"Folk worship of the moon" 40-50 words introduction

Yunnan Dai in the Mid-Autumn Festival night, the prevalence of "moon worship" custom. According to the Dai legend, the moon is the third son of the Emperor, Iwatari. Iwaki is a brave young man, he had led the Dai people to defeat the enemy, won the love of the Dai folks. Later, after his unfortunate death, he turned into the moon and rose to the sky, continuing to emit soft moonlight, bringing light to the Dai people in the darkness.

Worshiping the moon by the moon festival, the Chinese moon festival ceremony from the Zhou Dynasty onwards, the moon festival time is in the mid-autumn when the moonrise began to sacrifice, mid-autumn moon festival, the key is to show respect to the moon god, the mid-autumn moonless or even rain, can be sacrificed to the moon, wherever the moonlight can irradiate the place, can be held, such as cloudy, can be to the moon's direction to the sacrificial table.

Moon worship props

1. A sacrificial table or sacrificial table. A small table will do.

2. A number of straw mats. For worship. Ordinary straw mats. On top of it can be added soft cushions.

3. incense burner, a number of incense. Ordinary small incense burner.

4. A number of plates, bowls and other offerings.

5. Two red candles. Lighting, atmosphere and light incense with.

6. A bottle of ordinary wine. Three wine jars. Wine glasses are also available.

7. Offerings: moon cakes, hunting holiday game, glutinous rice cakes, drinking wine, fruits, beans, chickpeas

Moon rituals used in the Han rituals

The formal Han rituals for moon worship are not standing, but rather, in the traditional ethnic "sutra sitting" on the seat, not standing bow, nor hands clasped (which is a form of ritual), and not bowing, nor hands clasped (which is a form of ritual). When you worship twice in a row, it is called "the ritual of worship again".

Sitting (this is called sitting in the ancients, nowadays, in order to distinguish, called Ya sitting) is the knees and tight, sitting on the heels of the hips, the back of the feet to the ground, hands on the knees, looking forward. For Hu sitting, the reasoning is the same, upright, legs should not be spread, hands on the knees. Hands may be clenched in fists and rushed forward; they may also be closed and clasped at the abdomen.

Application: With the revival of Han culture, there will be more and more occasions to sit elegantly. If you are in such formal occasions, you can only relieve your fatigue by going up and down slightly on your knees. Of course, for life situations such as gatherings of friends, you can sit in a mini-distance (with your hips on the ground and your legs spread) or in a pedestal position (the Buddhist style of cross-legged sitting).

Formal worship: Stand upright, raise your hands and forehead as if you were bowing, bow ninety degrees, then straighten your body (this section is called bowing), while your hands along with your eyebrows again. Then both knees on the ground at the same time, slowly down to worship, palms on the ground, forehead on the palms (this is called worship), then straighten up the upper body, while the hands along with the qi brow (this is called Xing) - then according to the etiquette, the flat body or again worship ...... flat body when the hands of the two hands qi brow, get up, upright after the hands down.

Re-worship: two consecutive worship. That is, "worship - Xing - worship - Xing - flat body".