What's the point of burning incense on New Year's Day? What taboo?

One: the time and place of burning incense

The first is the time to burn incense. We usually burn incense before dinner. Lighting three incense sticks in our room means peace and security. Lighting 9 sticks of incense is a blessing for three generations. And burning incense in different places has different meanings. If we burn incense in our kitchen, it means wishing our kitchen not to catch fire; Burning incense at home means that all kinds of ghosts and gods are full here so as not to be disturbed by ghosts and gods. Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, we ordinary people will burn incense at the gate and kitchen at home.

Two: Wash your hands before burning incense.

Many people burn incense after picking it up, which is wrong. We must wash our hands before burning incense. We must never touch incense with our hands before washing our hands. And you must shake the burning incense to put it out, and you must never blow it with your mouth.

Three: How to burn incense when burning incense?

How to hold incense in your hand is also a point worthy of our attention. The most formal posture of holding incense is to hold it with our thumb and forefinger to disturb other fingers, and then lift the incense with both hands, not too high, just flush with our eyebrows.

Four: Pay attention to these points when burning incense.

Secondly, when we light incense, the incense burner in our hands should not be facing the ground, but should be facing our bodhisattva and the god of wealth, which also reflects our respect for the bodhisattva and the god of wealth. Don't speak your mind at this time, let alone fake a smile. We should have a formal expression. At this time, we just need to meditate on our New Year's wishes in our hearts and let the Bodhisattva and the God of Wealth know our inner wishes. If we say it out loud, it will be invalid.

Five: salute after incense.

When we have finished meditating on our wishes, we must burn incense first and then salute. We salute here, we must be sincere and don't entertain foolish ideas.