When is the public sacrifice to Dayu?

1. Time for public sacrifice to Dayu: The principle of the annual "Grain Rain Festival" (from April of Gregorian calendar 19 to April of February1year) is "a small sacrifice every year, a public sacrifice every five years, and a big sacrifice every ten years". Since Qin Shihuang, most emperors have come to Yuling to offer sacrifices to him.

2. Introduction to Dayu

Yu, surnamed Yu, is famous for his literary life (also known as Yu's name) and his word (height) is dense. In history, Dayu and Yu were called leaders and the founding emperors of Xia Dynasty. Yu is the great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the grandson of Zhuan Xu (but some people say that Yu should be the grandson of Zhuan Xu VI). His father's name is Kun, and he was honored as an earl by Emperor Yao. He is called "Chong Bo Kun" or "Chong Bo" by the world, and his mother is Xin's daughter.

According to legend, Yu made great contributions to the management of the Yellow River, and was abdicated by Shun and inherited the throne. With the support of the governors, he officially acceded to the throne, with Yangcheng as the capital and Pingyang as the capital (or Anyi or Jinyang), with the title of Xia. In the Tang dynasty, the enfeoffment of Danzhu and the enfeoffment of merchants were dangerous.

Yu was the first emperor of Xia Dynasty, so later generations also called him Yu. He is a wise emperor in ancient legends of China, who is as famous as Yao and Shun. His most outstanding achievement is that he has been praised for controlling the catastrophic flood, and designated the territory of China as Kyushu. Later generations called him Dayu. After his death, Yu was buried in Huiji Mountain (now south of Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and there are still Yu Temple, Yu Ling and Yu Temple.