The custom of lighting lamps for boys in Zhanjiang

The custom of lighting lamps for boys in Zhanjiang

Zhanjiang boys' lighting custom has a vast area, rich resources and different customs. Every festival, various ceremonies will be held in various places to celebrate the festival, and many customs are worth learning. Let's learn about the custom of lighting lamps for boys in Zhanjiang.

Zhanjiang 1 Boys' lighting custom is also called putting lights on, adding lights and raising lights. The sound of "light" is similar to that of "ding". Lighting (adding lights) adds ding. This is a traditional folk custom to celebrate the birth of a boy, and it has been formally written into the genealogy. It is both grand and lively.

What needs special explanation is that "boy" is a hard rule that cannot be changed with the lighting custom. Tim Kou (with girls) does not light.

In Zhanjiang, newly added families began to prepare children's lanterns long before the Spring Festival.

The first is "repairing the lamp"-booking lanterns. Usually, a craftsman is responsible for making lanterns in a small village, organizing the production according to the data and specifications needed by the villagers, and then delivering the lanterns before they are officially raised.

Secondly, seeing relatives-it is convenient to send new clothes to boys, which is an important part of the lighting custom.

Around the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the custom of lighting in Zhanjiang continued one after another.

There is a general ceremony of putting out lanterns. Lanterns are hung behind ancestral temples or temporary sheds symbolizing temples, and lanterns and eggs are hung to light internal oil lamps. Finally, Daogong held a grand sacrifice ceremony with the family members who put lanterns in those years (the boy who put lanterns, his father and grandfather will also participate in it when he was alive).

With the completion of the Lantern Festival, men's names were officially written into the genealogy. On the one hand, it has the meaning of being recognized and accepted by the collective, and it also contains all kinds of beautiful meanings, such as peace, smoothness, intelligence and prospect. ...

The sign of "lighting" is that you have drunk "lighting wine".

On October 6th, 2008/kloc, villagers will invite Daogong Gay to preside over the ceremony of "tying lanterns" again, and then take down the "lantern eggs" symbolizing the prosperous population and the Millennium of the family-take them home for safekeeping, complete the burning of lanterns, and finally entertain relatives and friends to drink lantern wine.

In Meizhou, the lighting time varies from the ninth day of the first month to the eighteenth day of the first month, generally concentrated on the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth days of the first month.

One of the most important customs in Meizhou is to invite lanterns.

One or two days before the Lantern Festival, the newlyweds agreed to organize a team to invite (buy) lanterns, led by Ding Shou, the parents who gave birth to the first boy last year. Accompanied by the gongs and drums team and the dragon and lion dance team, firecrackers rang all the way, and the guns kept "inviting" lanterns.

Please go home and put the lanterns solemnly on the table of the Eight Immortals. On the day when lanterns are put on, "Ding Shou" will gather other families to invite lanterns and hang them under the roof beam of Gong Zu Hall, and hang lanterns symbolizing men. The number of lanterns depends on the man born in the previous year. Add five new men, add five lanterns, seven boys are seven lanterns, and so on.

Of course, "carrying lanterns" means simply carrying lanterns. In fact, the ceremony of carrying lanterns is the climax of the whole activity, grabbing white flowers before carrying lanterns; When lanterns are lit, firecrackers and fireworks will be set off, and dragon and lion dances will be held. ...

Take Zhanjiang and Meizhou as examples. Both of them are traditional folk customs of putting lanterns, but their "presentation" is quite different. However, no matter how different in form, their intentions are always the same. First of all, they want their children to be happy, safe and get ahead.

The custom of lighting lamps for boys in Zhanjiang II. In a sense, "lamp holder" is not a separate custom, so congratulations on making a fortune in the New Year; Zongzi is indispensable for the Dragon Boat Festival-the custom of holding a specific ceremony on a specific date and defining Zhanjiang's "lampstand" in one word is similar to "helping others"-because there are other customs.

The so-called "lampstand" refers to the obligation of the first family to add a man (must be a man) in one place in the next year. For example, in 202 1, a family gave birth to a boy for the first time, so this family will be responsible for cleaning the local temples, burning incense and boiling water on the major festival in 2022? Pigs and so on, this is a "rule". For thousands of years, although it is the oldest villager, the origin of the "lamp holder" is also vague.

Don't think that the family that has taken on the dirty work of the village collective for one year is "unlucky" and counterproductive. Everyone, including the families concerned, knows the same thing. This is a responsibility and a privilege!

First of all, "adding men"-in Zhanjiang, where traditional ideas are strong, is of great significance in itself. To some extent, "lamp holder" provides a way to publicize and even "show off" holiday activities.

Secondly, whether it is boiling water, burning incense or cleaning temples on the fifteenth day of the first month, it is a major event related to "tradition", which means that the country and the people are safe and the weather is good, and these beautiful meanings of "from big to small" are to popularize the safety and smoothness of every household. ...

The more you do it, the closer your wish is to reality, which is the knowledge of Zhanjiang people.

The final opinion of nature is indispensable.

Careful readers may find that I deliberately restate "male" over and over again.

Yes, "adding men" is the basic condition of "lamp holder", and girls are not qualified. In Zhanjiang, especially in "tradition", men and women are different.

Of course, when I say this, I don't agree with the concept of "son preference". In fact, a "custom" that has lasted for thousands of years is one-sided if it is simply analyzed by "son preference".

Zhanjiang has changed a lot in recent years, shaking the original deep-rooted concept. Many traditional folk customs in Zhanjiang, including the "lampstand", seem to be in full swing, but in fact they are lacking. The generation of 8090, or younger generation, lives in a different new era. Society is no longer limited to the simple way of "adding people" to increase the labor force. People have more choices to live and live a good life, regardless of traditional folk customs. There are also doubts and doubts; There are complaints and understanding, and it is not difficult to imagine that there will be no rest in the near future.

The custom of lighting lamps for boys in Zhanjiang III. The ignition ceremony is divided into several steps.

First, turn on the light.

The time to turn on the light is between the eighth and twelfth day of the first lunar month every year. The specific date is selected by the village feng shui master, but it cannot be later than the twelfth day of the first month. According to the date of birth of the first born lamp holder, the Feng Shui master calculated the auspicious day to turn on the light. After the date is determined, the ancestral hall is responsible for notifying all lampstand holders.

Set up a light shed before turning on the light. This light shed is built of wooden boards. It is eight meters long, four meters wide and four meters high, like a wooden house of more than 30 square meters. After entering the door, the wooden boards on the left and right sides are also carved with dragon and phoenix patterns and birthday pictures of the Eight Immortals.

On the day when the lights are turned on, it is just dawn, and people carrying lights will knock gongs and drums to go to the "Hongsheng Temple" in the village. Old people over 60 years old should wear long gowns. Please make a statue of Lord Hongsheng, mother Hongsheng and Mr. and Mrs. Kim, who are enshrined in the temple, and hang red for the statue, that is, put red cloth on the statue, and then welcome it to the lamp shed and worship it in the middle above the lamp shed. A sacrificial table was placed in front of the statue, with offerings such as incense burners, fried piles, tea fruits and fruits.

The lamp holder was held by the elders and went to the ancestral hall to hold a lighting ceremony. The lighting ceremony was carried out in the order of the birth of the lamp holder. Each family first puts their own offerings on the altar, including pork, chicken, fried piles, tea, wine and fruit. Put the incense in the incense burner. At this time, the elders will light oil lamps and put them in lanterns prepared in advance. Lantern is an octagonal long lantern with a diameter of two feet and a height of three feet.

The eight sides of the lantern are painted with pictures, such as "Ji Xiannv sends the child" and "Five children enter the topic". Then everyone hung the lighted lanterns on the main beam of the ancestral hall. Finally, the family held the lamp holder, bowed down to their ancestors, and knocked gongs at the same time. Usually, the father of the lamp holder is responsible for knocking gongs.

After worshipping for three times, the ceremony of the ancestral temple was over. Then go to the lamp shed to worship God. The worship ceremony in the lamp shed is basically the same as that in the ancestral hall. After worshipping the lamp shed, every household will hang a lamp on the main beam of their home. The style of the lamp is the same as that of the ancestral hall, but smaller. At this point, the lighting ceremony was completed. Every morning and evening, the family of the lantern bearer will go to the ancestral temple and the lamp shed to burn incense and cheer for the lamp. The lights will be hung until the 19th day of the first month, during which they cannot be put out.

Second, grab the gun head.

This is a celebration and entertainment activity in the lighting ceremony. The time is the morning of the fifteenth day of the first month, and the place is in the village square.

The villagers piled up two square tables, on which a stool was placed. On the stool stood the Tianshi cannon, and a colorful head was hung on the cannon. After the firecrackers were lit, they immediately rose into the sky, only to hear a sound in the air, and colorful heads fell from the sky. The villagers crowded forward, scrambling to grab the lottery ticket.

Whoever grabs the lottery will bode well for this year, and whoever will win the prize. A * * * to put nine guns. The Mo family in Shawei Village is divided into four big rooms, and the people who won the lottery will have a dinner together to celebrate. One-room people who won the prize this year will return the same amount of goods next year as prizes for grabbing the gun head next year.

Third, pay Li Ding.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, a wedding is held. On this day, a big pot dish banquet will be held in the square outside the ancestral hall. At about five o'clock this afternoon, firecrackers were set off three times outside the ancestral hall. When the men in the village hear these three firecrackers, they will automatically come to the ancestral hall for a cauldron banquet without notice.

There are fifteen kinds of raw materials for a big pot dish banquet, including radish, mushrooms, yuba, celery, pork, dried asparagus, squid and duck. The weight of each raw material is calculated according to the total number of men in the village. It is shared by families with lamp caps, collected and handed over to ancestral halls. The ancestral temple should be weighed once and then arranged for people to make it.

The making method is to use fifteen main ingredients to make fifteen main courses with different styles and tastes, and then use radish as the first course to lay the foundation. Put fifteen dishes in a big wooden basin layer by layer, and each table has a pot of vegetables, which is called a cauldron banquet.

Fourth, round lights.

This is an important procedure of the ignition ceremony. The time is the 19th day of the first lunar month. This morning,

The family members of the lampstand came to the ancestral temple with the lampstand, placed large pots of vegetables, fried piles, wine, fruits and other offerings on the altar in front of the memorial tablet of the ancestral temple, lit candles, set off firecrackers, and bowed down to their ancestors with the lampstand, incense and wine; After the worship, take the offerings outside the ancestral hall, put them on a table, and also worship the heavens, and then worship the gods inside the ancestral hall. After the lantern festival, you can take down the lanterns hanging in the ancestral temple and at home and burn them.

Five, the dragon boat.

This is the last ceremony of the lighting ceremony. After the Lantern Festival, the men of the clan will carry dragon boats and go to all households to worship. The dragon boat is made of bamboo chips and straw. It is more than 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. Every family should throw things they don't want on the boat. After the worship, taking a dragon boat to the seaside and burning it means that the foul air of a year has been sent to the sea.

At this point, the whole lighting ceremony was completed. The next day, that is, the 20th day of the first lunar month, all the families of the lantern holders will go to the lamp shed to send their gods. Under the leadership of the ancestors, everyone beat gongs and drums and set off firecrackers, and sent the statues of Master Hongsheng and Mother Hongsheng back to the temple. Then, under the leadership of the patriarch, the people will remove the lamp shed and store the removed boards in the ancestral hall until the next year when the lights are lit.

As an important life custom activity, the lighting ceremony has been handed down from generation to generation in the primitive villages in Futian area, which has a history of hundreds of years and contains a very profound history and culture. It also reflects the ancestors' worship and awe of human survival and reproduction, and has anthropological and folklore values.

At the same time, family and clan are the cells that constitute society and play an important role in society. The lighting ceremony plays a certain role in promoting the harmony between families, carrying forward the traditional national virtues of patriotism, respecting the elderly and loving the young, and building a harmonious community.

Due to its special geographical location, many people from various villages and families have settled in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and abroad. As a bond, the lighting ceremony closely linked them.

Today, after giving birth to a boy, some people who have settled abroad will go back to their ancestral temple to light lamps, let their children recognize their ancestors, attend lantern festivals organized by their hometown and eat traditional big pots of vegetables, which has a certain positive effect on promoting economic and cultural exchanges at home and abroad, strengthening close ties with overseas Chinese and compatriots in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and enhancing national cohesion.