What is the moral of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors during the summer solstice?

Lv Yun still contains powder, and the round lotus is scattered at the beginning. Summer solstice was also called "Summer Festival" and "Summer solstice Festival" in ancient times. In the seventh century BC, the shadow of the sun was measured by civil soil gauges to determine the summer solstice. Solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms. The annual summer solstice begins on June 2nd1day (or 22nd) and ends on July 7th (or 8th). So, what is the significance of our sacrifice on the summer solstice?

The implication of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in summer solstice

Sacrifice was a very important thing in ancient times. In the eyes of the ancients, the summer solstice is not a simple solar term, but a turning point of the rise and fall of Yin and Yang and the cycle of heaven, and it is an important festival. It is natural to hold sacrifices on holidays, but it is the emperor's privilege to sacrifice the land. During the summer solstice of the Song Dynasty, officials can have a three-day holiday. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ditan was built, and the emperor held a grand sacrifice ceremony from summer to Sunday. Now the ditan park in Beijing is a sacrificial site left by the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the solstice of summer, women give each other folding fans, powder cakes and other things. "Fuyang miscellaneous?" Li Yi: "On the solstice of summer, when you enter the bag of Fan and powder, you have to resign. "Wind powder grease produced by fan" is suitable for dispelling turbid gas caused by body heat and preventing miliaria. In the imperial court, after the "summer solstice", the royal family took out the ice cubes that were "stored in winter and used in summer" to "escape the heat", which was used by dynasties from the Zhou Dynasty and became a system. There will be a variety of activities on this day.

Eat summer solstice noodles on the summer solstice.

Noodles are an important staple food on our table. In northern China, there is a saying called "Wonton Noodles in winter and in summer", which refers to the food customs during the two solar terms. Every summer solstice, the temperature will start to get hot and angry. It will be very hot to eat some hot food at this time. Therefore, every summer solstice, cold food such as cold noodles will begin to sell well. Cold noodles are a very good choice, sweet and sour, very delicious.

Eat dog meat on the solstice in summer

In ancient times, people thought that eating dog meat could strengthen the body. According to relevant records, it is said that the killing of dogs in summer solstice originated in the year after Qin Degong ascended the throne in the Warring States Period, and it was extremely hot in June, causing epidemic diseases. According to the saying that "dogs are yang animals, which can bring misfortune", Qin Degong ordered his subjects to kill dogs to ward off evil spirits, and later formed the custom of killing dogs in summer solstice. There are many epidemic diseases in summer, and it is suitable to eat dog meat in summer solstice, which can enhance resistance. As the saying goes, dogs have nowhere to hide from summer to sun. In the summer solstice of the lunar calendar, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province has a folk custom of eating dog meat for hundreds of years to ward off evil spirits and strengthen the body. Dogs are our good friends, so we should love them.