What does "Qingzhe hits the villain" mean? How to fight against the “Qingzhe beat the villain”?

What does "Qingzhe hits the villain" mean? How to fight against the “Qingzhe beat the villain”?
China is a traditional country, so it has unique customs and cultures in many festivals and solar terms. It is the 5,000-year historical and cultural heritage of China. So what does "beating the villain during the Jingzhe Festival" mean? The Fortune Teller website provides you with more information related to the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome to learn more about it!

What does "Qingzhe hits the villain" mean?

In ancient times, Jingzhe was traditionally a day for beating up bad guys, with the most people beating up bad guys at the Goose Neck Bridge in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Beating the villain is a kind of witchcraft ritual popular among the people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places. They hope to use this kind of witchcraft ritual to expel and retaliate against the so-called "villains".
The purpose of the folk practice of beating the villain can be divided into a negative ritual of prior prevention and a positive ritual of awareness targeting specific people. The ritual is a mixture of a simulation ritual and a contact ritual.
The client instructs a specific fortune-teller or nanruanglao to use paper cut into a human shape, with the information of a specific person or no information written on the paper as required, and then beat the paper with shoes or other objects to achieve the client's purpose.
Beating villains usually takes place in dark places, such as under a bridge. In Hong Kong, the Goose Neck Bridge between Causeway Bay and Wan Chai has become a popular place for beating villains. Every year when Jingzhe comes, many people go to the local land temple to perform the Three-person Activities. In the past, most of them were elderly people, but in recent years, young people have also participated.

How to fight against the “Qingzhe beat the villain”?

Worshiping God <br /> After preparing the necessary items, place them on the roadside and then you can start beating the villain. First, people light incense and candles to offer sacrifices to the gods. If it happens to be a day to pay tribute to the gods, people will also bring offerings such as golden pigs, roasted meat, chickens, red eggs, etc. to pay tribute to the gods. The fortune-tellers who are dedicated to beating up the bad guys often invite the Bodhisattva Guanyin to do so, hoping that Guanyin will possess them and make the beating up the bad guys more effective.
查告<br /> Then take out the paper clothes of the male and female characters and cut them into the shape of the character in your mind. If you want to be particular, you can cut and paste on eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Write the figurine’s name, date of birth and address on the figurine. It would be better if there is a photo or clothing items.
Beating the paper doll <br /> Use various symbols such as the shoes of the client or the caster, religious symbolic weapons, or even incense sticks or cigarettes to beat and injure the doll. The villain paper is divided into villain paper, male figure paper, female figure paper, five ghosts paper, etc. Those who personally beat up the villain usually take off the shoes they are wearing and beat the villain with the soles of their shoes. After beating the villain for a while, they put paper scissors on his mouth and tongue, intending to cut his tongue so that he could no longer gossip. Then a paper knife is placed on the villain's belly, representing cutting open his abdomen and digging out his black heart. Then paper chains are used to lock the villain's feet to prevent him from walking around. Then, continue to beat it with shoes, chanting some spells, such as "I'll hit your little head, and then you won't be able to breathe; I'll hit your little hand, and then you won't be able to move; I'll hit your little foot, and then you won't be able to walk..." and so on. In some areas, women are the ones who beat the paper dolls with their wooden slippers, chanting: "I'll hit your head, little guy. I'll beat you until you're trembling with anger and your body is shaking. I'll beat you until even your relatives and friends vomit..." These are all spells to beat the paper dolls. The custom of beating the villain in Kunming is to wrap the blue paper-cut villain with paper printed with the mantra of rebirth, and then wrap it with a yellow paper horse of Guanyin Bodhisattva. After beating the villain, burn it to burn it to death and bring good luck.
Sacrifice to the White Tiger <br /> According to Guangdong custom, if you beat up a villain on the day of Jingzhe, you must sacrifice to the White Tiger. In Chinese folklore, the White Tiger is the god of gossip and right and wrong. Every year, it comes out on this day to hunt for food and bite people. If you offend this, you will be bullied by evil people throughout the year, who will hinder your future development and cause you all kinds of misfortune. In order to protect themselves, people offered sacrifices to the White Tiger on the day of Jingzhe.
Another theory is that the dormant animals are awakened by the spring thunder and begin to look for food. According to legend, the white tiger, one of the most evil spirits, also comes out of the mountains to look for food. Therefore, offering sacrifices to the White Tiger on the day of Jingzhe is for peace.
Resolve <br /> Burning all symbols of slander and disasters, such as small objects such as sesame seeds and beans, or burning paper boats and talismans, can eliminate disasters and misfortunes. Generally, after beating the villain, the paper tiger is used to press down the paper villain and the paper villain's body is cremated together with the paper villain's body. The five-colored beans are scattered into the burning villain's clothes, or the clothes are torn up and carried to the roadside at the foot of the hillside or buried in the soil. The whole process of beating the villain is completed. To resolve the problem of villains is to eliminate all filth, disasters, dangers and other unlucky things. The most common method is to scatter sesame seeds, mung beans, red beans, black beans, peanuts or rice, etc., with the aim of driving the villains away.
Pray for blessings<br /> Praying for blessings and making wishes is to hope for good fortune and avoid misfortune, and to change career for the better. The most common way to pray for blessings is to receive a noble person. Use red noble paper to pray for help from the noble. For example, you can pick up the noble paper and wave it in the air or wave it over the victim, or stick the single noble person and single lucky horse on the wall.
Jinbao <br /> Burn ingots, gold and silver paper, etc. to offer to ghosts and gods.
Throwing the divination blocks <br /> Throw out two half-moon-shaped “divination blocks”, one flat on one side and curved outwards on the other. Two flat pieces pointing upwards are called "yang divination blocks", commonly known as "laughing divination blocks", and two pieces pointing downwards are called "yin divination blocks" and the lower armor and upper armor are called "holy divination blocks". The appearance of the "holy divination blocks" indicates that the ceremony is complete.
Some people deify "beating villains", but in fact it is a purely folk custom. The purpose of beating villains is to drive away the evil spirits and plague gods around by beating paper dolls representing the enemy, and to vent one's inner dissatisfaction. Most people beat villains to pray for good luck in the new year. For example, there are many mistresses in a certain place, so the main targets of the wife's "beating" are the mistresses, while white-collar workers beat their superiors at work. The purpose of beating villains is to hope that they will give up when they see difficulties and to express one's inner resentment.
Therefore, beating the villain is aimed at venting emotions, allowing those who have been in trouble for no reason or have been wronged and have no way to vent their emotions to vent their emotions through this activity. In addition to being hosted by professional villains, people can also participate in it themselves, beat the villain to their heart's content, and it also has the effect of relieving stress and balancing the mind.

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