344 corean social customs. Second Yuji. The forms are precisely similar to the first A lucky day, called a Fo, or "soft" day, is chosen for this second service. The Yo days are those whose names contain any of the syllables, yi, ding, su, and aiii,*— each of which occurs every tenth day. The first of these four, after the funeral, is chosen for the second service. On the preceding day, there are presented various dishes of food, fruit, spirits, and jwan. In the early morning the chanter takes the shrine, exposes the Shunjoo on the Lingdso, and the first Tilji is repeated in every particular. Third Yuji is on a gang, or " hard " day ; those days whose names have any of the syllables, — jia, yin, woo, or gung, — are gang daya These are yang days; while the soft are yin (note, p. 340). The third sacrifice is a repetition in all particulars of the first and second. DsooKoo, OR After Mourning. Three months after the Yil sacrifice and mourning, the Dsookoo begins on a gang day. On the preceding day the various vessels, utensils, and jwan, are prepared and arranged. In the early morning the food is laid out, with spirits, fruit, and jwan ; a vessel is set with fresh water, drawn in the early morning, — for this is the original, unadulterated wine, and is placed on a separate small table. This water is on the west side, the real spirits on the east side. At daybreak the chanter opens the shrine, places the Shunjoo on the Lingdso ; the Shangjoo, and all under him, enter, and weep and wail. The jwan is set out properly when the spirit descends. The first offering is in every respect like that of the Tilji, except that the chanter takes the chant board, goes to the left side of the Shangjoo, and kneeling, recites, facing the east.
- These are fonr of the twelve horary characters, which the Chinese combine in
couplets to form distinctive marks for their beautiful cycle of sixty years ; the first half is used to denote the days of the month.
