What are the suitable days for sacrifice in a year?

Core Tip: People attach great importance to sacrifice, but they also need to choose a good day for sacrifice. Which days of the year are suitable for sacrifice? ... people attach great importance to sacrifice, but sacrifice also needs to choose a good day. What days of the year are suitable for sacrifice? Sacrificing auspicious days-Sacrificing to avoid the sun refers to the sacrificial activities held for the day of the death of the deceased. The anniversary of parents' death is called the anniversary of death. After taking clothes, drink and have fun on the day of death. "Sacrifice": "A gentleman has a lifelong loss, and the day he dies." On this day, relatives and friends of the deceased get together, or at home, or in the cemetery, or in the funeral home, offering sacrifices to the deceased, burning incense and kowtowing, and telling the feelings of lovesickness. Now all kinds of memorial services are sheltered from the sun. In addition to the above traditional practices, there are ways to learn from the west and emphasize individuality. For example, on this day, relatives and friends of the deceased went to the cemetery to present flowers to the deceased to express their grief; Or hold a memorial service, look at the photos, videos and relics of the deceased, and recall the happy days together in the past. This way of paying homage has been generally accepted by people, especially young people. Sacrificing ancestors in the Spring Festival is one of the oldest contents in the Spring Festival custom. "Shangshu Shundian" records: "On the first day of the month, Shunge was in Wen Zu." Kong Anguo explained the meaning of this sentence: On the first day of the first month, Shun Di went to the ancestral temple to worship his ancestors. On New Year's Eve, people have the custom of family reunion, setting up a church to fast, lighting incense and candles, and respectfully inviting ancestors or deceased relatives to go home for the New Year. During the memorial service, portraits of ancestors or deceased relatives are hung in the hall, memorial tablets are placed, and the lit incense is inserted into the incense burner, indicating that the ancestors or relatives have gone home. In order to show respect, the memorial tablet for ancestor worship should face south. During the Spring Festival, all the ancestral portraits or memorial tablets in the ancestral temple were put in order. Before the Spring Festival, or on the first day of the Lunar New Year, sacrifices were collectively placed in front of all ancestors. "Ancient and modern book collection, calendar image compilation, Fuping county annals" Volume 22 says: "All generations are alike, which is called the axis of God. 1 month 1 day, children and grandchildren will worship. " When I go home, I will sacrifice to my immediate ancestors. The purpose of ancestor worship is to thank the ancestors for their merits and pray for their spirits to bless the whole family for a happy new year. Of course, it also has the function of cohesive family strength and strengthening family relations. Family is the foundation of society, and ancestor worship strengthens the emotional connection between family members. In China society, clan power has always been very strong, accordingly, ancestor worship, as a direct embodiment of clan thought, has also flourished. Coupled with the political influence of Confucian "ruling the world with filial piety", ancestor worship has become a very important folk activity. Sacrificing auspicious days-The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is said to be earlier than the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and the 15th day of the first month was always designated as the Lantern Festival until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty created the taichu calendar, which further affirmed the importance of the Lantern Festival. With the development of the past dynasties, the Lantern Festival has been continuously extended. According to legend, the Lantern Festival in the Tang Dynasty lasted only three days, which was extended to five days in the Song Dynasty and ten days in the Ming Dynasty, that is, from the eighth day of August until the seventeenth year. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Taoism believed in the "three gods", including the three gods of Shang Yuan Tian Guan, Zhong Yuan Di Guan and Xia Yuan Shui Guan. Their birthdays are the 15th day of the first month, the 15th day of July and the 15th day of October, so the 15th day of the first month is also called Shangyuan Festival. Some people think that it evolved from a ceremony in the court of the Han Dynasty. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shangyuan Festival, according to the custom, people make sacrifices at home or in ancestral halls, burn incense and kowtow, and pray for blessing. Therefore, "Shangyuan Festival" is an important festival to worship ghosts and gods. Eating Lantern Festival may have started in the Song Dynasty, but it was called "floating Zi Yuan" at that time, and it was renamed "Yuanxiao" in the Ming Dynasty. Every family makes and cooks Yuanxiao. In ancient times, this was a good omen for the first year. Eating glutinous rice balls symbolizes family happiness. After the Lantern Festival is finished, the ancestors are worshipped first, and then the family gets together and has a meal, which is already a happy reunion. April 4th every year, the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, is an auspicious day to pay homage to the Cold Food Festival. Legend has it that this festival is to commemorate the Spring and Autumn Period. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Jin Xiangong's concubine made a vicious plot against the prince in order to let her son inherit the throne, and Shen Sheng was forced to commit suicide. Shen Sheng's younger brother, Zhong Er, went into exile to escape the scourge. During his exile, Zhong Er suffered humiliation. Most of the courtiers who went out with him went out one after another. Only a few loyal people have been following him. One of them is called meson push. On one occasion, Zhong Er fainted from hunger. In order to save Zhong Er, Jiezitui cut a piece of meat from his leg, cooked it with fire and gave it to Zhong Er. Nineteen years later, Zhong Er returned to China and became the monarch, that is, Jin Wengong, one of the famous five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. After Jin Wengong came to power, he greatly rewarded his courtiers who shared joys and sorrows with him, except for Jie Zitui. Someone defended meson in front of Jin Wengong. Jin Wengong suddenly remembered the past and felt guilty. He immediately sent someone to ask meson to take the imperial court to be rewarded as an official. However, after several trips, the meson could not be pushed. Jin Wengong had to please. However, when Jin Wengong came to the meson pusher's house, he saw that the door was closed. Jiezitui didn't want to see him, and had already been hiding in Mianshan (now southeast of Jiexiu County, Shanxi Province) behind his mother's back. Jin Wengong asked his body guard to search Mianshan, but he couldn't find it. So, someone had an idea, saying, it is better to let Yamakaji go, set fire on three sides, leave one side, burn it and the meson will come out. Jin Wengong ordered the promotion of Yamakaji. Unexpectedly, the fire burned for three days and nights. After the fire was put out, the meson was not pushed out after all. Looking up the mountain, the mother and son were holding a charred willow tree and were dead. Jin Wengong looked at meson push's body and cried for a while. Then I buried the body and found that the back of meson push was blocked by a willow hole, as if there was something. I took it out and saw that it was a skirt with a bloody poem engraved on it: May your master be clear forever. It is better to be a ghost than to accompany you as an exhorter. If your master has me in his heart, remember that I often reflect. I have a clear conscience in Jiuquan, diligent and honest. Jin Wengong hid the bloody book in his sleeve. Then meson tui and his mother were buried under the charred willow tree. To commemorate Jiexiu, Jin Wengong ordered Mianshan to be changed to Jiexiu Mountain, and an ancestral temple was built on the mountain, and the day when Yamakaji was released was designated as the Cold Food Festival, telling the whole country that it is forbidden to set off fireworks and firecrackers on this day every year and only eat cold food. The following year, Jin Wengong led his ministers to go hiking in plain clothes to show their respect and condolences. Walking to the grave, I saw the dead old willow tree resurrected, with thousands of green branches dancing in the wind. Jin Wengong looked at the resurrected old willow tree and seemed to see the meson push. He walked up to him respectfully, lovingly squeezed a branch, braided it into a circle and put it on his head. After the sacrifice, Jin Wengong named the revived old willow "Qingming Willow" and named it Tomb-Sweeping Day. Since then, the people of Jin have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, and they are very nostalgic for Jietui, who has made outstanding contributions and is not looking for wealth. On the day of his death, it is forbidden to set off fireworks in memory of him. It is also made of flour and jujube paste into the shape of a swallow, strung with willows and inserted in the door to summon his soul. This thing is called "pushing swallows" (also called intermediary pushing). Since then, cold food and Qingming have become grand festivals for the people of the whole country. Whenever there is cold food, people don't make a fire to cook, but only eat cold food. In the north, people only eat cold food prepared in advance, such as jujube cakes and wheat cakes. In the south, there are mostly green balls and glutinous rice and sugar lotus roots. Every time I go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, people put wicker in a circle and put wicker branches in front of the house to show their memory.