Deathday:
1 always refers to the day when parents and other relatives died. Because drinking and having fun are forbidden, it is called.
The Book of Rites: "A gentleman loses his life, that is, he dies on the same day." Zheng Xuan's Note: "The day of death is the day of death." "The Biography of Shen Tu Pan in the Later Han Dynasty": "When I was nine years old, I lost my father, and I was ruined ... I didn't eat for three days every day I died." "Surprise at the First Moment" Volume 6: "The day after my dead brother died, I will come to the courtyard for fasting." Lu Xun's Quasi-Romantic Talks: "Of course, we should be filial to our loved ones, but the way after death has been included in the sacrificial ceremony, and each has its own instrument, that is, today's funeral day, birthday celebration day and so on."
2. The birthdays and anniversaries of ancestors and emperors and empresses are collectively called anniversaries. It is also used for ordinary people today.
Yu Yue's "Essays on Tang Chun" (Volume 7) quotes three old monuments in the Han Dynasty: "Three old people are taboo, and their words are smaller than their father's, and they are taboo; Grandmother lost her virginity, and the word Zongjun, she did not avoid the sun. " Biography of the Three Kingdoms Wei Zhi Qiwangfang: "The ancestors and emperors abandoned the world in the first month, and courtiers always mourned the death of Japan." Yanwu's poem "In memory of Xiaoling Mausoleum on May 10th" in ancient Qing Dynasty: "The anniversary of death is still a leap, and the stars are still a week."
Superstition is an unlucky day.
"The Biography of Wang Han": "Take Wuzi as the Yuan Day and Wuyin as the Death Day." Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote "Qi Yao Min Shu Zhi Gu": "If there are taboos in nine valleys, it will hurt even more if you don't avoid them."
What's the difference between Memorial Day and Memorial Day?
Sacrifice day:
In Tomb-Sweeping Day, people say that "the day of sacrifice" refers to "the day of sacrifice or commemoration".
But the "sacrifice to the sun" in China's ancient books is different. "Sacrificing to the Sun" is one of the important ceremonies in ancient China. Every spring equinox, the son of heaven set up a big altar to worship the sun god.
For example, "Guan Ji" said: "Winter went to spring, and the son of heaven left the country for forty-six miles, went to the altar, wore green jade, and took the jade supervisor. He went to princes, ministers and scholars and followed the people, calling it a day of sacrifice. " Another example: The Book of Rites Sacrifice Law says: "Being buried in Taizhao is also the time for sacrifice; Close to the altar, offering sacrifices to the cold and heat; The palace is also a memorial day. "
In Tomb-Sweeping Day, people say that "offering sacrifices to the sun" is a biased structure, in which "offering sacrifices" is an attribute; In ancient times, "offering sacrifices to the sun god" was a verb-object structure, in which "offering sacrifices" was the dominant verb.
The anniversary of sb's death
"Death Day" refers to the day when our ancestors died. According to traditional customs, banquets, drinking and all kinds of entertainment activities are forbidden on this day, so it is called "No People's Day".
For example, The Biography of Shen Tu Pan in the Later Han Dynasty said, "I lost my father at the age of nine ... I didn't eat for three days every day I died." Another example: Lu Xun said in the Book of Rites: "Of course, you should be filial to your loved ones, but the way you die has been included in the sacrificial ceremony, and each has its own instrument, that is, the present mourning and birthday."
Another example: (1) Tomorrow is the anniversary of my father's death, and I'm going to visit the grave with my wife and daughter. (2) March 12 is the anniversary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's death.
"Death Day" used to be called "Death Day". There is another meaning of "death day", which refers to a day that is not suitable for doing something according to past superstitions.