The correct placement of chopsticks on the offering table is as follows:

When worshipping ancestors, offerings are placed in front of the ancestors' tablets, and chopsticks and bowls are also placed, with the chopsticks' heads facing outwards. The chopsticks are placed with their heads facing outward because the ancestors' tablets are placed with the characters facing outward, which means that the ancestors are sitting there and we are facing them when we worship them, and the chopsticks are placed with their heads facing outward so that the ancestors can use them in the same way as the living people do.

When making offerings, people will put three bowls and three pairs of chopsticks, such an arrangement is the simplest, and sometimes it is just to do a little ceremony, the so-called sincerity of the heart, and chopsticks in the Chinese tradition will also have a symbol of the family's wealth, so usually old chopsticks will not be thrown away.

Precautions for ancestor worship

1, the graves of people do not carry mahogany jewelry, braves and so on. Because mahogany in the folk think is too heavy, masculine things, ancestors for the Yin can not be close. And brave, for one of the five sacred beasts, very fierce, will charge the ancestors.

2, do not wear too brightly colored (grave sweeping should be solemn, black, white and gray is good), in front of the tomb to do irreverent things. The ancestor should be respectful, do not make a lot of noise, play, play, do not disturb the ancestors disrespectful things. When passing by the graves of others, one should also be respectful and not make casual comments.

3, carry offerings of fruit and so on is also a cautionary tale, more taboo is such as plum, pear (harmonic away, inauspicious), melon, buns (meaning hollow, honoring the ancestors is not solid).