What are the customs of your old family rituals?

1, ancestor worship. Generally set up a niche or incense burner in the hall, the annual festival (resignation of eight festivals) continue to worship. Near the ancestral jubilee more than another "worship", distant ancestors for a long time, more, they will save the "worship" and worship section, changed to the year "Spring Equinox", "Autumn Equinox Instead, it was replaced by the "Spring Equinox" and "Autumn Equinox" festivals during the year, commonly known as the "Spring and Autumn Two Sacrifices". Sacrifice ancestors also have tomb sacrifice, folk ancestor sweeping, more in the new Zheng, Qingming, winter solstice held. July half for the Ghost Festival, also known as the "Bon Festival", more in the field to burn "36 incense", "paper dendrobium", sacrifices to the lonely ghosts.

2. Sacrifice to the parents of heaven and earth. Set up incense burners in the top of the door, the annual season, the first nine days of the first month of each year, the first day of each month, the fifteenth sacrifice. Folk have "the first nine days of the first month of heaven and earth (Tian Gong Sheng)," said the old folk custom, the day people prepare offerings to worship the heaven and earth parents (heaven and earth parents), and warned the children rinse water, wash water can not be poured down on the ground, the ditch, should be poured into a bucket, to be poured out the next day, or else be regarded as the "heaven and earth parents ", to the "heaven and earth parents" disrespect, fear of divine retribution. On this day, the folk do not slaughter livestock, sincere sense of heaven and earth good life also.

3, sacrificing Buddha, also known as the North Pole Xuan Tian Zhenwu God. Folklore more than its "incense" and insert its flag in the top of the door, with the "heaven and earth, parents" stove together, the annual season, the first of each month, the fifteenth sacrifice. Buddha is a type of religion, monks and nuns do not sacrifice to God, but the people since ancient times, and the Buddha and God are not divided, and each other constantly.

4, sacrificing the sun. Folk have "March 19, the sun male birth," said the day at noon, the women put the offerings in the patio or outside the door under the sun, burning incense to worship the sun.

5, sacrifices to the landlord. The landlord, also known as uncle, uncle Gong, folk "March 29, uncle born" said. The old custom is to set up a stove in the door at the foot of the wall, March 29 each year and the second and sixteenth of each month, regular worship, offerings are not limited to, rice, livestock, fruit cake, etc. can be. According to legend, the original name of Master Bo was Bo Yi, a sage of the ancient times of Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, and Xia Yu, who was in charge of the mountains, rivers, fields and lakes. Bo Yi taught the people how to cultivate the land, farm, and build houses with stones, soil and roofs for the benefit of the people. Later, the people were y impressed by his kindness and unanimously honored him as the god of the earth, building temples everywhere to worship the statue of Bo Yi, praying for his blessing of peace and prosperity of the six animals, fair winds and good rains, and abundant harvests. This custom has been inherited for a long time, people gradually called Bo Yi as "Master Bo", the "Bo Yi Gong" called "Master Bo Gong". Because people worship Bo Yi as the god of the land, so to create a foundation to establish a business place, are bound to first build "Master Bo Temple", "Master Bo Palace" worship, in order to pray for the prosperity of the foundation, and even people build houses, but also to set up the first "Master Bo Furnace Even when people build houses, they have to set up a "Master Bao furnace" and worship it every day until the project is completed. And the "uncle palace" are generally built simple and low, probably for the sake of people to commemorate the ancient times when the first creation of the house are simple. Worship every incense burning five, burning paper ingots five points, meaning that the East, West, South, North, in the five earth uncle also. Where the boss, worship offerings used to feast fellows, employees, friends and relatives.