What is the meaning of sacrifices

Meaning of Offerings:

Offerings, a mourning ceremony for the deceased, Chinese tradition focuses on ? The Chinese tradition focuses on ? reflecting a culture of filial piety among the Chinese people.

English Explanation

hold a memorial ceremony for;sacrifice ;

[obit;offer a sacrifice to;hold a memorial ceremony for] a ceremony held in memory of the dead and to appease their spirits in heaven

to offer a sacrifice to the soul of the dead

Detailed Explanation

To place an offering at a spirit or a tomb for a sacrifice.

Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty (葛洪) wrote in his "Huguo Pu Zi" (抱朴子?). Southern Dynasty: Liu Innoforte, "Wenxin Diao Long" (文心雕龙)："Blessing the Alliance":? The Alliance of Wishes": "The model of sacrifices is to be performed with respect and with a sense of honor. The rituals of sacrifices should be respectful and mournful. The Dream of the Red Chamber, 109: "I also offer sacrifices from time to time. I also pay tribute from time to time. Lao She, "The Teahouse," Act III: "Master Four, let's pay our respects.

Overview

Early in the morning on the day after the funeral, Jinnan Wenxi and other places pay attention to family members to send rice to the tomb pouring, said the clear dead with the family again *** into the meal. Yicheng area, the family went to the cemetery the next day to sacrifice, to use a spade to add new soil to the grave, so that the mound before and after the right, not biased, commonly known as? Fushan. And Taiyuan area since the burial, has to wait until three years after the Qingming Festival, only allowed to add soil to the mound. The two places are so different from each other.

To the new grave to add soil, paper, most places in Shanxi is the third day after the burial of the deceased, known as? The restoration of the three? and also called? Round grave? Warming the grave. Generally, the eldest son of the deceased leads the whole family to go there, and in some places, all those who have? Clothing? The relatives are going, such as Xinzhou Hequ, friends and relatives with hot pots, cypress firewood to the graveyard convergence, after the sacrifice of food to return.

Calculated from the death of a person, every seven days must be sacrificed once, known as? or? One of the seven days is called? The first seven days are called the first seven days of the year. The first seven? and Sanqi is also known as? Sanqi is also known as? and Wuqi and Qiqi are also known as? Full Seven? What's the name? Broken Seven? or? The last seven? The more important.

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? Three seven? , the children of the deceased to take incense, to the three crossroads to call the deceased, or on the grave burning incense to attract the spirit of the deceased to go home.

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? The five-seventh? The family of the deceased is not only the family of the deceased, but also the family of the deceased. In addition to the funeral home to hold a memorial service, but also invited monks and Taoist chanting, friends and relatives are to offer condolences. Jinzhong Qixian area, face steamed offerings, male deceased more than steamed a? Lotus flower? , female deaths more than one steamed? Ruyi? And according to the deceased years of age tied paper flowers, cut paper flags, and then paste a mouthful of? The paper flag is threaded with a straw pole. The paper flag is tied to a straw, and is inserted along the road from the front door to the cemetery.

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After a person dies or is buried 100 days later, that is? Hundred days? , is also a grand offering day, also known as? The 100th day of sacrifice. To this day, the heavy mourning clothes should be changed to wear regular mourning clothes, the general public more than remove the mourning clothes. Qixian and other places, paper to paste? Doo? , commonly known as? Five or seven liters, a hundred days bucket