What day and festival is the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2019? What are the customs?
The ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor in folklore, also known as "Tian Gong Sheng". So what day and festival is the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2019? What are the customs in the first month of the lunar year? What other festivals are there besides the first day of the Spring Festival? Just go to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for the first month of the lunar calendar in 2019 and you will know!What day and festival is the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2019?The ninth day of the first lunar month every year is the birthday of the God of Heaven. Generally, the time for worshiping Tiangong starts at midnight (11:00 to 1:00 am) on the ninth day of the first lunar month and lasts until before 7:00 am the next morning. However, it is said that since Tiangong is a very noble deity, the earlier you worship him, the more sincere it is. In some areas where Tiangong belief is prevalent, believers will carefully worship Tiangong at home in the middle of the night and then go to a nearby Tiangong temple to burn incense and offer tributes.The "God of Heaven" commonly known among the people is the Jade Emperor, who is also the "Haotian God" or "Xuanqiong Gaoshang God" respected in Taoist tradition. The Jade Emperor commands all the gods who are closely related to people's lives in heaven. Due to his honorable status, folk customs are also very cautious when worshiping the Jade Emperor. A folk proverb says: "The Jade Emperor in heaven is the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor on earth is the Jade Emperor", which shows the nobleness of the Jade Emperor's divinity. What are the customs of the ninth day of the first lunar month?The Chinese people believe that the ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, which is called "Jade Emperor's Birthday". It is commonly known as "Tian Gong Birthday" in southern Fujian and Taiwan. On this day, the Taoist temple will hold a grand birthday celebration ceremony with chanting of scriptures and worship. On this day, every household will kowtow to the sky and hold the most solemn sacrificial ceremony. On this day, you should be friendly in dealing with people and do not offend the gods. Many Taoist temples hold celebrations to express gratitude to the God of Heaven. Fujianese people in particular place more emphasis on the birthday of the God of Heaven to commemorate how their ancestors escaped danger by hiding in sugarcane fields during the Chinese New Year to avoid being hunted down. Therefore, later generations would use sugarcane to worship the God of Heaven on his birthday; some even invited magicians to perform rituals in order to pray for blessings from the Heavenly Official.The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the God of Heaven usually starts at midnight on the ninth day and ends at four in the morning. Every household places an altar in the main hall and raises the eight-immortal table with benches, commonly known as the "top table", on which the throne of the Jade Emperor is enshrined. The sacrificial rituals for offering sacrifices to the God of Heaven are very strict. Only castrated chickens must be used. White-feathered chickens, wax-footed chickens, even top-notch chickens and hens cannot be used. Of the pig's five internal organs, only the liver and lungs can be used. The gold foil used for decoration can only be specially made large-scale "Tian Gong Gold". |
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