What do you mean by sacrifice?

Sacrifice is a kind of belief activity, which originates from the belief of harmonious coexistence between heaven and earth. Traditional customs in China usually worship ancestors in ancestral temples or gods in temples.

Sacrifice has been spread from ancient times to modern times. Generally speaking, sacrificial ceremonies will be held on major festivals, which we often see on TV. So what does sacrifice mean? Let me give you a detailed introduction.

Sacrifice in 0 1 Huangli refers to the use of offerings and rituals in China's traditional customs, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors in ancestral temples or offering sacrifices to gods in temples. Appropriate sacrifice is a good day for sacrifice.

Sacrifice is a kind of belief activity, which originates from the belief of harmonious coexistence between heaven and earth.

According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, human beings have two primitive beliefs: one is the belief in heaven and earth, and the other is the belief in ancestors. Belief in heaven and earth and ancestors originated from the worship of nature and ancestors in the early days of mankind, which led to various worship and sacrifice activities, such as worshipping heaven and earth, offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors, praying for good weather and avoiding disasters.

In fact, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth is to realize the spiritual realm of communication between man and god and empathy from top to bottom in the ultimate psychological thinking, and to realize the belief desire of harmonious coexistence between man and god and heaven.

Sacrificial activities, such as paying tribute, burning incense, bowing and saluting, are solemn and meticulous. Sacrificial ceremonies and sacrifices have certain norms. The old custom prepares sacrifices to pay tribute to gods or ancestors, express reverence and pray for blessings.