Can we worship our ancestors during the Lantern Festival? What should we pay attention to when worshiping ancestors during the Lantern Festival?
Introduction: The Lantern Festival is a traditional and important festival in our country, and there are many customs related to the Lantern Festival. So can we worship our ancestors during the Lantern Festival? What should we pay attention to when worshiping ancestors during the Lantern Festival? For more details about the 2018 Lunar New Year calendar, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation!Can we worship our ancestors during the Lantern Festival?Whether or not worship is allowed during the Lantern Festival depends on local customs. Customs and habits vary from place to place. In some places, people hold memorial ceremonies during the Lantern Festival, while in some places there is no custom of doing memorial ceremonies during the Lantern Festival.The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival that falls on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. According to folk custom, the first and fifteenth days are days for worshiping gods and Buddhas. If you are worshiping gods, you can burn paper; if you are worshiping Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, you can only burn incense and not paper. If it is the death anniversary or memorial anniversary of a relative or friend, you must burn paper, otherwise it would be disrespectful and unfilial; otherwise, there is no need to burn paper at the grave on the Lantern Festival, it is better to choose other days. When do we worship our ancestors on the Lantern Festival ? <br /> According to the custom, we worship our ancestors at noon, except on New Year's Eve when we start worshipping them at around 4pm. What should we pay attention to when worshiping ancestors during the Lantern Festival?1. Dates for worship : New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Ghost Festival, Double Ninth Festival. Collectively known as the five major festivals.2. The offerings that should be prepared include : a pot of rice, a pot of soup, ten dishes (both meat and vegetarian are acceptable), and a bottle of rice wine. 3. Other items : 7 bowls, 7 pairs of chopsticks, 7 small wine glasses, a rice spoon, a soup ladle, and you can also prepare a small wine pot. Pour the rice wine into the small wine pot for easier pouring. 4. Prepare gold paper : 6 pieces of gold (or 6 pieces). On New Year’s Eve, use double the amount of 12 sticks (or 12 pieces). "A small stack of environmentally friendly gold paper tied with red paper counts as "one"" [Please buy gold paper and paste the gold made of real tin foil, which is considered real money and can be used by ancestors] 5. On the day of installing the god's tablet and when moving into the new house to place the ancestral tablet, you also need to use glutinous rice balls to worship your ancestors. (You need to buy two pounds of dumplings in total). 6. On the morning of the Winter Solstice, you only need to worship with a pot of clear dumplings (one pound of dumplings). You don’t need to prepare any food or burn gold paper. (Because it is a general custom to make glutinous rice balls on the day of the winter solstice, they are also offered to ancestors. And on the day of the winter solstice, three bowls of glutinous rice balls (about one pound of glutinous rice balls) should also be worshipped to the gods.) (So a total of two pounds of glutinous rice balls should be bought). 7. The table below the altar is used exclusively for worshiping gods. To worship ancestors, you need to prepare a separate table . (The table can be folded.) Summary: The above content is about [Can we worship our ancestors during the Lantern Festival? What should we pay attention to when worshiping ancestors during the Lantern Festival? 】Problem analysis, hope it can help everyone! |
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