What is the order of visiting graves on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in 2017? What are the customs of burning paper money during the Ghost Festival?
The Ghost Festival is a traditional festival in my country with a long history. Under the Chinese cultural background, some rules of etiquette have naturally emerged. So what is the order of visiting graves on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in 2017? What are the customs of burning paper money during the Ghost Festival? Let’s take a look with the editor. When is the Zhongyuan Festival? The Zhongyuan Festival is on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year. It is a grand traditional festival during which activities such as ancestor worship and praying for blessings and peace will be held. Mr. Shuimo has carefully planned relevant content for the Zhongyuan Festival special topic, welcome to read.What is the order of visiting graves on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in 2017?1. First, place food, bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, tea and other offerings on the graves of ancestors, and then light three incense sticks in front of the graves.2. After placing offerings to the land god who looks after graves, burn a piece of yellow paper. This custom is called "worshiping the land god" or "offering offerings to the "grave god". It is used to thank him for guarding the tomb all year round and protecting the ancestors from harm. 3. When the incense stick is half burned, burn the paper money and clothes prepared in advance on the graves of ancestors. A small amount of money and belongings are left and burned on other graves, for fear that other ghosts will go to the graves of ancestors and steal money and clothes after the people who visit the graves leave. 4. When the three incense sticks are burned out, the offerings are removed and scattered around the grave. This custom is called "worshiping the four directions." It means to throw food to the distant relatives and neighbors who go to visit the graves, so that they will not grab food from the graves of their ancestors after the visitors leave. What are the customs of burning paper money during the Ghost Festival?The amount of paper money burned is not important, what matters most is the number of coins printed on the paper money. The word "money" alone is composed of three characters "Jin Ge Ge", so the number of coins on the paper money should also be calculated using "gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin". One is gold, two is silver, three is copper, four is iron, five is tin, six is gold, seven is silver, eight is copper, nine is iron, ten is tin, and eleven is gold.Generally, when praying to gods, fulfilling vows, relieving disasters, celebrating festivals, or when someone passes away, it is best to use paper with six holes (six coins) or eleven holes (eleven coins) in a row. For offering sacrifices to gods, opening spirits, and performing vegetarian feasts, it is best to use coins with seven eyes (seven coins in a row). Send flower plates to send away ghosts and burn them on the 15th day of the seventh month. It is best to use ones with eight eyes (eight coins) in a row. This is the so-called "seven for gods and eight for ghosts". When burning paper, if it does not burn, do not scatter the paper money in disorder, otherwise it will be difficult for ghosts and gods to assemble them together, and they will come to demand it, and the family of the person burning the paper money will be uneasy. |
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