When is the festival of offering sacrifices to God? What's the activity?

In the folk, there have always been activities of offering sacrifices to gods, and the time of offering sacrifices to gods varies from region to region, but most areas are relatively unified. Next, let's take a look at the date and activities of the folk festival "Sacrifice to God" with Lao Huangli.

When is the festival of offering sacrifices to the gods? On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month every year.

There is a folk saying in our country that the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar is the "Festival of Sacrifice to the Gods". On this day, there was a ceremony to worship Dayu, which lasted until the Song Dynasty. Su Shi's poem "Mountain with a Picture, State with a Picture" says: "Huainan people were born on June 6th, and there will be tens of thousands of people on the mountain that day." It can be seen that the grand occasion is not diminished.

In some parts of Sichuan, the temple fair on June 6th is regarded as a traditional festival. On this day, people worship Guanyin or visit temple fairs. Among them, Chengdu Dongshan area (Qingbaijiang, Jintang, etc. ) There is the custom of climbing Genting on June 6th. On June 6th, Genting Mountain was very lively. On this day, tens of thousands of people will climb Genting, and everyone will burn incense and pray, which is very lively. In addition, there are sacrifices to other gods on this day. For example, the Southern Song Dynasty imperial court offered sacrifices to Cui Zhenjun's birthday, or looked after God, or Lu Ban, and so on.

mountain deity

In the past, on June 6th, we had to worship the mountain gods. According to this custom, it is said that the wolf is the dog of the mountain god, and the purpose of offering sacrifices to the mountain god is to let it take good care of the dog and not come out to hurt people and animals. The villagers pooled their money to buy wine, meat, paper and firecrackers to worship the mountain gods, and the rest bought hemp fiber and hats for cowherd and shepherd.

Pray for good luck.

Legend has it that this day will "open heaven", also known as "Tianqing Festival", and it is a good day for people to communicate with immortals. In the old days, people went to the temple to burn incense and pray, and unlucky people went to the temple to "make up for their luck." There must be peeled eggs in the offering, which means "shelling" to get rid of bad luck, which is very auspicious. At that time, Baoquan Temple, Longtan Temple, Crack Temple, Langgong Temple, Apocalypse Temple, Sleeping Buddha Temple, etc. In Linyi, everyone enjoys their peak of incense. On this day in the rural areas of northern mountainous areas, the village collectively killed pigs, set off firecrackers, burned incense paper and kowtowed. Then each family takes a piece of pork home. At the same time, we should go to the grave to worship our ancestors, and use flour ground from new wheat to steam steamed bread or wrap jiaozi in memory of our ancestors. The living enjoy a bumper harvest by tasting all kinds of food made from new wheat.