What are the hand gestures when burning incense?

The correct way to respect Daoxiang is to stand in a figure of eight, with your knees and hands on the ground at the same time, your left hand on your right hand, your palm down in a cross shape, your head and back down at the same time, and lie like a frog with your hips not higher than your back.

Bow, bow, bow, this is called "ceremony", which is heavier than bow. One kowtow, three kowtows and one kowtow, also known as "one ceremony", is a further important ceremony, usually burning incense to worship God and respect the Lord.

Taoist worship is the image expression of the eighty-one emperor's father, standing in the eight characters with his hands pressed on the cross and his head held as one. The ceremony of one ceremony and three knocks is performed three times in a row, which is called "three ceremonies and nine knocks". Three rites and nine knocks are the highest sacrificial rites in Taoism, which can only be performed on the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the founder's Christmas and various fasting Dojo.

An old mage said that the Taoist worship ceremony is the image expression of the eighty-one ancestor of Taoism-the old gentleman. He put the word "eight" on his feet and pressed the word "ten" with his head into "one". In a word, bowing to God is an expression of faith in Tao and respect for God.

The custom of not burning incense on May Day.

There is a taboo in Taoism that "martial arts are not true", which means that on the May day of each month, it is not allowed to burn incense, recite scriptures, be true, use instruments or perform fasting ceremonies in Taoist temples.

The so-called "five days" refers to the "six days", that is, the six days of Woods, Wuyin, Chen Wu, Wuwu, Wushen and the Reform Movement of 1898. Ge Hong, a famous Gao Dao in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recorded in "Bao Puzi": "When the heavens and the earth move, they will encounter Wu, and when they leave, they will be hurt. When the snake meets Wu, it will not enter, and when it meets Wu, it will not hold mud."

There is also a record of avoiding the truth in the Seven Signs of the Cloud: "If its day coincides with the values of Chen Wu, the Reform Movement of 1898 and Wuyin, it doesn't have to be true, and Taoism avoids this day." Therefore, May Day has also become a rare rest day for Taoist priests. On this day, Taoist priests can meditate and practice, and they can also cultivate themselves by playing chess, calligraphy and painting.