Why do people burn incense and worship sacrifices every Spring Festival?

Burning incense is actually an evolution. The custom of burning incense was not formed early in the morning.

The incense should be burned earlier. In ancient society, spices were widely used at home and abroad. Only in a slightly different way.

Spices in western countries are mainly used to process food (especially fish and meat).

Oriental countries have long used spices for religion.

What I want to mention here is the role of religion. It can be said that the custom of burning incense in festivals is to promote religion.

The birthplace of Buddhism is India. In summer, India was attacked by the warm and humid air current in the Atlantic Ocean, causing more Phytophthora, so people burned fragrant wood to drive away the sick air and purify the air. Moreover, when Buddhist masters spoke, there were many people, and ancient people did not have the current hygiene habits. The air quality can be imagined, and the function of burning spices is to soothe the nerves and purify the air.

Besides, it's domestic. Ancient people have long discovered that some plants have various functions after burning, such as expelling insects, calming the heart and calming the nerves. In addition, some plants even have their own benefits after burning.

Modern archaeology found that there were various vessels burning spices in ancient times.

In this way, one is our own tradition, and the other is the promotion of religion, so we burn incense and gradually get other meanings.

Such as ancestor worship.