Duyun Spring Festival custom 200 words

Generally, the old house with a history of more than 40 years is chosen in the middle of the night (the new house can be "worshiped" earlier), and when the family, old and young, have a rest, the male owner will get up and cook glutinous rice and pork as a tribute. Then take it to the fence where animals are kept at home, set it up, pour wine, put some good incense at the foot of the fence, and stick paper money on the lintel of the fence door.

In order not to disturb the "circle god", the general male host will gently tap the "circle bar" three times with a wooden hammer to signal the "circle god" to enjoy the tribute. Then hang "flying strips" cut with white fringed paper (in the past, it was to hang thorny branches), in order to prevent other "evil spirits" from interfering with the "circle gods" to enjoy the tribute, so as to better bless the "prosperity of six animals".

Legend about "respecting the circle god";

Wei Zhongyuan, an expert on Shui folk custom who was born in Langmu Shui Village, said: "The circle worship of Shui people can be traced back to Jiang Ziya in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Jiang Ziya studied Taoism with Yuan Zun in Kunlun Mountain, and went down the mountain after gaining the Tao. Yuan Zun gave him a task to seal the gods for the dead wise men, and he sealed 365 gods one by one.

In the end, Jiang Ziya did not deify himself, but left himself on the edge of the pigsty of cattle and horses as a "circle god". Therefore, for the sake of Jiang Ziya's "Six Livestock Prosperity", our compatriots in Langmu Shui Village should "worship God" on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. "