created sense approved 告朔 · gàoshuò · announcement of the new moon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
告朔
gàoshuò
announcement of the new moon
(historical) an ancient ritual in which the Zhou king distributed the calendar for the coming year to feudal lords, who then performed a monthly sacrificial ritual (often involving a sheep) at their ancestral temple on the first day of each month before attending to state affairs
gùshuò
告 (literal) → 告 · gù · (bound form) to sacrifice 朔 (literal) → 朔 · shuò · new moon
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