Is it a good idea to worship the God of Heaven on the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2018? What should we pay attention to?
The ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Emperor of Heaven in Chinese tradition, so many places have the custom of offering sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven. So is it a good idea to worship the Emperor of Heaven on the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2018? What are the precautions? Let’s follow the editor to find out more. For more details about the 2018 Lunar New Year calendar, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation!Is it a good idea to worship the God of Heaven on the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2018?It is more auspicious to worship the God of Heaven on the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2018;Worshiping the God of Heaven is a folk festival in the Fujian and Taiwan regions of my country. It is held on the ninth day of the first lunar month every year. The local people regard this day as the birthday of the supreme god Tiangong and attach great importance to it. As the festival approaches, every household cleans the house and makes turtle cakes, fa cakes, etc. as offerings. Red tortoise cake is tortoise red in color and has a tortoise shell imprint, symbolizing longevity. According to the ancient Chinese book "Book of Gods", Tian Gong is the ancestor of Taoism, one of the Five Ancestors of Heaven, the Lord of Nature who is in charge of all natural ways, and one of the known supreme beings of nature. Tian Gong is also called Lao Tian Ye, who is actually the Jade Emperor who has a high status in Taoism. The ninth day of the first lunar month is said to be the birthday of God, called Tian Gong Sheng. The traditional custom is to worship Tian Gong. What are the precautions when praying to the CREATOR?What are some things you need to worship the God of Heaven ?<br /> The offerings for worshipping the God of Heaven have different characteristics on the top table and the bottom table. The top table is dedicated to the most honorable God of Heaven, and mainly consists of vegetarian food; the bottom table is dedicated to the subordinate gods of the God of Heaven, and mainly consists of meat and other non-vegetarian food. The top table should be prepared with a pair of flowers, a pair of candles should be lit, and three teacups should be placed in front of the incense burner and filled with tea. The vegetarian offerings on the top table include three bundles of rice noodles tied with red paper (they can also be boiled and divided into three bowls, with a piece of brown sugar placed on each bowl), five fruits (such as citrus, apples, melons, sugar cane, bananas, etc.), six vegetarian dishes (such as golden needles, black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, vermicelli, potatoes, and red dates, which represent the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth). In addition to the six vegetarian dishes, some people can also add dry ingredients such as Chinese cabbage, peas, mung beans, bean wheels, gluten, and sesame to make twelve, twenty-four, or thirty-six bowls of vegetables, as well as sugar towers and sugar cups. The meat offerings on the lower table are five kinds of animals (such as a whole chicken, a whole duck, a whole fish, a whole pig, a whole sheep, or fish roe, pork or pork stomach, or boiled pork); in addition, there are red tortoise cakes, sweets (such as rice dates, sweet cakes), etc.Taboos of worshipping the God of Heaven <br /> In the old days in Chaoshan area, there were many taboos on the day of "God of Heaven's Birthday": After getting up in the morning and washing your face, the water used for washing your face should not be poured into the dirty ditch or on the ground, for fear of polluting the face of God of Heaven. Once poured, it would be disrespectful to God of Heaven and fear of being punished by Heaven. The water used for washing face should be poured into the urine bucket, urinal, and toilet (not open-air); if the floor is not swept in open-air places on the same day, the garbage swept inside the house should be kept and poured outside the next day; children should not urinate in open-air places, otherwise it would be disrespectful to God, who will blame them; women's underwear and shorts are not allowed to be hung outside, but should be hung indoors, otherwise it would insult God, and the yin and yang would conflict, which would be blamed by God; urine and feces buckets should not be washed in the pond on the same day; farmers should not pick up manure for fear of spilling it on the ground and polluting the gods and the sun. |
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