What is the immortal day on March 15?

What is the immortal day on March 15? Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth, said that Zhao Gongming was born at dusk on March 15, and the day after tomorrow will be dark. Zhao Gongming, whose real name is Zhao Minglang, also known as Xuan Lang, has an open name. Zhao Gongming was born in a poor family. When he was young, he worked for a timber merchant. He was very skilled in wood, but he was unlucky. Honest and trustworthy, courageous, won the trust of employees. Timber merchants appreciate it and give it many awards. After Zhao Gongming saved money, he borrowed money from his colleagues. With courage, courage and honesty, he started his own road as a timber merchant. Zhao Gongming is far-sighted and broad-minded, so customers naturally trust him, competing to do business with Zhao Gongming and accumulating huge wealth. Some people borrowed a hundred dollars from Zhao Gongming to do business, but they lost money due to natural disasters, and they were temporarily unable to repay their debts.

Zhao Gongming only asked him to return a pair of chopsticks to offset the debt he owed. Be rich and benevolent, and accept both righteousness and benefit. Zhao Gongming not only helped the poor and gave generously, but also funded GJ's military operations and personally joined the army. He was very brave. When running a business, Zhao Gongming visited a Taoist scholar in Louguan, Zhong Nanshan, where he studied the truth and got the right path. Zhao Gongming domesticated a Hei Hu who once harassed the residents of the plain. People think this is a miracle, and call it the Black Tiger Mountain in Zhao Gongming. Zhao Gongming stresses credit, helps the poor, learns and practices, and is good at keeping secrets. Only by combining various virtues can future generations respect Zhao Gongming as the God of Wealth.

The custom of worshipping the god of wealth

Zhaoda Village and surrounding villages have formed a typical custom of worshipping Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth. Zhao Gongming's birthday is on March 15 of the lunar calendar every year, and the Temple of Wealth is held in the village for 3 days. June 6th is the anniversary of the death of Zhao Gongming, the god of wealth, and commemorative activities will also be held. Before the meeting, the elders in the village formed the temple fair organization, and arranged for the deacons to perform their duties, raising funds for the meeting, posting invitations to entertain guests, writing scripts and setting up a stage, arranging sacrificial ceremonies, performing ceremonial drum music, dividing booths, managing merchants and maintaining public order. I sang at the venue for three days and four nights. A large-scale ceremony will be held to pay tribute to Marshal Zhao Gong, and tens of thousands of people from four nearby towns will come to visit and sightseeing. On the day of the formal meeting, an endless stream of pilgrims were composed of communities handed down from ancient times. In particular, more than a dozen descendants of Zhao in the village are all direct descendants. Nearly 200 Zhao family members in Yuxing Village in Zhongnan Town, Sanjiazhuang Village in Louguan Town, Shangjie Village and Jinpen Village, and several villages around Zhaoda Village in Jixian Town also collectively worshipped their distant ancestor Zhao Gongming. The ceremony includes singing, setting off firecrackers, paying tribute, offering incense, kowtowing and bowing. Solemnity and neatness, concentration and seriousness are awe-inspiring.

From the capital to the mainland, from merchants and manufacturers to farmhouses, there are countless temples of the God of Wealth in China. Most of them are dedicated to Zhao Gongming. I hope the God of Wealth will bless them with good luck. On New Year's Eve in 2008, I ate jiaozi (the symbol of Yuanbao), and then stayed up all night waiting to meet the God of Wealth in the morning. In the middle of the night, these poor children and street vendors dressed up as the God of Wealth, took pictures of the God of Wealth, walked around the street, and sold from door to door: send the God of Wealth. On New Year's Eve, sometimes a family will receive more than a dozen gods of wealth. When the god of wealth came home, he became more and more.

offer sacrifices to ancestors

China people generally offered sacrifices to Zhao Gongming, which may have started in the middle of the Ming Dynasty or earlier. The main reason is that buying and selling for money is one of his main duties. The statues of the God of Wealth in Zhao Gongming are all wearing helmets and armor, battle robes, whips and beards. Their images are formidable. There are often cornucopia, big ingots, spheres and corals painted around. According to the Qing Dynasty's Jia Qinglu (Volume 3), his birthday is on March 15th of the lunar calendar. On this day, people should hold sacrificial activities at home, such as the god of wealth, building temples or making statues. Among them, it is the most common for businessmen to sacrifice to the god of wealth. Zhiyun, Yangyuan County, Hebei Province: God of Wealth, every businessman provides his own name. The first month of every year is a special time for people to worship the god of wealth, such as heaven and earth. Every February 18, I also pay for this play.