The origin of the blessing festival on the fourth day of the ninth lunar month

The fourth day of September comes from a beautiful myth. It is said that a long time ago, on the fourth day of the ninth lunar month, Gong Zu went down the mountain and Buddha's light shone on He Yong Town. As a result, people pray for good weather and world peace. In order to commemorate this day, people set the fourth day of the ninth lunar month as a holiday. According to legend, Wu Xian was a national hero guarding Shanhaiguan in the ancient Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Yonghe is honored to welcome the founder of Five Immortals to settle down and wish him well. Ten good believers have a special liking for him.

The founder is called "the founder of Wuxian County". According to legend, Qiu, a villager in the middle of Qing Dynasty, worked as a long-term laborer in Dongkeng, Meixian District, Meizhou City. Local residents go to Wuxianzhai to worship their ancestors every month 10/0. He also went to worship for a long time and felt happy physically and mentally. In his later years, when the leaves returned to his roots, he led his ancestors to his hometown in the mountains and set up an altar to worship. The founder used "dharma water" to cure diseases, saying that it can call the wind and rain and benefit the whole people. The results spread more and more, and more and more believers became the grand folk custom of the founder of yong he zhen.

There are two ancestral halls: one is called Yonghe Temple, and the other is called Huxiang Lishizhai Temple.

The ancestor's travel agency is called "Prime Minister". The incumbents are all powerful or rich people with social status in rural areas, mostly Luo, Zhang and Lai. Consists of 40 to 50 people. Anyone who wants to be a "prime minister" should prepare live animals such as chickens, ducks, turtles, frogs and incense sticks in advance, and gather in front of the temple to pray and "release" them into the stream under the temple on the auspicious day of June 5438+mid-February of the lunar calendar. However, the lottery is decided by God.

Ten days before the trip, the "Prime Minister" went to the Temple of Wei Zushi for deliberation. After the meeting, he went around to raise money.

Whenever there is a tourist day, there are thousands of people in Yongxing market: First, the parade comes from the east side of the market. Dozens of folk drummers are playing gongs and drums, which are long and round. The god card of Wu Xian's father followed. The ancestral tablet was placed on the armchair-style sitting bar, solemn and solemn, and everyone looked at it with awe. A bunch of sedan chairs are coming. It was a sedan chair, carried by two people, one man dressed as a woman. The passengers dressed as scholars, artists, Adan and Achou, with red ribbons around their waists, stood on the sedan chair, leisurely and carefree in full view, constantly showing different expressions and doing many actions. Here comes the story! A series of "stories" take historical figures as models, from/kloc-handsome men over 0/0, dressed as civil and military officials, sitting firmly on the stage, two people carrying them, about ten episodes. Those handsome guys are not simple. They can eat for hours on the stage. Behind it is a white horse, sitting with a young "prime minister" in a mandarin jacket and gown. How sloppy! Then there is the big sedan chair, which is for gentlemen with clothes, felt hats and long beards. In the final analysis, it is not enough to accompany the masses.

At this time, put on the new holiday clothes, dress up, smile at the roadside audience, proud and happy. ...

In addition, Wuhua Puppet Troupe was invited to perform ancient operas for four consecutive nights. The second is fasting day, and meat is not allowed to be sold on the day of travel. All the "prime ministers", performers and "directors" broke fast in the ancestral palace. The third is to show off wealth and publicity. On that day, the rich show their treasures to the public. Fourth, gambling, how local "forces", Pan Biao and others open casinos under the protection of the army. On the fifth and sixth day of September, believers entered the palace to worship their ancestors. On the seventh day, he returned to the palace for his father.

Of course, due to the long-term class struggle and "breaking the capitalism", and the passage of time, the grand ceremony of ancestors going down the mountain has not been held for many years.

In Yonghe, the fourth day of September is a very important festival. People even regard it as more important than the Dragon Boat Festival.