What should we burn on Ghost Festival? What do we burn to worship our ancestors during the Ghost Festival?
The Zhongyuan Festival is a sacrificial festival, but it is not an unlucky festival. Want to know more about the Ghost Festival? The seventh month of the lunar calendar is also known as the month of romance. So what should we pay attention to in order to make our life more harmonious and happy? Shuimo.com’s special topic for the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2021 will answer your questions.What are burned during the Ghost Festival?The Zhongyuan Festival is one of my country's traditional sacrificial festivals. The main customs include worshiping ancestors, releasing river lanterns, worshiping the dead, burning paper ingots, and worshiping the land.The so-called sacrificial festival is a festival for worshiping ancestors and sweeping tombs. Therefore, although the Zhongyuan Festival is called the "Ghost Festival" among the people, its cultural core is still respecting ancestors and being filial. 1. Burning Paper Money Legend has it that on the day of the Ghost Festival, the gates of hell open wide, so deceased relatives will return to the human world to visit their descendants. The descendants need to burn paper money for their ancestors and send money to them so that they can live a good life in the underworld and better protect their descendants. 2. Burning clothes In Hong Kong, there has always been a custom of burning street clothes during the Ghost Festival. Every year in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Hong Kong people would bring incense, candles, gold and silver paper and some offerings such as tofu and rice to worship on the roadside after dark, with the aim of providing those homeless souls with clothes to keep warm and food to fill their stomachs. 3. Burning the Burden On the night of the 14th or 15th of July every year, people burn incense and firecrackers outside the door, and at the same time "burn bundles" (also called "offering bundles"). "Burning bundles" means taking a stack of paper money and sealing it into small envelopes, on which are written the title and name of the recipient, the number of envelopes received, the name of the person burning the paper and the time, and then burning them for deceased relatives and ancestors. What should we pay attention to when burning things during the Ghost Festival?1. The Ghost Festival is a traditional festival for worshipping ancestors, so the items for worshipping ancestors must be authentic. It is best to burn gold and silver coins instead of colorful ones.2. Whether you are burning paper or burning bundles during the Ghost Festival, you have to go to designated places to burn them. This is not only insincere, but also easily creates garbage and even causes fires. 3. When burning bundles on the Ghost Festival, be sure to write a big “封” character on the seal to indicate that it is the bundle that has an owner and will not be opened by other wild ghosts. 4. When burning paper money on the Ghost Festival, you can leave a few pieces to burn at the crossroads to give some alms to homeless ghosts so that they will not snatch the money given to the ancestors. 5. When burning things during the Ghost Festival, if there is a land temple today, it is best to offer a few incense sticks and sacrifices to the temple, and pray to the God of Land for peace (and a good harvest). Do you want to know your own Bazi? Want to figure out where your golden marriage is? Click on the [Premium Calculation] below to calculate your horoscope and fortune! |
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