The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Orchid Festival, is one of the important traditional festivals in China, which was set up to worship ancestors and ancestors. The Mid-Autumn Festival usually falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, which is the legendary "Ghost Festival". On this day, people will hold sacrificial activities at home or in front of their ancestors' graves to express their admiration and gratitude for their ancestors. With the development of society, the sacrificial methods of the Mid-Autumn Festival are gradually diversified, but the correct sacrificial methods need to be followed.

Preparations before sacrifice

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival sacrifice, some preparations are needed to ensure the smooth progress of the sacrifice.

1. Prepare sacrifices

Sacrifice is an important item for Mid-Autumn Festival, which generally includes fruits, cakes, wine, cigarettes and so on. When choosing sacrifices, try to choose fresh, clean and undamaged items.

Step 2 prepare sacrificial utensils

Sacrificial utensils include incense burners, incense, paper money, candles and so on. When choosing sacrificial utensils, we should pay attention to the quality, and try to choose items with good quality and convenient use.

3. Clean the place of worship

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is necessary to clean the sacrificial place, clean up the garbage and dust, and keep the place clean and tidy.

Steps of sacrifice

When offering sacrifices to the Mid-Autumn Festival, we should follow certain steps to express our admiration and gratitude to our ancestors.

1. Light incense sticks

Before the start of the sacrifice, the incense sticks are lit to show respect and gratitude to the ancestors.

2. Worship ancestors

After lighting the incense sticks, they began to worship their ancestors. Put the sacrifice on the altar, and make three bows to the ancestors to express their admiration and gratitude.

Step 3 burn paper money

After worshipping the ancestors, it is necessary to burn paper money to show the meaning of offering sacrifices and praying for the ancestors. When burning paper money, you should pay attention to safety and choose an open place.

Step 4 pray for blessings

After burning paper money, pray for blessings to express the meaning of praying for ancestors. The content of blessing can be chosen according to your own needs, but you should pay attention to respectful and sincere words.

5. End of worship

After the worship, clean up the sacrifices and sacrificial utensils to show respect and gratitude to the ancestors.

ending

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China, and offering sacrifices to ancestors is one of the important activities of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The correct way of offering sacrifices can express admiration and gratitude for ancestors and inherit folk culture. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, some preparatory work is needed, and it should be carried out according to certain steps. I hope everyone can follow the correct way of sacrifice and express their admiration and gratitude for their ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival.