What are the customs of sacrifice in your hometown?

1, ancestor worship. Generally, shrines or incense burners are set up in the hall, and festivals (eight festivals in the year of resignation) continue to be dedicated. When the ancestors of close relatives died, they added "jealousy". When the distant ancestors lived for a long time, they omitted the "forbidden days" and sacrificial festivals, and changed them to "vernal equinox" and "autumn equinox", commonly known as "Spring and Autumn". There are also tomb sacrifices before ancestor worship, and folk ancestor worship and grave sweeping are mostly held in Xinzheng, Qingming and winter solstice. July and a half is Ghost Festival, also called Orchid Festival. Most of them burn "36 incense" and "paper to welcome guests" in the wild, offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods.

2. Parents who worship heaven. There is an incense burner at the top of the gate, offering sacrifices on the ninth day of the first month and the first and fifteenth days of each month. There is a folk saying that "the ninth day of the first month gives birth to heaven", which is an ancient folk custom. On this day, people prepare sacrifices to worship God (parents of heaven and earth) and warn children not to pour the water for washing their teeth and faces on the ground and in the ditch, but to pour it into the bucket until the next day. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a "god", disrespectful to "parents of heaven and earth" and afraid of being condemned by God. On this day, people do not slaughter livestock, and truly feel the virtue of heaven and earth.

3. Sacrifice to Buddha, also known as the mysterious God of the Arctic. Folklore often uses its "fragrance" and its flag on the top of the door, and together with the "parents of heaven and earth" furnace, it is sacrificed on the first and fifteenth day of each month every year. Buddhism is a religion, monks and nuns do not worship God, but the people have been divided into gods and Buddhists since ancient times, and they continue to extend each other.

4. Sacrificed Sun Gong. There is a folk saying that "the sun was born on March 19th". At noon that day, women put sacrifices in the courtyard or outside the door in the sun and burned incense to worship the sun.

5. Sacrifice to the earth god. The land Lord is also called uncle, uncle, and there is a folk saying that "uncle was born on March 29th". In the old customs, a stove was often set at the heel of the wall behind the door, and regular worship was held on March 29th, 2nd and 16th every month to offer sacrifices, meals, fruits and cakes. According to legend, in history, Uncle Bo, formerly known as Boyi, was a saint of the three generations of Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun and Yu Xia in ancient times, and was a high official in charge of mountains, rivers, Yuan Ye and Hu Ze. Boyi once taught people to plow, farm, quarry and build houses for the benefit of the people. Later, the people felt deeply indebted to him, and unanimously respected him as the land god. All localities built temples to worship the statue of Boyi, praying for him to bless the environment, the prosperity of the six livestock, the good weather and the abundant crops. This custom has been passed down. Over time, people gradually called Boyi "uncle" and "Bo" as "uncle". It is precisely because people regard Boyi as a land god that no matter where they start a business, they should build Boyi Temple and Boyi Palace to pray for the prosperity of the foundation, and some even set up Boyi Furnace to worship every day until the project is completed. "Boye Palace" is generally a simple and low-rise construction method, probably because the houses built to commemorate the beginning of ancient times are simple. When worshipping, every five sticks of incense and five pieces of paper ingots are burned, which means serving the five local uncles in East, West, North, South and Central China. For all bosses, sacrifices are used to entertain buddies, employees, relatives and friends.