Many workers burn incense before turning on the TV. Where did this custom come from?

Nowadays, in China film and television circles, whenever a new film (drama) starts shooting, there must be a launching ceremony? That is, choose a good day and have a worship ceremony. Generally speaking, at the launching ceremony, the table for worship is covered with red flannel, and the table is dedicated to Guandi, with incense burners, roast suckling pigs and delicious fruits on both sides. Usually, the lens is covered with red cloth, and then the main creators of the crew burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods in turn. Finally, open the red cloth of the machine and announce that the machine is turned on.

It is said that this program originated from right? Scribing? The fear of. So-called? Scribing? In the early film era, the film in the camera was accidentally scratched by the parts inside when shooting. What if it happens? Scribing? Will cause incalculable losses to the crew, but machine dicing is unpredictable and impossible to prevent? The only thing I can do is cover the camera with a red cloth? Cure evil spirits? .

Thanks to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The gods they worship are actually not high-level, that is, Master Guan and Wong Tai Sin. Because the filmmakers in the old days were full of Jianghu spirit and community spirit, the worship of God basically came from the rules of the opera world. After it spread to the mainland, the atmosphere of atheism in the mainland finally made the worship ceremony exist in name only, and basically did not worship God. You can be anyone you want to be, from the Monkey King to Lumiere. But it can't be abolished, because after all, it is a ceremony and has a soothing effect. Film was born in the era of industrial civilization, so there is no god to worship. If you really want to worship, there is a god called camera god. At that time, the crew was most afraid of machine scribing, so all the machines were covered with red cloth to ward off evil spirits, which they were afraid of. But in general, a ceremony is needed to ritualize this fear and taboo. Today's boot worship is mostly like a crew mobilization meeting. Mysterious color? Not so strong, but there are several things that must be done. First of all, you can't miss the auspicious moment. This time is generally inferred by professionals. What if it rains? I have heard a saying: it usually doesn't rain heavily when it is really lucky! If the boot coincides with the rain in Mao Mao, it is also excellent, which is called? When it comes to water, just send it? .

So it represents the following points:

First, this is a boot ceremony; Have a plenty of altar worship; It is equivalent to the groundbreaking ceremony, attracting people's attention, especially the audience.

Second, because there are many uncontrollable uncertain factors, such as actor's illness, natural disasters and man-made disasters, which will lead to a day's downtime and they will lose a lot of money. Therefore, they prayed to God to bless the people. There is a saying that bad fortune-telling means that fate can't be controlled, while rich incense means that there are no mistakes. So people who do business generally like to burn incense and worship Buddha.

Thirdly, this ceremony originated in Hong Kong, because the commercial operation of film and television dramas in Hong Kong was earlier than that in Chinese mainland. There are no certain rules for the object of worship. Buddhists worship bodhisattvas, Taoists worship immortals, nihilists worship ancestors and even Guan Gong and Lu Ban.

Fourth, some crews pay attention to the starting time, just like getting married, for good luck.