Why do you need candles?

On New Year's Eve, every household will put prepared candles and offerings in front of the statues and tablets of family ancestors, which means inviting them to spend the holidays together. The offerings placed on the table generally include chicken, duck, fish, five-color rice, five-color snacks, five bowls of vegetables, a big bun, a pair of jujube cakes and so on. And wine, incense burners, incense burners, candles, offering sacrifices to the gods.

It is said that incense and candles are two major media to communicate with another world. If the family has died less than three years ago, you can't use red candles to worship your ancestors during the Spring Festival.

In 2023, Gregorian calendar is an average year, with 365 days and 52 weeks, 1 day. The whole year is from the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month in Renyin year to November 19th in Guimao year. 65438+1October1~ February 3 is the year of the tiger; February 4 ~ 65438+February 3 1 is the year of the rabbit, with a leap in February (small) and ***384 days. There are two beginning of spring in the lunar calendar 1 year, because that year is a leap month. Therefore, it is called the double spring year.