Tianshui folk custom

The 16th day of the first lunar month is said to be Fuxi's birthday. On this day, Tianshui people spontaneously gathered to pay homage? Lord Injong? (Press: Tianshui people used to call Fuxi? Lord Injong? ), begging for happiness and good luck in the New Year.

In Fuxi Temple, the ancient cypresses are dense and solemn. According to the arrangement cycle of heavenly stems and earthly branches's sixty jiazi, one will be selected to be on duty in the temple every year, so this big cypress tree has become a direct embodiment of Fuxi's will. It can cure diseases and do everything. In the temple, a red light is hung on the sacred tree as a symbol, and one is used for worship.

People who worship the ancestral temple line up along the aisle, kowtowing respectfully under the steps, burning incense and paper. Then they went to Shenshu (in fact, the number of cypress trees in the temple is ok, not necessarily the trees on duty), pasted paper figures and lit incense moxibustion. If you are sick, you can moxibustion yourself. If you are not sick, you can give moxibustion to your relatives and friends. If it hurts, you can moxibustion on which part. Paper men use red paper as raw material and cut it into human shapes. In the past, everyone brought their own paper, but now vendors selling scented wax paper are selling it. Moxibustion is an imitation of acupuncture by Chinese medicine. It pays attention to sticking wormwood on the corresponding part of the paper man's wound and lighting it with incense, so that it is convenient to poke the relevant part directly with the lit incense head. People never seem to pay attention to whether it is effective or not and whether it can really get rid of diseases and epidemics. After the temple fair every year, countless little paper men will always stick to Cooper's body, and the wind will rustle when it blows; And there is an increasing trend every year, so that Tianshui Museum has to cover trees with bamboo curtains in order to protect cultural relics.

People's wishes are always good. Who doesn't want themselves and their relatives and friends to be healthy and happy? This disease is inherent. Moxibustion with paper men may not be cured, but moxibustion can provide a kind of spiritual comfort. Isn't this a treatment? So, there is no need to ask if it is useful.

Pushing its source, the custom of paper men moxibustion comes from the long-term pursuit of Chinese medicine after the Tang Dynasty? Medical and easy homology? Theory. Sun Simiao, a great doctor in the Tang Dynasty, talked about the relationship between medicine and Yi in Qian Jin Yao Fang. Based on their understanding of Huang San's Sacrifice, Song Huizong and Zhao Gou wrote Shengji Jing, including Zhouyi, Huangdi Neijing and Shennong Bencao. According to this theory, medicine originated from Yi-ology, and the basis of Yi-ology is Yin-Yang gossip, which was initiated by Fuxi. So it is natural to think that the paper figures stuck on the ancient cypress in Fuxi Temple use incense instead of silver needles? Treat a disease? People who worship the temple are convinced of this.