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Ways to pay homage to ancestors on the Mid-Yuan Festival

Methods of ancestor worship on the Mid-Yuan Festival:

1, fire paper: one of the essential items of the Mid-Yuan Festival festival is paper money, usually yellow fire paper, the ancient cloud, fire paper yellow, on behalf of the ancient people's respect, and there are also printed on the fire paper with the money prints, on behalf of the money is true; the ancestors took the money after the adoption of have to fall, to be the most useful, and also in the burning of the fire paper when the must tear the paper one by one, so that the fire paper can be turned into ashes as much as possible, the ancestors can also get more money.

2, incense and candles: incense, wax and candles, is a worship of the ancestors to use the goods, lit around the sacrificial point, in the words of the old man, this is to give the ancestors lighting to point the way, in case they come back to get money to enjoy the tribute when they can not see the road.

3, Tribute: Tribute is also a necessary item for the festival, usually pork, fruits, cakes, candies, meat, etc., usually placed next to the sacrificial burning, and then take home after the completion of the festival in front of the ancestors' tablets.