Is the memorial day of the deceased usually calculated by solar calendar or lunar calendar?

According to people's living habits. For example, most government employees and city residents use the solar calendar to arrange their daily life, so the date of death is calculated according to the solar calendar. The rural areas are more accustomed to using the lunar calendar to record major events, so the lunar calendar is used to calculate the date of death.

People usually say that the day to commemorate someone's death should be "death anniversary", also known as "death anniversary"

Expand the difference between "Memorial Day" and "Forbidden Day"

festival

In Tomb-Sweeping Day, people say that "the day of sacrifice" refers to "the day of sacrifice or commemoration".

But the "sacrifice to the sun" in China's ancient books is different. "Sacrificing to the Sun" is one of the important ceremonies in ancient China. Every spring equinox, the son of heaven set up a big altar to worship the sun god.

For example, "Guan Ji" said: "Winter went to spring, and the son of heaven left the country for forty-six miles, went to the altar, wore green jade, and took the jade supervisor. He went to princes, ministers and scholars and followed the people, calling it a day of sacrifice. " Another example: The Book of Rites Sacrifice Law says: "Being buried in Taizhao is also the time for sacrifice; Close to the altar, offering sacrifices to the cold and heat; The palace is also a memorial day. "

In Tomb-Sweeping Day, people say that "offering sacrifices to the sun" is a biased structure, in which "offering sacrifices" is an attribute; In ancient times, "offering sacrifices to the sun god" was a verb-object structure, in which "offering sacrifices" was the dominant verb.

The anniversary of sb's death

"Death Day" refers to the day when our ancestors died. According to traditional customs, banquets, drinking and all kinds of entertainment activities are forbidden on this day, so it is called "No People's Day".

For example, The Biography of Shen Tu Pan in the Later Han Dynasty said, "I lost my father at the age of nine ... I didn't eat for three days every day I died." Another example: Lu Xun said in the Book of Rites: "Of course, you should be filial to your loved ones, but the way you die has been included in the sacrificial ceremony, and each has its own instrument, that is, the present mourning and birthday."

Another example is:

(1) Tomorrow is the anniversary of my father's death. I am going to visit the grave with my wife and daughter.

(2) March 12 is the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death.

"Death Day" used to be called "Death Day". There is another meaning of "death day", which refers to a day that is not suitable for doing something according to past superstitions.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Death Day