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What tribute should Erlang God put?
Erlang God is a legend in China, and is usually regarded as the god of irrigation. When offering sacrifices to Erlang God, the following tributes are generally used:

1. Four dried fruits, four fresh fruits, four candied fruits, four cold meats, three sweet bowls and four snacks: this is a relatively traditional tribute combination, in which four dried fruits include red dates, chestnuts, longan and almonds; Four fresh foods include apples, oranges, peaches and bananas; The four candied fruits include sugar orange, sugar tomato, pineapple and sugar lotus seed. The four chilled meats include braised pork, smoked chicken, sausage and sausage. Three sweet bowls include glutinous rice balls, honeydew melons and sugar lotus roots; Four kinds of snacks include cakes, egg rolls, shortcakes and moon cakes.

2. Sheep head, pig head, a knife of meat, tofu and gluten: This is another more traditional tribute combination, in which the sheep head represents piety, the pig head represents respect, a knife of meat represents a whole knife of pork belly, tofu represents abundance and gluten represents unity.

It should be noted that the choice of specific tributes may be different due to regions, beliefs and family habits. When offering sacrifices to Erlang God, we should respect local customs and beliefs.