The winter solstice burning paper what to pay attention to

Winter solstice burning paper is as follows:

1, buy burning paper, do not buy the kind of stacks of printed materials.

2, to buy yellow straw paper, spread out and take a hundred dollars of real money in the paper pressure, to feel the stamp on the top from right to left, from top to bottom, row by row to cover up, until the whole sheet of paper is covered.

3, folded burnt paper, a knife burnt paper divided into seven or eight, respectively, folded twice diagonally, otherwise a stack of paper want it to burn up is very laborious, stacked up to burn will be very convenient.

4, ready to go to burn paper before the best prepared lighter and a small stick, so that it is convenient to burn paper when pulling up the burning paper pressed together, so that the air circulation is convenient to burn.

The origin of the winter solstice paper burning

The custom originated in the ancient winter festival rituals, rituals to entertain the gods and pray for the blessing of God and the gods. Winter solstice sacrifices to the gods evolved into the Tang and Song dynasties, and gradually evolved into ancestor worship activities in folklore, called "offering winter" or "worship winter", and became a festival of ancestor worship, which evolved into traditional folklore over time. Winter solstice ancestor worship in two forms: one is outdoor worship, the other is indoor worship.