Can you tell me something about my wish to go to Mount Tai?

Fiona Fang people hundreds of miles around Mount Tai have this custom. "Tai 'an County Records" records: "Mount Tai is the first of the five mountains, and the holy temple is not only responsive, but also unreasonable. When going up the mountain, I usually pray to Bi Xia Yuan Jun (Grandma Taishan) at the Bi Xia Temple on the top of the mountain. " The poor seek wealth, the sick seek peace, the tiller seeks old age, Jia seeks profit, the living seeks old age, and the childless seeks heir. "And make a promise to Bi Xia Yuan Jun, once realized, you must fulfill your promise. If you don't reach your goal, you will pray again, and then when you are finally satisfied, you will fulfill your promise. There are many ways to make a wish, such as offering sacrifices, hanging robes and sending plaques, investing in building temples and planting trees.

(of Buddhists/Taoists) burning incense in a temple.

Mount Tai can be divided into "spring fragrance" and "autumn fragrance". Because the birthday of Emperor Dongyue is March 28th, and that of Bi Xia Yuan Jun is April18th, the incense is the most popular. The preparations for pilgrimage are also very complicated, and it is necessary to contact members, reduce membership fees and buy sacrifices. After the preparations are ready, we will begin our pilgrimage to the mountain. The steps of entering the incense include "starting, burning incense along the road, catching fire, staying overnight, climbing the mountain, counting off (counting off in front of Mount Taishan Niangniang Temple), facing the top, protecting the frame, offering sacrifices, entering the incense, going down the mountain, returning to the incense, returning home, driving safely and thanking the mountain". There are three main kinds of incense burning paper on the mountain: one is yellow grass paper (locally called fire paper); The second is the large denomination Mingbi with the Jade Emperor as the president; The third kind is ingot, which is matched with gold and silver. There is a "seal of Lord Bi Xia" in Bi Xia Temple. Rich people can ask Taoist priests to stamp on paper to increase their effectiveness.

Send a child to the goddess: In recent years, there is a new custom of coming to Mount Tai to beg for a child, that is, pressing branches (pressing children) and tying all branches (tying children). The so-called pressing branches means pressing branches with stones, and homophonic "pressing" means tying branches with red strips of cloth, which is homophonic "embolus". Going up the mountain to beg for children is called "tying dolls" or "stealing children" The procedures for entering incense are "starting, burning incense along the road, catching fire, staying overnight, climbing, counting off (counting off in front of Taishan Temple), facing the top, protecting the frame, offering incense, entering incense, going down the mountain, returning incense, returning home, driving safely and thanking the mountain." There are three main kinds of incense burning paper on the mountain: one is yellow grass paper (locally called fire paper); The second is a large denomination Mingbi with Jade Emperor as the president and Dongyue Emperor as the vice president; The third kind is gold ingot, with tin foil, paste paper, gold and silver. There is a "Bi Xia Guo Xi" in the temple of Bi Xia. In order to increase the effectiveness, the rich can ask the Taoist priest to stamp the paper. After entering the incense, you can "prick the doll". According to the Chronicle of Shouchun, there are many gold-plated clay dolls for people to play with in front of the shrine in Yuan Jun Temple, Bi Xia. If the boy survives, tie a golden boy; A girl who survived was tied to a golden couple. Anyone who comes to "tie the doll" has to pay money to the temple, which is called "happiness for money". In the future, if you get a child with God's help, you have to put the clay doll in red and put it back in its original place, which is called "returning the child", and you have to make a wish for the Taishan empress. The custom of "tying dolls" is clearly written in "Records of Chinese National Customs", saying that "tied clay dolls should still be fed every day". It also records a folklore in the north: there was a family where the housewife locked the door and went out to visit relatives. At noon, she was left for dinner and didn't come back. The neighbor suddenly heard a child crying in her room, but there were no children at home. Later she learned that it was a tied doll crying.

There has always been a saying among the people that "the mind knows the gods." There are also some people who don't worship Mount Tai in advance when they ask for a child, but hold a pious and grand ceremony to ask for a child in the local area. First of all, my wife came forward and asked the local "supermom Zi" to choose an auspicious day with a gift, and arranged a ceremony for begging children. The second step is to buy incense sticks, fire paper, red cloth strips and offerings. Among them, there must be two kinds of food, jujube and chestnut, which are homonyms of "early birth". The address of the child seeker and the name of her husband are written on the red cloth strip. Step 3: The woman who asks for a son lights nine incense sticks, kneels in front of the altar with "supermom Zi", prays for her son to Taishan's grandmother, and then burns red cloth strips. Women begging for children each take a jujube and a chestnut to eat after offering incense, and kneel down with "supermom Zi" until all the incense is burned.

Of course, once you have children in the future, you must make a wish at Bi Xia Yuan Jun Temple in Mount Tai. If the child is not successful, try again, but "the child is not three years old." There are many ways to make a wish, such as offering sacrifices, hanging robes and sending plaques, donating money to repair temples, planting trees and so on. At present, there is a bronze incense burner of rhubarb in Yuan Jun Temple in Bi Xia, which is more than one meter high, with three feet of ears and carved dragons, with exquisite craftsmanship. It was donated by a loyal Mr. Chen Yingjie in Taiwan Province to thank God for his kindness.

The Queen of Eyes (Blessed by the Blessed Lady of Eyes, Yuan Jun) eliminates diseases and prevents them. In many temples (churches) in Yuan Jun, there are many queens related to getting rid of diseases and preventing diseases, including the acne queen (blessed by Ms. Acne and Ci Yuanjun) and the acne queen (the invisible Yuan Jun of Ms. Acne). The empresses of Tianhou Palace in Tianjin hold a big eye in their hands, which symbolizes improving eyesight and eliminating eye diseases. A knot in one's heart empress holds a lotus-shaped thing in her left hand, which is called "a knot in one's heart is reborn as Yuan Jun", and a slap empress holds an ear shape in both hands, which is called "slapping Yuan Jun". It is worth noting that these nuns are only responsible for one aspect, whether it is vision, rash, childbirth or childbirth. Only the attributives of "Fairy" and "Forever Blessing" are added before Bi Xia Yuan Jun's name, indicating that she is one grade higher than other nuns, and she is also their commander-in-chief, in charge of personal work, and grandma Taishan has all the functions.

People go to Mount Tai to burn incense and kowtow to Grandma Taishan. Besides praying for medical treatment, they also have a disease prevention mentality. Many people rub the "Imperial Monument" with coins or stones in the courtyard of Bi Xia Temple in Taishan Mountain. They keep chanting "The Imperial Monument grinds, the Imperial Monument touches, and grinding is not sick."