Why do people burn incense during rituals and what does it do?

When it comes to burning incense during sacrifices, it is inevitable to mention China's sacrificial culture, China to burn incense as a worship ritual, originating from Buddhism, Taoism and many folk religions.

I. Why do people burn incense during rituals?

People burn incense through worship to take its aroma or purity,? burning? through? slightly? The first is to burn the incense, and the second is to burn the incense. The incense was burnt to make it more fragrant. Tong? Faith?

In addition, it is believed that the soul will be like smoke, burning incense smoke will float upward to symbolize the ascension of the soul of the person can receive.

Also, the burning of incense during worship indicates that the descendants of the ancestral line are still alive, the blood and bones are still alive, the descendants are still alive, and the incense continues unbroken.

But this understanding alone is not enough. Burning incense is a major event in Chinese folklore, and it means much more than that.

01, the gods of heaven and earth

Burning incense will be incense clouds, up in the air, the aroma of people, the purpose is to feed the upper world of clouds of the House of the high true, in the world of the Yue Dushi Wei Ling, the lower world of the three worlds of the gods such as the Water House fairy officer.

And through making offerings to the gods, the people elaborated a truth that people should know how to be thankful, and learn to make offerings to those who are kind to us and those who are not kind to us with a thankful heart. For example, our parents, teachers, relatives, friends, etc., but all those who have helped us and have been kind to us, we should have a grateful heart to repay them.

So, this point is related to ? Love offerings? Similarly, there is an implication of purifying the heart and exalting the soul.

02, to incense to send a message, asking God for blessings

This point was also mentioned above, ? incense? is a person and the gods communicate with the communication object, we burn incense, smoke curls, the prayers of our hearts to the gods, so as to pray for the blessing of the gods.

The Taoist scriptures said? The first thing you need to do is to use the incense to spread the message and ask for blessings. It becomes the biggest driving force for people to burn incense.

3, the heart through the incense, inches of sincerity sense of God

This point is broken down from the second point. Taoist scripture "wish incense mantra":? The Taoism is learned by the heart, the heart fake incense passes the incense hot copper stove heart stored in front of the emperor, the real spirit of the next hope fairy pennant in the Xuan, the order of the announcement of the ministers, run up to the nine heavenly? The Taoist Incantation of Blessing Incense also applies to the burning of incense! What's in the sentence? Fake? is the meaning of borrowing.

The meaning is: the learning of burning incense is born from the heart, and then conveyed with the help of incense; when the incense is glowing in the jade furnace, the true heart is handed over to the Buddha in the hope that the Buddha in heaven will see the earth, and then ride to the temple to hear the prayers, so that the prayers will be conveyed up to the Nine Heavens.

This is ? Heart false incense transmission, rain sincere sense of God? The essence of the temple is that it is a place where the prayers reach the heavens.

04, practicing? The Three Incenses The three joss sticks are the most important of the three. The three karmas are the most important. One of the meanings of incense is the incense itself. It is a fragrance that does not stink. The first is that it is not a bad smell, but it is a good smell. The fragrance of the incense is far more refreshing than the smell of it. We are honoring the gods by keeping the incense in the air. The essence of incense. The essence of being a human being should be practiced. We should practice the three fragrances: the fragrance of the heart, the fragrance of the body and the fragrance of the mouth. The three incense: the incense of the heart, the incense of the body, and the incense of the mouth.

The other meaning of "incense" is that it is the essence of a person's heart, body, and mouth. Another layer of meaning is the derivation of the human character? The first is that the person's character is the same as that of the person's body. The first is that the heart of the person is the heart of the person, and the heart is the heart of the person. The heart of the fragrance? Including the heart to keep good thoughts, do not have evil thoughts, etc.;? The fragrance of the body Includes being of good character, not doing evil things, etc.;? The fragrance of the mouth? Including not to hurt people, not to speak out of turn, to gather the virtue of the mouth, etc..

05, eliminate bacteria, purify the air

This refers to the substantial functional role of the incense itself, after the incense sticks lit, the smoke filled the air, can play a role in eliminating bacteria in the air, purify the air, in order to maintain the health of the body.

For example, in our daily lives, we often burn incense, incense and so on, in order to purify the air, expel mosquitoes and insects, calm and quiet and so on.

Second, burnt wood and fire is said to be on the inflammation, a brief analysis of the origin of burning incense

Burnt wood? , is our country's ancient famous ceremony of sacrifice to heaven, burning incense that originated from this, it is based on? The fire is said to be on the inflammation? The characteristics of the gods to enjoy the offerings, burn incense is the reason. The reason why later generations pay attention to burning incense, it is the inheritance of the ancient ancestor sacrifice culture.

What is? The fire is said to be inflamed? it? It means that when the fire is burning, it has the phenomenon of luminous heat, light and heat dispersing and transpiration rising, which can be derived from the fact that the fire has the imagery of warmth, brightness, change, activity and ascension, and moreover expresses the heartfelt hope of those who offer sacrifices.

It was mentioned above that burning incense is a way or ritual for people to honor the gods and worship, and also a channel of communication between people and the gods,? Burning incense? that is? Picking up a letter? , a channel through which people send messages of their own to the gods through the burning of incense.

Three, in short, how to burn incense?

How to burn incense, I used to not know, and then specialized in learning a little, but also just to understand the general, so as not to go to the temple to worship God will be embarrassed.

Before burning incense, first clean (wash) your hands. Incense can not be called ? buy? but should be called? Please? Three pillars of incense are for one's own blessings, six pillars for two generations, nine pillars for three generations; thirteen pillars of incense is an extreme, representing the meaning of the fulfillment of merit.

Burning incense first lit incense, left hand on the top, right hand on the bottom of the incense, both hands will hold the incense flat to the eyebrow level, visualization of the gods in front of the eyes to accept incense offerings; incense inserted in the incense burner together, take ? The incense is inserted together in the incense burner to take the meaning of "one breath transforms three clearings". The meaning of the incense. Incense into the furnace should be horizontal angle, said peace.

Of course, the burning of incense is a great learning, and will not be repeated here.

Summary

Sacrificial culture, is the inheritance of China's ancient traditional culture, send people to the memory of deceased relatives, as well as the blessing of God's prayers, but also a spiritual belief.

Of course, cultural things have certain historical and practical limitations, to take the essence, to go to its bad is the correct attitude towards ancient culture.