What is the origin of the traditional "camp owner" in Chaoshan?

In the first month of every year, people in Chaoshan area will hold a large-scale temple fair called "Welcome the Master". Generally speaking, the "camp owner" of Chaoshan started from the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. The "camp owner" is a tourist, and the "owner" is a god. The gods that Chaoshan people believe in are "Three Mountain Kings", "Land Gods", "Uncle Gods", "Prince Gods", "Empress", "Princess" and "Mazu". The days of "camp owners" vary from village to village, and are generally handed down by ancestors. On the day of "Master Camp", villagers stayed up all night and moved their offerings to the Eight Immortals table in front of the ancestral hall early, which is also called "Sacrifice before the gods". On the day of "Camp Master", the shrine of "Master" was filled with offerings such as chickens, geese, ducks, sweet fruits (rice cakes), incense sticks, "money", burning flowers and firecrackers, forming a sea of sacrifices in front of the shrine of "Master", which was spectacular! The most striking thing before God is that those "rich people" who have made a fortune, in order to thank their "masters", have people do it specially, and a few people can't burn big firecrackers and incense for days and nights. In order to show great respect for the "master" and have a holy heart, Aunt Eminem in the village will put several red flowers (pomegranate flowers) and fairy grass on the sacrifice before the "master" god. When the "master camp" officially started, it was led by the old people (village owners) in the village, and the "master" was carried by the young people in the village. It was completed under the escort of Chaozhou Big Gong and Drum Team (there will be two or three classes of gongs and drums in the village). The route of Camp Master is very particular. Which road and lane the "master" passes through first means the strength of the "house foot" in the village, so they will follow the route set by their ancestors to avoid the discord between "house foot" and "house foot". In addition, the "master" generally can't cross the border of the town next door, otherwise it will be considered as a deliberate invasion of other places and easy to cause trouble. Every year in Chaoshan area, there are township fights caused by "business owners". In the days of the "camp owner", all the camps will invite the troupe to entertain the "camp owner". Rich villages will invite a Chaozhou Opera Troupe, and a little worse will invite a lip-synching troupe with tapes. I heard that the cost is much cheaper. Small villages will invite film projection teams to show films for several nights, and some villages will invite "paper shadow" classes to make "paper shadows" and puppets. In addition to the generosity of the boss, all the expenses of the "master camp" are "inscriptions" (fund-raising) by each household. After the "Master Camp", the old people in the village will post notices in front of the ancestral hall to announce the inscribed money and the fees paid for the "Master Camp" activities to show fairness. Many villages will invite many relatives and friends to be guests on the day of "camp owner". It is said that the more guests there are in the village, the more decent the host is, and the more prosperous the door is. The night of Camp Master is a night for young people. Young people in the village will move fireworks to the fireworks shed specially built for the "camp owner" in the village. Fireworks in the village will ring all night. "Camp owner" is a folk custom in Chaoshan area, which was once interrupted during the Cultural Revolution. At that time, people could only secretly pay homage at home on the day of "battalion commander". After the "reform and opening up", with the improvement of people's living standards, the traditional folk activity of "battalion commander" became more and more lively year by year. Although the traditional activity of "battalion commander" is superstitious, people are more interested in celebrating the bumper harvest and praying for good weather in the coming year. "British Master" is actually the embodiment of the country's prosperity and people's safety, and it is also the essence of Chaoshan culture. Maintain copyright and refuse to repost.