What does fasting mean?

The interpretation of the word "fast" is: ask monks and Taoists to set up a fast altar to pray for the Buddha.

In Taoist temples, people can often see Taoist priests wearing vestments and robes of different shapes and colors, holding various musical instruments, singing ancient tunes and fighting in the altar. This is a Taoist ritual vessel for fasting, commonly known as "Dojo", or "teaching according to rules" or "science and education" for short, that is, ceremony.

The original meaning of fasting refers to harmony and cleanliness, followed by fasting and cleanliness. It means that you must bathe and change clothes before the sacrifice, do not eat meat or drink, and do not sleep in the house to show the sincerity of the sacrifice. The so-called "fast practice" is initially "accumulating virtues to solve doubts", then "uniting with God", and then "specializing in Taoism", "enjoying Taoism" and "uniting Taoism", which is "cultivation".

This is the highest state of fasting. Therefore, Taoism attaches importance to fasting and has formulated a set of fasting methods. According to its scale and function, it can be divided into: internal fasting: including heart fasting, forgetting to sit, thinking, etc.; Waizhai: It includes three categories and seven products, and the three categories refer to gold, jade and yellow houses.

Zhan Mu's music

Prison music is a kind of religious music that embodies the Taoist thought of "respecting saints and gods" and exaggerates the mysterious atmosphere of prison devices. On the basis of absorbing the pre-Qin witchcraft sacrificial music, it took shape in the early Northern Wei Dynasty. Since then, with the personal participation and admiration of Emperor Xuanzong, Song Zhenzong, Song Huizong and Ming Taizu, Taoist music has developed by leaps and bounds, forming a Taoist music system with distinctive national characteristics, rich tunes and wide popularity.

As a subsidiary of Zhan Mu, Zhan Mu music is also divided into Yang rhyme and Yin rhyme. Solemnity and elegance are the main characteristics of Yang Yun, whose purpose is often to praise God. Beautiful melody can wash away the troubles in the world. The rhyme deliberately creates a sad atmosphere, and the melody is sad and mournful, making the living mourn for the dead.