On the second day of the winter solstice in 2020, will you go to the grave to worship your ancestors?

How about going to visit graves to worship ancestors on the second day of the winter solstice in 2020?

Lunar calendar: 2020 1 1 8th of the month.

Gregorian calendar: Tuesday, February 22, 2020 12, Capricorn.

Today is appropriate-the daily value is in the new moon;

Then get married and open the market to pray for grace and forgiveness.

Sacrifice, set up coupons, collect money, and build dikes

Today's taboo-the daily value is in the new moon;

Acupuncture relieves seeking medical treatment, entering the house, separation and travel.

Moving column building house

Based on the above Gregorian calendar, it can be seen that the second day of the winter solstice in 2020 is not suitable for going to the grave to worship ancestors, because this day belongs to the broken day.

When is the winter solstice festival in 2020?

Date of the winter solstice in 2020: June 65438+February 2, 20201(the seventh day of the winter month in the Year of the Rat, 44 days before the winter solstice in 2020).

Winter solstice, also known as short solstice, winter festival, sub-year, winter worship and so on. It has both natural and humanistic connotations. It is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk festival in China.

The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. There is an ancient saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year, so the ancients called it a child year or a small year.

The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions.

In some areas along the southern coast of China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and feasting on the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

According to the old yellow calendar, the winter solstice festival in 2020 is on the seventh day of the lunar winter month, while the new calendar is 65438+February 2 1.

The activities of the ancient winter solstice festival

People have always attached great importance to the winter solstice festival. In the pre-Thai period, the customs and cultures of the north and the south were different, and the customs of various places had not been integrated and popularized. Many festivals have a history, but they are not recorded. Many ancient festivals and customs are rarely recorded in books.

According to the existing works, the Zhou people (Shaanxi area) took November in winter as the first month and November 1 in winter as the beginning of the year. The 1 1 month 1 day of Zhou people in winter is the same as the date of mid-winter solstice in 24 solar terms in the current lunar calendar1/month, so it is said that Zhou people began to offer sacrifices in the winter solstice (1 1 month) from the Zhou period.

"Historical Records of Filial Piety": He was two years old later, and Jiazi was born on the winter solstice in November, so the calendar was made in this way. The son of heaven climbed Mount Tai, and in November, Jiazi Shuodan offered a shrine at the Winter Solstice Temple, which was closed every day.

Book of Rites: Around the solstice in winter, a gentleman settled down and did whatever he wanted. We should also choose a capable person, blowing sheng, and play the yellow bell of the law to celebrate.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the solstice of winter and the beginning of a year were both important. The Chinese Dream of Senator Meng of Tokyo in the Southern Song Dynasty: November Winter Solstice. The capital attaches great importance to this festival. Although it is in the hands of the poor, it is easier to get new clothes, prepare meals and enjoy the ancestors in a year. Officials put down their robots and celebrated the exchange, just like the Chinese New Year.

The solstice in winter is as big as a year. ("Ting Anne Lu")