Why do you say "heaven is heaven, mother is an uncle on earth"?

The gods who fall in the sky on the ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year are commonly known as the Yellow Emperor God and the Jade Emperor God. Because he commands the gods closely related to people's lives in heaven, the people are also very cautious when worshipping the gods. As the folk proverb says, "God in the sky, mother uncle in the ground", the divinity of God is revealed by the sidewalk. The most traditional rituals in pilgrimage are: opening the door, dressing neatly, incense in order of age, kneeling three times and knocking nine times, while modern believers often only pray. After the worship, burn the golden paper first, then melt the throne of heaven together, and then withdraw the altar.

On the ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, there is a saying that God is the Jade Emperor. In folk beliefs, he is the head of the hundred gods, so he has a lofty position in people's hearts. Generally speaking, people should worship God before getting married and celebrating their birthdays.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the time for worshipping God can generally start around midnight (1 1 o'clock to 1 o'clock). However, it is said that the sooner you sacrifice to God, the more sincere you are. In some areas where the belief in God is prevalent, believers will worship God carefully at home in the middle of the night, and then go to nearby temples to burn incense and worship.

Generally speaking, when worshipping the weather, there are two types: one is that the weather stove is hung in the main hall at home, and the other is that there is no weather stove at home. If you have a silk stove at home, you can set up an altar under the Dagong stove outside the door to show disrespect for the sky. If there is no sky furnace at home, you can set the god table at the main entrance or in the atrium facing the sky.

For the offerings to the gods, the characteristics of the upper table and the lower table are also different. The top table is dedicated to the most noble god, mainly vegetarian; The next table is dedicated to the subordinate gods of God, so it is mainly meat such as five animals. Prepare a pair of flowers on the top table, light a pair of candles, put three cups in front of the incense burner, and pour green tea. A plate of vegetarian dishes on the top table consists of three bundles of red paper strips and five kinds of fruits (such as oranges, apples, cantaloupes, sugarcane, bananas, etc.). ) and Liuzhai (such as gold needles, fungus, mushrooms, winter noodles, potatoes, red dates, etc. ). The meat sacrifice under the table is five animals (such as whole chicken, whole duck, whole fish, whole pig, whole sheep, or fish eggs, pork or pork belly, pigs can be cooked; In addition, there are red turtle shells, candy and so on.

The gold paper dedicated to the gods is mainly God Gold, including Top Gold, Taiji Gold, Tianjin Gold, Pot Gold and High Money (Long Money). Among them, Gao Qian can be torn into strips and hung on the sugar cane beside the top table, or at the sacrificial ceremony of whole sheep and pigs, which is a decorative tribute.

In addition, folk customs emphasize the sincerity of worshipping god, so some taboos must be observed in the ceremony. First, all chickens offered must be castrated cocks, but white-haired chickens and hens are not allowed. Don't expose women's underwear that day, don't empty the toilet at will, and don't swear, so as not to blaspheme the noble god.