Is the sacrifice to sweep the grave?

Sacrifice is a part of China's ethical code and the main part of Confucian etiquette. Five rites, sacrifice is not more important than sacrifice, sacrifice is to serve the gods for happiness. The objects of sacrifice are divided into three categories: gods, territories and human gods. God is called sacrifice, the earth is called sacrifice, and the ancestral temple is called enjoyment. The concept of sacrifice records the explanations of Confucian classics such as Zhou Li, The Book of Rites, Justice in the Book of Rites and Da Xue Yan. In ancient China, there was a strict level of sacrifice, because "God did not admire the nonhuman, and the people did not worship the nonhuman". The gods and the earth are only sacrifices of the emperor. Kings and doctors sacrifice mountains and rivers. Literati can only worship ancestors and kitchen gods. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival are the days for ancestor worship.

"Sacrifice" also means to worship God, pray for God and worship ancestors. In primitive times, people thought that the human soul could exist without the body. Sacrifice is a derivative of the concept of soul. The initial sacrificial activities were relatively simple and barbaric. People use bamboo or clay to shape gods' idols, or draw images of gods such as the sun, the moon, stars and beasts on rocks as appendages to worship objects. Then food and other gifts for God are displayed in front of idols, the host prays, and the worshippers sing and dance to God. Sacrificial ceremonies and sacrifices have certain norms. The old custom is to prepare sacrifices to pay tribute to God or ancestors, express reverence and pray for blessings.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day: On the fifth day of April, it was originally one of the 24 solar terms, but because it is near the Cold Food Festival, it became a festival to sweep graves and worship ancestors.

Dragon Boat Festival: On the fifth day of May, it is a festival in China calendar-Dragon Boat Festival. Drive away insects

Ghost Festival: July 15, China is traditionally called Mid-Autumn Festival, and folk customs call it Ghost Festival. Buddhism called it "Orchid Club", but it was not designated as this day until it was introduced to China.

October 1st: It's called Cold Clothes Festival. It is said that it originated from the story that Meng Jiangnu traveled thousands of miles to find her husband to send cold clothes. The so-called "send cold clothes on October 1, cry thousands of miles down the Great Wall, and hold your bones back to your hometown."

1 1 month 16: On this day, please ask the Buddha to turn over for the dead.

1February 23: commonly known as off-year, it is a day to send the kitchen god and worship the Spring Festival.

At the same time, on the first, eighth, fifteenth, nineteenth, twenty-third, twenty-ninth and thirtieth day of each month, offerings are made to eliminate sin and make people happy. Sacrifice can also be made according to the date of death of the deceased.

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Baidu encyclopedia-sacrifice