What is the appropriate time to worship ancestors during the Ghost Festival in 2019? What are the taboos for burning paper during the Ghost Festival?
Introduction: Ancestor worship during the Ghost Festival is a big deal. So what is the appropriate time to worship ancestors during the Ghost Festival in 2019? What are the taboos for burning paper during the Ghost Festival? Legend has it that every seventh month of the lunar calendar, the gates of the underworld open and hundreds of ghosts roam at night, so the entire seventh month is called the Ghost Month. If you want to know more about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please follow Mr. Shuimo’s website.What is the appropriate time to worship ancestors during the Ghost Festival in 2019?The best time to visit graves and pay respects to ancestors on the Ghost Festival is after 21:00 at night, but no later than 0:00; if you do it during the day, it should be before noon (12:00).1. Between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., because according to the ancients, this period of time has the heaviest yang energy and is also relatively early. 2. It is harmless to yourself and allows you to express your grief early. The afternoon time will be too hot and unsuitable for offering sacrifices. Or when the sun sets or the sky darkens, it is not appropriate to offer sacrifices. Places for worshipping ancestors during the Ghost Festival include: 1. cemeteries; 2. temples; 3. Taoist temples; 4. ancestral halls (family temples); 5. remote worship. What are the taboos of burning paper on Ghost Festival?1. When buying paper for burning, don't buy the kind of printed materials that come in stacks. One sheet costs hundreds of millions. That money is not real and is not as valuable as old rubles or Vietnamese dong. There was so much stuff piled up that I couldn’t even buy a popsicle. Too gross. However, while spending big money, it may not be a bad idea to spend a little bit of this. There are many debt collectors out there who will shamelessly ask you for money and harass you if you don't give it. In that case, you have to respond to them with small amounts of money like this.2. Buy yellow straw paper, spread it out, then take a real hundred-yuan bill and press it on the paper. You should feel that the hundred-yuan bill is a stamp. Press it from right to left and from top to bottom, row by row, until the whole paper is covered. Burning paper like this is hard currency down there. Money is real, and having it in your pocket gives you face. 3. Fold the paper for burning, cut it into seven or eight pieces with one cut, and fold it diagonally twice each time. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to burn a pile of paper. It is very convenient to stack them up and burn them. 4. Before you prepare to burn paper, you'd better prepare a lighter (preferably windproof, as the 15th of July is a very yin day with strong winds) and a small stick. This will make it convenient for you to pull up the pressed paper when burning it, allowing air to circulate and facilitating burning. Using a discarded mop rod at home is a good choice, but be careful not to take it back after use, just throw it away. Sacrificial Rituals1. Place food, bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, tea and other offerings on the graves of ancestors, and then light three incense sticks in front of the graves.2. Pour the first glass of wine after lighting the incense. After about 30 minutes or half of the incense is burned, one person will light three incense sticks for the second time and pour the second glass of wine. 3. When the incense is half burned, place offerings to the land god who looks after the grave, and then burn a piece of yellow paper to protect the ancestors from harm. 4. When the three incense sticks have burned out, remove the offerings and leave a small amount of money and other belongings to be burned on other graves to prevent other ghosts from stealing money and clothes from the ancestral graves after the people who visited the graves leave. Precautions 1. Do not laugh, play, run around or bump into anything around a cemetery. Doing so is not only impolite, but also disrespectful to the ancestors. Second, it is not advisable to wear bright red or bright green clothes, and pregnant women, the sick, and children under 7 years old should not go to sweep the graves. 3. What is usually said during the sacrifice: what you plan to do at the grave, why you do it, and the hope that the ancestors will bless you, and everything will go smoothly and peacefully. A new stage of life has already begun in 2019. In order to make 2019 more meaningful and predict your fortune in advance, you can click on the "Excellent Calculation" below to learn the latest and most comprehensive fortune. I wish you a smooth and safe 2019! |
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