Can sacrifices be held on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020?

Can sacrifices be held on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020?
“La means connection, the handover between the new and the old, so grand sacrifices are held to reward merits.” The twelfth month is also a month for sacrifices. So what about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar? Ancestor worship is an important thing for Chinese people. Nothing can be done carelessly, and choosing the day for sacrifice is very important. Let’s learn more about it with Mr. Shui Mo.

Can sacrifices be held on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020?

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month of the year 2021. The Gregorian calendar January 20, 2021, Wednesday. Aquarius is in conflict with the dog in the south.
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Meeting with relatives and friends, traveling, moving, getting married, getting engaged, breaking ground, praying, setting up the bed, building a house, burying, setting up the door Sacrifice , build, dismantle, lay foundation, bury, burn incense, light fire, consecrate, break ground, erect beams, erect pillars, build ships, build bridges, and set slabs
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Buying property, opening a business, digging a well, building a temple. Unlucky spirits: Hekui, God of Death, Moon Evil, Moon Void, Five Tombs, White Tiger, Heavenly Stick, Disaster, Hook, Ice and Water Filling. Lucky spirits: Tianen, Tianma. God of Wealth. God of Happiness: Southeast. God of Fortune: Northeast. God of Wealth: Due North.

We can see that there is a sacrifice in Suoyi Village on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, so that day is suitable for holding a sacrifice.

Sacrificial Rituals

The sacrificial rituals include burning incense, reading prayers, offering rice soup, serving tea, offering silk, offering wine, offering food boxes, offering sacrificial meat, offering blessings, burning prayers, and bowing to the gods. In some places, when burning silk and paper money, the main priest will offer a cup of wine in front of the god, and then a ritual attendant will take it to the place where the silk is burned and pour the wine on the silk. When pouring, the wine will be dripped into the shape of a "heart" to show the piety of the priest in offering the money and paper. During important stages of the sacrificial process, gongs and drums or string music accompaniment are played several times to add to the enthusiasm of the ceremony. atmosphere. After the ceremony, pork, mutton and other offerings were distributed to the participating representatives. There are also cases where the sacrificial offerings are used to entertain participants, and only a small number of people performing the sacrifice, gentry, elders, etc., are given some sacrificial offerings.

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