable for: going to work and traveling Time [9-11 o'clock] Clash with Pig, East time clash with Ji Hai, Zhuque, Diwang, Jinlu, Yima. Suitable for: Seeking heirs, getting married, moving, opening the market, trading, building, burial, praying, getting engaged, taking office, traveling, meeting nobles, seeking wealth. Taboo: Zhuque must be controlled by Phoenix Talisman, otherwise everything will be unsuitable. Noon [11-13 o'clock] The Rat Evil in the north, Gengzi in the earth, soldiers in the sky, lucky god, day fortune, gold box, suitable for: praying for blessings, seeking offspring, getting engaged, getting married, traveling, seeking wealth, opening the market, trading, setting up the bed, taking office, unsuitable for: building, breaking ground Weishi [13:00-15:00] Clashing with the Ox in the west, clash with Xinchou in the three-way combination of Tianshe, Tiande, Baoguang, suitable for: praying for blessings, seeking offspring, engagement, marriage, traveling, seeking wealth, opening the market, trading, setting up beds, building, moving into the house, burial, offering sacrifices, taboos: - Shen time [15:00-17:00] The tiger is in the south. When it is in Renyin, Liuwu, White Tiger, and Sun Gongcao, it is suitable for: moving into a house, building, burying, offering sacrifices, fasting and paying tribute to the gods. It is unsuitable to: pray for blessings and heirs. The white tiger must be controlled by the unicorn talisman, otherwise everything will be unsuitable. Youshi [17:00-19:00] The conflict with the Rabbit Evil is in the east time and the conflict with the Guimao day. The suitable conditions are: —— Taboo: Things that conflict with the day and time are not suitable Xu time [19:00-21:00] The dragon evil spirit is in the north. The time is Jiachen. The heavenly prison, the earthly soldiers, the six combinations, and the right and left. Suitable for: praying for blessings, seeking heirs, getting engaged, getting married, seeking wealth, opening the market, trading, setting up the bed, and seeing nobles. Unsuitable for: taking up a post, building, migrating, traveling, and litigation. Hai Hour [21:00-23:00] The snake evil spirit is in the west. When it clashes with Yi Yi, Yuan Wu, Sanhe, and the noble person Zuo Fu, it is suitable to: pray for blessings, seek heirs, get engaged, get married, seek wealth, open the market, trade, install the bed, offer sacrifices, and see the noble. It is unsuitable to: take up a post, travel, build, or start groundbreaking. What are the taboos during Qingming Festival?It is not appropriate to celebrate birthdays. The birth of a new life will not be affected by whether the day is good or bad, or whether it is a festival or not. However, people born on Qingming Festival generally do not celebrate their birthdays on this day. Instead, they will advance or postpone their birthdays to avoid the Qingming period.It is not advisable to use large fireworks. Qingming is also called Cold Food Festival. According to legend, it was first ordered by Duke Wen of Jin to designate the day when he set fire to the mountain as Cold Food Festival in order to commemorate Jie Zitui, who was kind to him but was burned to death due to his wrong decision. He announced to the whole country that fireworks were prohibited on this day every year and only meals prepared in advance could be eaten. As times change, the ban on fireworks has been abolished. However, out of respect for the righteous hero Jie Zitui, people still continued the custom of the Cold Food Festival. They usually prepare food before Qingming Festival and try to avoid eating and drinking lavishly on Qingming Festival. Taboos on happy events such as weddings. Ancient people attached great importance to weddings and funerals, and believed that happy events such as weddings must be auspicious and must have a good omen. During the Qingming Festival, every family visits the graves to pay homage to their ancestors; children who live far away from home also burn paper money for their ancestors at the roadside. People's faces are mostly filled with sadness and longing. Such an atmosphere is not suitable for holding weddings or other happy events. Large-scale washing is not advisable. According to old customs, the souls of the deceased can only come out to wash and dry clothes and bedding during the Qingming Festival when all things are revived. Therefore, there are dead souls washing and drying clothes by the river, stream, well, and spring. Therefore, the living people should give the deceased opportunities and space, and do not compete with them for space and water. Let them wash themselves properly. |
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