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The meaning of prayer

The explanation of blessing on auspicious days of the zodiac (the old calendar) is to pray for the blessing or wish of the gods.

Seek happiness. The Book of Rites and the Moon Order: (Summer Month) Make the people make the best use of it, and pray for the people with the gods of heaven, mountains and rivers and the spirit of ancestral temples. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals": It is also a gentle thing for a husband to pray in the three lands and receive the gift from the son of heaven. He Zi usurped the throne and confronted the king, so he took Zhou's jade and threw it into the river for happiness. Cao Yin's poem "After Sacrificing a Kitchen" in Qing Dynasty: If you cut a sheep and peel a jujube, you have nothing to say. Why bother to wish the young gentleman happiness?

Related words:

The beginning is the same: pray for victory, newspaper, New Year, rain, father, signature, writing, son, happiness and death.

The end result is the same: enjoy happiness in Qitian Hongfu, separate happiness from home, and children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. Blessing is a blessing to avoid disasters, a blessing to fold one's mouth, a blessing for personal gain, a blessing for oneself, and a blessing to avoid disasters.

The origin of blessing

Nouns in Yin and Yang Division: Originated from China, he is a fortune teller or illusionist who knows how to look at stars, faces, measure directions, know disasters, recite spells and perform illusions. People also realize that invisible forces, such as fate, soul and ghost, have the ability to dominate these things. He often wears cymbals with Yun Song, Shura and Eight-fold Ice Eyebrows to form the Four Spirits, which leads people's bad luck to the realm of liberation, surrenders Yin Qi and transcends their desires. Feel the change of fortune. It is the five elements, yin and yang, and the eight characters are completely focused and fixed in a good luck position. So as to achieve the method of avoiding evil.

Biblical nouns

When it comes to blessing, the understanding of blessing in the Bible is completely opposite to that in the world. The world thinks that money, fame, education, status, even a beautiful wife and smart children are all blessings, but the Bible's interpretation of blessings is:

Blessed are the humble, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will be shown mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

If someone insults you, persecutes you and fabricates all kinds of bad things to slander you because of me, you are blessed. (Matthew 5: 3-8)