¹On January 1, 1926 (DG 56), Taemonim revealed to Yi Yong-gi, “The first day of the first month is a festival day for people, and the third day of the first month is a day for holding offering rituals to seek prosperity and good fortune and to stave off ill fortune for the year.²The fifteenth day of the first month is Sin-nong’s Day, the fifteenth day of the eighth month is a festival day for all ancestral spirits,³and the winter solstice is the time when ‘yang begins to rise.’ Yong-gi, since you are so unlearned, I am teaching these things to you.”

⁴On one winter solstice, Taemonim said to the disciples, “Celebrate New Year’s Day well.”⁵The disciples understood ‘New Year’s Day’ to mean the first day of the first lunar month to come.⁶Yet, on every winter solstice thereafter, Taemonim repeated, “Celebrate New Year’s Day well.” The disciples could not understand the meaning of Her words.

⁷Taemonim also declared to the disciples, “The Winter Solstice Chiseong must be offered with utmost devotion.”