What are the rules and rituals for ancestor worship?

The rules and ceremonies of ancestor worship are to burn incense, recite blessings, offer rice soup, tea, silk, wine, boxes, meat, Chinese characters, burn blessings and bow down to the gods. In the important part of the sacrificial ceremony, gongs, drums or strings are accompanied several times, adding a warm atmosphere to the sacrificial ceremony. Sacrificing ancestors is a grand folk activity. New Year's Eve, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Chung Yeung Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are the four major festivals for ancestor worship in traditional Han festivals.

Ancestor worship of China people is a kind of moral belief, a poetic act of expressing emotions, and gratitude and memory from individual emotions. The significance of ancestor worship is to pursue the future with caution and a long history, hoping that future generations will prosper. Therefore, when acting, it is serious, solemn, respectful and sincere, all of which come from China's traditional ethical thoughts.

In some places, while offering sacrifices to ancestors, they also offer sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth. The offerings mainly include three kinds of rice, three kinds of tea and five kinds of wine. Parents are the main sacrifices, burn three incense, worship God, pray for a bumper harvest, and finally burn paper, commonly known as giving money to food. Ancestor worship has existed for thousands of years, which is an ancient custom with far-reaching significance.

Other brief introduction about ancestor worship.

Ancestor worship usually takes place during the daytime, and the specific time is from May to July, that is, in Shi Mao. The specific time can be determined according to local customs. If future generations want to prosper, they must complete the worship activities before 12 am. Then there is time, in fact, mainly depends on your own time schedule.

If you can't arrange the time, you can't go to the grave to sacrifice, you can burn incense at home, and you can also express the feelings of future generations for the older generation. Because in ancient sacrifices, incense has become a medium connecting man and God. Through burning incense and devout worship, you can go to heaven to listen and go down to the underworld to feel the Tao.