What gods and Bodhisattvas should be welcomed on the 16th day of the first lunar month? ...
Generally, there is a custom of welcoming gods and bodhisattvas on various days in the first month of the lunar calendar. So, do we still need to welcome gods on the sixteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar? Let’s take a look together. When the first month of the lunar year arrives, every household is filled with joy. What are the customs of 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!Which god should be welcomed on the 16th day of the first lunar month?On the 16th day of the first lunar month, apart from some customs such as going to Beishan to get rid of diseases, there is no need to welcome the gods, because this day is not the day to welcome the gods. On the contrary, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month is the day to send away the God of Plague. There is a saying in the countryside: light on the fifteenth, burning on the sixteenth, and dark on the seventeenth. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a night of fireworks and bright lights, so it is bright; the sixteenth day of the first lunar month is the day to send away the God of Plague, and all the colorful paper lanterns and other useless items used in the New Year's performances must be burned; the seventeenth day of the first lunar month marks the end of the New Year festival, and every household no longer hangs red lanterns, and it is pitch black. After the community fire show was over, the lions, dragon lanterns, and opera props were all packed up, as were the bamboo frames of the paper lanterns. Only the scraps of paper were torn off and packed up to be sent to the final place to be burned. Several devout old men were kneeling in the temple praying; the two young men at the incense table held a leg of the table in each hand and shook it up and down and left and right, and then used a corner of the table to write on the ground. Experienced people understood God's meaning from the words on the ground, and began to send away the God of Plague according to God's guidance. Therefore, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month is the day to send away the plague god, not the day to welcome the god.How to send away the God of Plague?1. The first step to send away the God of Plague is to set up the altar and call for the generals. The village selected seven or eight young men to play the roles of Bodhisattva, Land God, Monkey King, Yang Erlang, Li Nezha, Monk Sha, Zhu Bajie and so on. It starts with an old man from the village starting to show the boat, chanting: "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is laughing happily, and never leaves Baiyin Pavilion. The parrot has Ganoderma lucidum in its mouth, and there are spindles growing in the clear water bottle." Then he burns four fire talismans to send the god off. 2. The second step of sending away the God of Plague is called sending away the plague, which is the official start and specific process of sending away the God of Plague. According to divine guidance, each village has a certain direction to send the plague god away. Generally, it is calculated according to the folk Yin-Yang calendar, starting from the auspicious direction and position of the year, and every household moves to it. When the team to send off the God of Plague set out, many people were arranged to take on their respective responsibilities. Some people dressed up as characters, some set up incense tables, some burned vinegar jars, some prepared torches, and some beat gongs and drums. As soon as the team set out, everyone shouted: "The God of Plague is on his horse - the God of Plague is on his horse -" When they arrived at a house, they poured the red-hot plowshares, wool rapeseed and half a bowl of aged vinegar that the family had prepared long ago into the vinegar jar held by "Zhu Bajie", the messenger of the altar. 3. The third step to send away the God of Plague is to burn him. When every household has turned to it, the ceremony of sending away the plague god will come to an end. According to the divine instructions (actually mostly from the village's Yin-Yang Feng Shui master), the God of Plague is sent to a certain direction, and then a big fire is lit to burn all the things used in the New Year firecrackers that have no reuse value, finally completing the "paper boats with bright candles burning in the sky". The plague god has been sent away, leaving behind only peace, good fortune, and longevity. |
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