(a), seven items

1, incense and candles

Index of incense and candles is the most important items necessary. Not only should you light joss sticks and candles in front of the graves of the deceased, but you should also offer joss sticks to the gods and goddesses who look after the graveyard, praying that the gods and goddesses will guard the graveyard well and bless the souls of the deceased;

2. Paper money

Paper money is to be burned to give to the deceased so that they can have money to spend on their deaths, and it is important that it is burned cleanly.

3, vegetarian wine

Tomb-sweeping process, is the same as bringing food to the ancestors of the Chinese New Year, so to the ancestors of the wine, wine for the tomb-sweeping necessary. The so-called vegetarian wine that is not "distillation" process of alcohol, such as: wine, rice wine, etc. are vegetarian wine.

4, fruits and snacks

Fruits to seasonal fruits are appropriate, such as: apples, four, on behalf of the peace; navel oranges, four, on behalf of the "Zecheng" offspring; bananas on behalf of the "generations of incense (each other)"; snacks are generally used four round cake, on behalf of the perfect; round peach cake four The cake is usually made of four pieces of round cake, representing the perfect; four pieces of round peach cake, representing the "afterlife"; it can also be based on the dietary habits of the deceased before death.

5, rice, dumplings

To the ancestors of the pre-life favorite food, because the Spring Festival is concerned about the "dumplings on the morning of the first day of the first day of the boiled vegetables at noon," to the whole family **** to enjoy, for this reason, the Spring Festival to the graveside is to take with them the rice and dumplings.

6, flowers

Chrysanthemums have the meaning of reminiscence and nostalgia, the Chinese New Year graves generally chrysanthemums are appropriate, white or yellow especially for the scene.

7, "baggage"

"Baggage", that is, to the deceased with food and clothing things, because the white paper paste a large pocket and the name, filled with medieval money, gold and silver, as well as a variety of paper made of "treasure", "clothes" and "money", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes", "clothes" and so on. ", "clothes", "furniture" and so on.

(2), the order of offerings

The order of the above offerings is also very delicate. Generally three rows and five rows of two ways:

1, three rows. The incense burner in the front center occupies a row; the second row is a cup of vegetarian wine; the third row of dumplings, snacks, fruits and other four plates.

2, five-row arrangement. Incense burner in the front center, occupying the first row; followed by three cups of vegetarian wine for the second row; the third row of rice, dumplings, snacks *** four dishes (bowls); the fourth row of fruits, four dishes; the fifth row is a candle.

Two, the general flow of ancestor worship rituals

1, the flow of ancestor worship on the grave (Memorial Hall or cemetery). Offering rituals include offering incense, reading benedictions, dedicating rice and soup, offering wine, offering food boxes, offering sacrificial meat, burning benedictions, burning money and paper, and resigning from the gods and bowing to the gods. The officiating priest will offer a cup of wine in front of the spiritual seat, and when offering the wine, he will use both hands to raise the wine cup filled with wine high above his head, and then slowly come down and sprinkle the wine in an arc on the ground to show respect to the sky and the earth. This is called the "looking at the sky and laying down wine". Then, a cup is poured and offered to the ancestors. After lighting the money and paper on fire, some of the offerings are broken into pieces and thrown into the fire, which is considered to be a gift to the ancestors. At the end of the ceremony, the offerings are distributed to the participants, and some of the good quality offerings are taken back to another living elder.

2. Family ancestor worship process. Many families offer their family tree, ancestor statues, and tablets to the upper hall of their home, set up an offering table, and arrange incense burners and offerings. At the same time in the ancestor worship, but also to worship the gods of heaven and earth, offerings are pig head, chicken, sheep head, five bowls of vegetables, five-color snacks, five bowls of rice, a pair of jujube cake, a large bun, commonly known as "heaven and earth for". By the parents officiating, burning three incense, bowing, praying for a good harvest, and finally burning paper, commonly known as "sending money and grain. People in the Spring Festival to worship ancestors, kowtow to the gods, in fact, is to the ancestors, the gods to pay tribute to the New Year.