The next Yuan Festival is also the birthday of "Emperor Shui Guan" Yu. People will prepare incense sticks to worship the emperor Shuiguan for peace, so it is also called "Disaster Relief Day" and "Xiayuan Shuiguan Day". On the second festival, the water official played the heavenly court according to the records to solve problems for the people. On this day, as a Dojo, the Taoist temple offered sacrifices to the dead and prayed for the next Yuan Dynasty water official to solve the problem. In ancient times, the imperial court banned slaughter on this day and postponed the execution date of the death penalty. In the Song Dynasty, there were three official holidays on the next Yuan Festival.
Later, the Next Yuan Festival gradually evolved into a traditional festival for offering rich dishes, offering sacrifices to ancestors and praying for prosperity, so as to pray for ancestors to bless future generations. October 15th of the lunar calendar is a traditional folk festival in China, also known as "Xiayuan Festival" and "Xiayuan Festival". The origin of the next Yuan Festival is related to Taoism. There are three kinds of Taoist officials: heavenly officials, local officials, water officials and God bless the people. Local officials forgive sins and water conservancy officials relieve Eritrea.
Build a fast temple;
Next Yuan Festival is also one of the fasting dates stipulated in the Taoist fasting law. Taoism believes that all things that rely on divine power, such as praying for blessings, overcoming disasters, pulling out suffering, atoning for sins, seeking longevity, prolonging life, crossing the dead, etc. , should be borrowed. There are two ways to practice fasting: one is just three, and the other is to provide fasting. That is, set up an altar to fast and immerse in God to avoid disaster.
There were nine ways to set up altars in ancient times: the upper three altars were set up by the state, the middle three altars were set up by officials, and the lower three altars were set up by scholars. Later generations gradually relaxed the altar. Because fasting can "accumulate virtue and heal wounds"; 2. go on a diet. Before the sacrifice, the ancients had to bathe and change clothes, not to drink or eat meat, so as to keep the outside clean and the inside clean and empty, to show sincerity and respect. This is called fasting. Fasting can "live with God"; Three-hearted fasting can be "quiet and calm".
Another analogy is slightly larger than nine: one coarse food, two vegetarian foods, three diets, four refined foods, five teeth, six light foods, seven convinced foods, eight primordial foods and nine fetal foods. In addition, all rituals, such as chanting, confession and sacrifice, are also included in the scope of fasting.