What is the custom of ancestor worship in Spring Festival in different places?

All over China, grand and serious ancestor worship activities are held once the Spring Festival arrives.

Taiwan: As soon as the New Year's Eve turns into the Spring Festival, the first major event is the worship of the gods and ancestors at the third hour of the night. At that time, red candles shine high, on the offerings of tea, red beans and other offerings, people are serious and sincere. After worshiping the gods and ancestors, this is called the "Spring Festival". It is also called "Kaiso" to welcome the new year. At the end of the ceremony, gold paper is burned and offered to the ancestors.

Ningbo, Zhejiang Province: On the first day of the first month, in front of the statue of the ancestors, incense and candles are lit, and the family members kneel down to worship the dumplings, cakes, biscuits and fruits. There are also ancestral statues in the ancestral hall. The family then goes to the ancestral hall to perform the ritual of ancestor worship.

DONGGUAN, GUANGDONG: On the first day of the first month, most people first choose an auspicious hour on the calendar to hold an ancestor worship ceremony, offerings are tea, wine, white rice, save the box, fruits, such as dragons (rice cakes), Lukdui and fasting vegetables. Ancestor worship procedures: burn incense, light candles, burn Yuanbao, set off string cannons, and the whole family worships the ancestors according to the order of generation and age. Ancestor worship in the upper-middle-class families is characterized by long lights and cigarettes.

Kaifeng, Henan Province: to keep the New Year's Eve to five o'clock, the first wash, wearing a dress hat, on the table set up offerings, incense and candles burning, firecrackers, the family according to the eldest and youngest generation, kneeling to the ancestors to pay homage to the worship, worship and wish "years of blessings".

Luotian, Hubei: the first morning of the new first day, to the ancestral hall to pay homage to the New Year, the caretaker of the ancestral hall has long been prepared offerings for the ancestors in front of the shrine, and to prepare a long pole hanging firecrackers, such as clansmen to come, they will ignite the fire to indicate that the welcome to come to pay homage to the ancestors, and so long as the ancestor rituals are completed, there is a fruit box, refreshments, or a sumptuous breakfast to entertain each other.

The Northeast: the day of the first day of the Zi hours, small and large are changed into new clothes, new hats, new socks, new shoes, worship ancestors, in front of the gods enshrined in front of the ancestors, light candles, burn incense, paper, firecrackers, children and grandchildren kneeling as the rituals, known as the "hair paper inoculation".

Guangdong-Guizhou area: the first day of the morning at five or six o'clock, set up a sumptuous food and wine in front of the ancestral hall, the whole family men, women and children are wearing new clothes, according to the seniority of the elders, rows before and after the order, kneeling and bowing to the ancestors.

Yudong region: after breakfast on the first day, the whole family should be sacrificed to the ancestors, according to the seniority of the eldest and youngest, the first male and then female, to the ancestors God, one by one, kowtow and kneel.

Western Sichuan area: the ancestors of the god in front of the incense burner, light smoke in the long incense, red candles burning brilliant light, copper chime in a sound knocking, filled with a solemn atmosphere. At this time, the elders lead men, women and children, men and women standing neatly on both sides of the dress, to the ancestral shrine, burning incense, candles and paper, according to the seniority of the elders, kneeling to the ancestors, on the wine, food, incineration of paper money.

Beijing: on the first day of the Zi Shi, that is, one o'clock, parents led the whole family, men and women standing on both sides of the right and left, neatly dressed, to the ancestors of the God burning incense and paper, according to the seniority of the eldest and youngest, to the ancestors kneeling, the ritual is very grand.

The significance of ancestor worship is to be prudent, but also to show that there is a long history and hope for the prosperity of the descendants, so the time to act, serious, solemn, respectful, sincere, all from the traditional Chinese ethical thinking.