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祫 [xiá] 1. In ancient times, the emperor or feudal lords would gather the tablets of ancestors from near and far in the ancestral temple to conduct sacrificial offerings. - An ancient sacrificial ritual of the emperor and feudal lords, involving a grand gathering of the ancestral tablets at the main ancestral temple for a unified sacrifice. This would occur once after three years of mourning, again the following year, and thereafter every five years. 引: 1. From "Gongyang Zhuan": What are the major ceremonies? The Grand Sacrifice (大祫). What is the Grand Sacrifice? A unified offering. 例: - Examples include: 祫祭 (the grand sacrifice held by ancient emperors and feudal lords at the main ancestral temple); 祫祀 (another term for the grand sacrifice); 祫享 (the grand sacrifice).