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The Suburb Sacrifice (Lu, 1a-b; Ch'ên, 12. 1a-4b).

The King sacrifices to Heaven according to the same principle as he served his father.

At the sacrifice the first ancestor must be associated with Heaven.

The Five Emperors and the Three Kings all used the first month of the Hsia calendar for the sacrifice to Heaven (Ch' ien tso tu).

The sacrifice to Heaven must take place in the 'suburb' chiao 郊 ¹.

The day for the sacrifice is either a ting-day or a hsin-day (Ch'unch'iu chuan; Shang shu).

The sacrifice takes place once a year--so as not to be too intimate with Heaven--at a time when the yang-fluid begins to reassert itself.

At the sacrifice music is performed.

The Queen is not allowed to take part in the sacrifice (Chou kuan).

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