Thank God at the end of Chaoshan.

At the end of the year, Chaoshan thanked God. Worship in Chaoshan is notoriously grand, and the end of the year is the peak season for worship. At this time, everyone, old and young, should be busy, and the old heat is comparable to the Spring Festival. Let's share the gratitude to God at the end of Chaoshan.

Finally, thank God 1 Chaoshan has a very important folk custom, that is, "thank God for his kindness", which is quite grand throughout Chaoshan. One year's "Thank God for his mercy" is mainly to thank God for his compassionate care of people in the past year, which has made the world have a good weather. Of course, the current "Xie Tianen" is more of a folk activity mentality in the new society, and it has also become a relaxed and happy folk cultural gathering with larger scale, higher grade and richer cultural connotation.

At the end of the year, Chaoshan people will begin to thank God again, which is also the peak season of "thanking God and worshiping God". At night, firecrackers will explode in Chaoshan area. At the end of each year, "worshipping God" is something that every household in Chaoshan people should worship. Sacrifice in Chaoshan is notoriously grand, and the end of the year is the peak season for sacrifice. At this time, every household, old and young, should be busy, and the degree of old fever can be said to be comparable to the Spring Festival.

At the end of the year, Chaoshan people offered sacrifices to the gods in order to "thank God", which was originally the custom of northern ancestors and had existed since the pre-Qin period. At the end of each year, after the crops are harvested and scraped, it is a ceremony to thank God for his gift.

The ancestors of Chaoshan people migrated from the Central Plains after the Jin Dynasty to avoid the war in the north. Because of their remoteness, they are less influenced by foreign cultures. Therefore, many customs have been passed down from generation to generation, and worshipping God has become the most solemn, important and indispensable activity for every family in Chaoshan.

In Chaoshan area, worshipping and thanking God is not only a simple ceremony, but also a spiritual sustenance and even a culture, which permeates everyone's life in Chaoshan.

Chaoshan people worship "Master Baohao" and say "Master Baohe", which is understood by all Chaoshan people. This is a good wish for a better life. I also hope that the coming year will be peaceful, the weather will be good, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and the whole family will be safe.

Before worshipping and "thanking God", you should do a lot of cleaning work, wash everything at home, give men a haircut and shave, and come back as soon as possible when you go out. Moreover, there are many taboos. For example, worshipping God and "thanking God" are not allowed to have an ambiguous relationship with weddings, funerals and weddings. Women should avoid having their period, their families should be beaming, and they should never say disrespectful words to God, and debt collectors should avoid making noise.

The deities worshipped by Chaoshan people include Jade Emperor, Tian Xuan God, Chen Nan Beidou, Sanshan King, Shuangzhong Wang Sheng, Gods, Master Fude, Pearl Empress, and "Masters" and "uncles" unique to various towns and villages, ranging from about twenty to forty or fifty.

The worship of God by Chaoshan people can be divided into two categories: general year-end worship, thanking God for his kindness (commonly known as "worshipping the Lord in December") and worship of the Great God.

Chaoshan people usually offer sacrifices to God at the end of the year to thank God for his kindness. The food includes pork, chicken (the worship of the Jade Emperor must be a rooster, and the worship of others is not limited), ducks, fish (usually mullet or mandarin fish), oranges, needle vegetables, fragrant shavings, fungus, fried peanuts, three cups of tea, three cups of wine, two sugar towers, ginger and potato balls.

Products include Mi Yang with a diameter of more than 60 cm, big bread with a diameter of more than 60 cm, medium bread, small bread, red peach, "dough head" and so on. All kinds of auspicious paper-cuts with corresponding patterns should be pasted on the food.

Chaoshan people generally offer sacrifices at the end of the year to "thank God". There are big and small poles, coins, ingots, gold pieces, stickers, incense, candles and other money and paper.

A god will provide food and paper as sacrifices. Generally speaking, the deity eats less fish, a piece of meat, a paste, three incense sticks, a pair of candles, four pairs of sticks (the content is the same as that of the big stick), three pairs of small coins, one ingot and thirty-six gold coins.

Prominent gods, such as Jade Emperor God (called "God" in Shantou Ren Chao), include chicken, duck, pork, fish, sugar tower, tea, wine, needle vegetables, fragrant shavings, fungus and the biggest piece of food. There are four sets of gift paper products (about 90CM×40CM), including family gift, peace gift, wealth gift and blessing gift. It all says, three sets of bills, a big gold ingot, a wooden stick, three incense sticks, a pair of big candles, one hundred and twenty gold coins, a string of firecrackers and so on.

When Chaoshan people worship God and "thank God for his kindness", they will also play Chaozhou opera records, the content of which is the balcony meeting in Chaozhou opera "The Story of Colorful Buildings". A slightly richer family also needs people to compete for food, and the competition for food is based on the "shed". At least four "sheds" and a dozen to dozens of "sheds" are needed.

Before people in Chaoshan worship and "thank God", everyone should bathe and change clothes, and women should wear tunics. The head of the family lights candles, presents three incense sticks first, and then the women begin to worship. I saw the worshippers holding incense in their hands and muttering to themselves. The content of reading is to report the course of the past year to God, pray to God, make a wish, and make a wish when worshipping God in the new year. I saw that as soon as I knelt down, I kept saying it in my mouth. I didn't stand up for half an hour. Good men and women prayed for a long time, and some even fainted when they stood up.

When worshipping, others burn paper sacrifices, and after worshipping one person, they burn a paper sacrifice. It takes more than two hours to burn paper sacrifices alone. After worshipping God, the offerings should be distributed to relatives, friends and neighbors, and each household should give one.

Chaoshan people worship the great god, and they want to whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, geese, ducks and fish, and so on. There are countless paste sacrifices, including a sky coat as high as a house and a sky hat more than one meter long. It is also necessary to wrap incense in the temple to ask the gods, and hundreds of people (all men) should bring incense with them. Give everyone in the entourage a gift, at least an umbrella and a towel, and the most important thing is a high-end suit and a pair of high-end leather shoes. We should also invite people to build a theater shed and invite the Chaozhou Opera Troupe to perform. After worshipping the Great God, we should send a big gift package to everyone who participates in the invitation to God.

Chaoshan people all understand that every household and village will have various forms of "gratitude", and of course there will be no offerings. Everyone is fighting for a good start at the first moment.

Chaoshan 2 ends by thanking God for its origin.

In the past, our ancestors cut through thorns, waded through mountains and rivers, reclaimed land and settled in the countryside. After experiencing wind and rain, thunder and lightning, they have awe of nature in their hearts. They believe that mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon and everything have their own gods. Later, with religious thought, this concept of Shinto became more concrete and practical. China people are actually very open-minded. I always think that since the gods come to protect mankind, of course, the more the better, so everyone comes to the net. Buddhism has Buddhist gods, and Taoism has Taoist gods. Although Confucianism did not develop religious forms and organizations, Confucius said that "the spirit of wisdom and integrity is called God", which is equivalent to setting a standard for "piety".

Respecting heaven and ancestors is a 5,000-year-old tradition in China, which is followed by the whole people. Its root is nature, which is carried out in customs and habits, forming the cornerstone of China's inherent culture. Sacrificing ancestors is an essential element of human relations and the foundation of governing the country. At the time of the year, or at weddings, funerals and celebrations, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors.

What's so important about worshipping God?

About people who worship God and burn incense.

1, women can't go into the temple to worship God and burn incense when the moon is coming.

Children under one year old should not go into the temple to worship God and burn incense.

On the method of worshipping God and burning incense

1. Wash your hands before worshipping God and burning incense. Only clean hands can hold incense.

2. Don't blow out the lit incense if it hasn't been extinguished. Bad breath in the mouth is considered disrespectful.

3. invite the incense, others can't pay.

The incense taken in the temple should be called "please" instead of "buy".

5. Xiangtouping is opposite to the bodhisattva icon. Note that Xiangtouping cannot face the ground.

6. Burn incense before you worship. Don't just grab one and burn it everywhere.

7. All your expectations can be confided to Buddha and Bodhisattva. Be careful not to read it out loud.

8. The correct way to worship God and burn incense: When burning incense, hold the incense with your thumb and forefinger, close the other three fingers, lift the incense to the eyebrows with both hands, and visualize the immortal bodhisattva appearing in front of you and accepting the incense. If there are many people, put the incense upright so as not to burn others, and then walk three steps away from the statue and worship the Buddha with the incense. Generally, you can burn three incense sticks, one for Buddha, one for dharma and one for monk.

At the end of Chaoshan, thank God 3. What's so particular about worship day?

First of all, burning incense and worshipping Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month originated from Buddhism. Buddhism stipulates that believers should fast, recite scriptures and worship Buddha on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is basically a form of worship. In some classic discourses of Buddhism, it is also clearly pointed out that every day, such as the first day and the fifteenth day, belongs to Lent Day. It is precisely because of this that the days of worshipping God and Buddha are unified as the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.

At the same time, in Taoism, it is also considered that days like the first and fifteenth day of the first month are called Wang Shuo, and the dark side of the moon faces the earth, so it is called Wang Shuo. The half of the moon illuminated by the sun will look at the earth, so generally on the fifteenth or sixteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon will appear half yin and half yang. The changes of yin and yang in Taoism are mostly measured from the middle view of the moon phase, so the first and fifteenth days of the first lunar month are also the requirements for burning incense when Taoism has a bright future.

Secondly, are the days of worship only on the first and fifteenth day of the first month? Is it okay to worship God at other times? From the traditional culture of our country, there are different gods to pray and worship every month or even every day. For example, in the first month, the first day of the first month is wax day, and the old gentleman and the seven stars of the East will descend to earth; On the second day of the first month, Cao descended to earth; On the third day of the first month, Sun Zhenren was born, and Taibai Beidou descended to earth; On the fifth day of the first month, Marshal Zhao Gong inspected and greeted him and quietly celebrated Sun's birthday. On the seventh day of the first month, Zhenwu descended to earth, and the four emperors descended to earth; On the eighth day of the first month, Nandou Star came to earth; On the ninth day of the first month, Tai Su Sanyuan Army headed for the town; On the tenth day of the first month, immortality saved the Buddha's life; On the eleventh day of the first month, eliminate disasters; On the 13th day of the first month, General Liu Meng was born. On the fourteenth day of the first month, the official god descended to earth; The fifteenth day of the first month is the birthday of Emperor Wei Zi. God bless the people, and the Emperor Xidou came down to earth.

It can be seen that worship can be done not only during the first and tenth five-year plans, but also at other times.

Third, are there any precautions when worshipping? Generally speaking, in the choice of worship time, morning is better than afternoon. It is best to worship God between morning and noon. When the sun is strong, you can't worship in the afternoon, especially after sunset.

At the same time, you should also pay attention to your diet before worshipping God. It's best to be a vegetarian before church, and don't kill anything. Burn incense and bathe before worshipping God, worship God in the best state and the most pious attitude, and pray for the Buddha.

When you worship Buddha, you also need to observe certain etiquette. China has been known as a country of etiquette since ancient times. It is a courtesy and respect to go to the temple to worship God and invite people into the house. For example, when burning incense, you should hold the incense in your left hand and point it in your right hand. When burning incense, you should not blow it out directly with your mouth, but fan it up and down or fan it out with your right hand.