Second, the night tour. People with a light character should never travel at night, otherwise they will only ask for trouble.
Third, burning paper for non-specific occasions. The ghost paper is burned for good brothers, and the golden paper is burned for God. The result of burning the ghost paper will only attract more good brothers.
Fourth, stealing sacrifices. These foods belong to good brothers. If you use them without their consent, it will only bring you hard luck.
Fifth, dry clothes at night. When a good brother thinks your clothes look good, he will borrow them and leave his taste on them.
Sixth, shout the name. Don't call out your name when you go out at night. Try to match it with a code name, so as not to be remembered by your good brothers.
Seven, swimming. Don't go swimming in dangerous waters, according to legend? Water ghost? Will find someone to be a scapegoat in order to be reborn.
Eight, look around. Good brothers like to hide and scare people. In case they are scared by looking around, it is the best time for them to invade you.
Nine, banyan trees are placed at the door of the house. Because banyan is a shade-gathering plant, it is also the favorite of good brothers, unless you want good brothers to come and sit at home.
Ten, stay up late. The most popular time is in the middle of the night, and the most haunting time is also in the middle of the night. Staying up late can easily lead to discouragement and invasion.
Eleven, against the wall. Good brothers usually like to rest on the cold wall, which is easy to cause ghosts.
Twelve, pick up the money on the roadside. The money is used to buy off the cow's head and horse's face. If it infringes on their things, it will be easy for them to teach them a lesson.
Thirteen, easy to turn back. When walking in the wild or sparsely populated places, what do you think? Like? Someone told you not to turn around easily. It might be a good brother.
Fourteen, can't go back and forth anywhere. There are three fires on a person's body, one on his head and one on his left and right shoulders. As long as one of them is put out, it is easy to be a good brother. Upper body? .
15. The slipper head faces the bed. A good brotherhood can judge where a stranger is by looking at the direction of the toe. If the toe is facing the bed, then a good brother will go to bed and sleep with you.
Chopsticks are inserted in the middle of the meal. This is the mode of worship, just like putting incense on an incense burner, which will only attract good brothers to share food with you?
Seventeen, a person. It's true that a person is easily coveted by a good brother.
Eighteen, take pictures at night. This move is easy to take friends from the spiritual world together and take them home.
Nineteen, play disc fairy. It's easy to happen when you play disc fairy at ordinary times, not to mention at this Halloween.
Twenty, slippers are neatly placed by the bed. When traveling abroad, slippers are placed neatly beside the bed, which will attract the curiosity of friends in the spiritual world and cause them to get into bed.
What are the customs of the Mid-Yuan Festival in Fuzhou? On July 15th, many families prepared vegetables and paper money, and invited monks to perform the ceremony of crossing over, and then scattered a small part of the prepared offerings in the open field to give alms to orphans, which is called it? Feeding? . Nanping, Gutian, Youxi, Guangze, Datian and other places also have the custom of giving food on the 15th. In Taining, on the night of 15th, people burn incense, light candles and burn paper money in front of houses, in front of barns, under fruit trees, at bridges, rivers and intersections, etc., for the homeless and lonely souls to keep the local peace. In the old custom of Shanghang, on the 15th, bamboo banners were erected in the city to attract the dead. All the furniture is vegetarian and placed under the bamboo. On the altar, a Taoist priest sits and recites scriptures, and on both sides of the altar, Taoist priests play drum music, and the audience is blocked, commonly known as? For half a month? , also called? On stage? . After the sacrifice, most of the vegetarian meals were taken away by the poor and beggars. Liancheng, Changting and other places burn incense and gold and silver paper on the 15th night to offer sacrifices to wild ghosts.
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, commonly known as? July and a half? 、? Do half a paragraph? . The Mid-Autumn Festival can be held every day in July. Legend has it that Mulian invited ten monks to be a Yulan meeting in order to alleviate his mother's sin, so that Purdue could give birth to his mother. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family held a family festival. In addition to general offerings, paper clothes must be burned for ancestors and ghosts to enjoy in the underworld.
Fuzhou? Do half a paragraph? Mainly in suburban townships. On July 15, the year has passed halfway, so it is called? Half a paragraph? . ? Do half a paragraph? The time, some for half a month around the 15th, some longer. The main activity is to hold a village-wide banquet in turn on a regular basis, to entertain relatives and friends respectively, and at the same time to perform a few days' play, which is said to be for the gods. ? Do half a paragraph? It is a huge waste, and it is accompanied by the wind of gambling.
There is also an old custom in Fuzhou to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, that is, if an infectious disease prevails during this period, it will be considered as a ghost, so it is necessary. You tower bone? . ? Tower bone? It is made of bamboo in the shape of an adult (bigger than a man), put on some kind of god's clothes and hat, which is eccentric in ancient times, and then people carry it in it. At night, Tower bone? Crowding around, cruising the neighborhood to catch ghosts for seven days in a row. Finally, make a paper boat, put the caught ghosts in the paper boat, run and shout to put the paper boat in the river and let it float downstream, which is called? Going to sea? .
What sacrificial activities are there on the Mid-Yuan Festival?
Zhongyuan is a very important folk festival. Many people will hold sacrificial activities with wine, meat, sugar cakes, fruits and other sacrifices between the first day of July and the 30th day of July in the old calendar, so as to comfort many ghosts who are playing in the world and pray for their peace and success throughout the year. Those who are more solemn even invite monks and Taoists to recite the scriptures. During this period, some people will invite Buddha statues such as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Mu Lian Zun to place high platforms, or invite artists to play the exorcism god Zhong Kui (some of them invite artists to manipulate Zhong Kui's puppet), so as to eliminate the rage of the dead.
offer sacrifices to ancestors
The festival of ancestor worship falls on the 15th of July in the lunar calendar, so it is abbreviated as? July and a half? Worship ancestors. At this time, the midsummer has passed and the autumn cool has just begun. Folks believe that ancestors will also return home to visit their children and grandchildren at this time, so they need to worship their ancestors. Worship ceremonies are usually held in the evening before the end of July, and are not limited to a specific day. On normal days, you should worship your ancestors, and generally don't move their tablets. Arrive? July and a half? When offering sacrifices to ancestors, the memorial tablets of ancestors should be invited out one by one, respectfully placed on the sacrificial table specially used for worship, and incense should be inserted in front of each ancestor's memorial tablet for tea and rice three times a day in the morning, noon and dusk until July 30. If there are portraits of ancestors, please come out and hang them. When worshipping, kowtow to each ancestor in the order of seniority and seniority, pray silently, report to the ancestors and ask people to examine their words and deeds this year first, so as to bless their peace and happiness. When returning, burn paper money and clothes, which is called burning coating, or a Buddhist or Taoist ritual of crossing over. In some areas of Jiangxi and Hunan, the Mid-Autumn Festival is more important than Tomb-Sweeping Day or the Double Ninth Festival.
Sacrifice land
On the 15th of July, it was still popular among the people to offer sacrifices to land and crops. Scatter the offerings into the fields. After burning paper, it is wrapped around the ears of crops with five-color paper cut into pieces. Legend has it that hail can be avoided and a bumper harvest can be achieved in autumn. At the same time, some places have to go to Houtu Temple to offer sacrifices. Dingxiang county folk custom hangs hemp and valley at the door.
float a river lantern
People think that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a ghost festival, and lanterns should also be put on to celebrate the festival for ghosts. However, people and ghosts are different, so a lantern in Zhongyuan is different from a lantern in Shangyuan. Man is yang and ghost is yin; Land is yang, water is yin. The mysterious darkness under the water reminds people of the legendary hell, where ghosts sink. So the lantern in Shangyuan is on land, and the lantern in Zhongyuan is in water. [10] Today's river lanterns have become a joyful activity. According to the etiquette of the Buddhist Bonsai, the river lantern is just one of the small programs, and it doesn't seem so important. In the folk activities of Mid-Autumn Festival, it is more important to put on lights.
River lights are also called? Lotus lamp? River lanterns are usually placed with lamps or candles on the base, and placed in rivers, lakes and seas at Mid-Autumn Night, leaving them floating. The purpose of the river lantern is to drown ghosts and other ghosts in Pudu water. A passage from the biography of Hulan River by Xiao Hong, a modern woman writer, is the best footnote of this custom. July 15th is a ghost festival; Dead ghosts can't support themselves, and lingering in hell is very bitter. They want to support themselves, but they can't find their way. On this day, if a fool holds a river lamp, he will have to support his life? . Probably this road from the underworld to the dead is very dark, and you can't see the road without a lamp. So putting on the lights is a good thing. It can be seen that the living gentlemen have not forgotten the dead ghosts.
Sheep sending festival
The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, also known as? Sheep Festival? . Han Xu Shen said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi:? Sheep are auspicious. ? In Oracle Bone Inscriptions's Oracle Inscriptions, it is also called "sheep pass through the auspicious". It can be seen that in ancient times, sheep, an animal, always represented auspiciousness. In the rural areas of old Beijing and North China, it is popular that grandfathers and uncles send live sheep to their little nephews on July 15th. Legend has it that this custom is related to the legend that agarwood splits the mountain to save mother. After Aquilaria split the mountain to save her mother, she wanted to kill her uncle Erlang, who abused her mother. In order to rebuild the friendship between brother and sister and uncle and nephew, Erlang sent a pair of live sheep to Aquilaria every July 15th. It is said that this is the mother of Erlang and Aquilaria? Yang? The homonym of surname is to reunite the two families. From then on, the folk left the custom of sending live sheep to my uncle, and later it gradually evolved into sending a sheep to the other side.
Before the 15th day of July, dough sculpture activities were popular among folk women, especially in northern Shanxi. A steamed bun shop, neighbors came to help. First of all, according to the actual number of people in the family, give everyone a big steamed bun first. The steamed buns given to the younger generation should be kneaded into a flat shape, which is called a noodle sheep. I hope that the younger generation will not forget the kindness of their parents. The flower steamed buns given to the older generation should be shaped into an adult, which means that the children and grandchildren are full of people and live a long life; The steamed buns given to peers should be shaped into fish, which is called noodle fish, which means more than one year. Nowadays, there are steamed buns of various shapes, such as sheep, tiger, cow, fish, rabbit and human, all according to the taste of the owner. After the steamed buns of one animal per capita are kneaded, many steamed buns in the shapes of melon, fruit, peach, plum, lotus, chrysanthemum and plum will be kneaded and decorated with flowers, birds, butterflies, dragonflies and squirrels. Smaller than before, as a gift for visiting relatives and friends. After these dough sculptures are steamed and colored in five colors, they look lifelike, and each piece can be called an excellent handicraft. Seeing dough sculptures on July 15th has become a program for peasant women to show off their dexterous skills.