The origin of Chaozhou Yushin Saikai (Master Ying)

History:

Legend has it that Anji Shengwang was the idol of Wangcu during the Three Kingdoms period. Mr. and Mrs. Wang, a native of Shu Han, once accompanied Zhuge Liang in his expedition to Yunnan, and later served as the governor of Yongchang County in Yunnan. During his reign, he cared about the people's plight, ruled with integrity, and defended the border by preserving the land, and passed away in his office, and the locals set up a shrine for him.

In the early Qing Dynasty, there was an official position in Yunnan surnamed Xie Chao people, suffered from the frame-up, Mr. and Mrs. Wang showed the saint to save him, Xie's sense of grace, molded Mr. and Mrs. Wang's statue to bring back to the city of Chaozhou, south of the dike to build a temple for worship. The king of Anji, who was the first to be honored by the people of Chaozhou, was a very powerful figure in the history of the city.

It is rumored that once the flood season came, the Han River surged, flooding, the south embankment emergency, a group of green snakes in front of his temple, Han level slowly ebb tide, embankment turned into a safe. The city elders believe that this is the king of Anji manifestation of saint, incarnation of the retreating water, to protect the territory and people. So they expanded the temple, remodeled the body of the god and worshipped him.

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Festival Culture

The festival culture of Chaoshan is y influenced by the mythological belief in the concept of destiny, and the gods are worshipped at all times and in all eight seasons. December 24 (the small year) God in heaven, worship God of the stove, December 30 throughout the sacrifice of the gods and so on.

However, although there are many objects of worship, local customs are not the same, but there are two points are **** the same. The first is that the festival in the customary worship of the gods will also pay homage to the ancestors.

From the Spring Festival until New Year's Eve, ancestor worship is an important part of the festival culture, the first day of the New Year, "New Year's Day, the morning of ancestor worship, burning candles and incense, with tea, fruit, wine and food, the next men and women to worship the parents, young and old to subconsciously pay their respects" (Jiaqing Chenghai County Records). Secondly, while worshipping the gods and ancestors, special attention is paid to the transcendence of the individual, the family and happiness.

In China, since ancient times, the "Tour of the Gods" has been a carrier for the centralized display and exchange of folk customs, folk art, and national culture. It is a very grand event for the people, and in order to hold a good event, the procession will be prepared and rehearsed more than a month in advance.

Organizers of the procession carefully select men, women and children who meet the requirements of the village to form the procession, and the participants are responsible for carrying the statue of the god, carrying dart flags, playing gongs and drums, etc., and each of them has their own duties to form a professional and orderly procession.

With the development of the times, there have been great changes in the Tour deities, now the Tour deities enshrined in the Tour deities is no longer just a fixed number of gods, but vary from place to place, some places are the King of the Three Hills, Lord Guan Di, the Flower God, the Flower Woman, the Tiger God, etc. The route is in accordance with the traditional road left. But the route is in accordance with the tradition of the road left behind, even because of some local remodeling but most of them are still the same.

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