The Last Tooth festival is usually held on the 16th day of the 12th month of the Chinese lunar calendar at 4:00pm or 5:00pm to worship the God of the Earth and the Lord of the Earth.
The land lord - the offering table is usually set up in front of the land lord's shrine, and the offerings can be livestock (three animals), four fruits, in addition to the festive offerings and the same as the first teeth of the festival are "spring rolls", that is, the runny cake - (the runny cake wrapped in the skin of the bean sprouts, carrots, bamboo shoots, shredded dried beans, shredded pork, cilantro, and then coated with peanut powder, which makes a tasty spring rolls).
The foundation table must be set up at the entrance or the back door facing the house to worship, and the offerings are prepared in a bowl of five flavors.
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is the last day of the Lunar Calendar, and because it is a day of worship to the gods and ancestors, and a long time to prepare for the New Year's Eve, the worship often begins in the morning.
Jade Emperor God - the offering table is divided into top table and bottom table (or front table and back table), located under the three worlds of the public furnace or the atrium towards the sky, the use of the top of the gold, taiji gold, heavenly gold basin gold, high money and firecrackers, etc., the top table to prepare a clear vegetarian six fasting or twelve-course dish bowl, noodle threads in three bundles, fruit (especially the New Year citrus, some will be lined up in citrus tower), rice cakes, hair, sweet ingredients and the bottom table full of Livestock, fruits, rice cakes, sweeteners, etc.
The gods - on the offering table in front of the hall of the gods, the use of longevity gold, kariyaki gold, the landlord's gold, and the worship of the Jade Emperor God's offerings turned to worship, and then will be, on the offering table, the first long years of rice and rice kuey teow, inserted with a pair of "spring flowers", which means that the year, as the wealth of the wealth of the three bunches of noodle threads, which means longevity
Ancestors - on the offering table in front of the ancestors' tablets, using longevity gold, kari gold, silver paper, and the previous offerings can be used, but it is necessary to cut open the animals beforehand, and then cook a few more dishes to pay homage to them
Bedmother - on the bed or set up a separate small offering table at the head of the bed, using the bedmother's clothes, kari gold, and the offering can be used as spring rice, sesame oil, chicken and wine
Good brother first - offering table is located in the doorway to the outside to worship, the use of kari gold, silver paper, can be prepared for the offerings of five flavors bowl, rice cakes.
Kaisheng (the first day of the year)
The moment of Kaisheng varies according to the year's heavenly stems and earthly branches, and it is around the early morning of the first day of the year. Generally, it is the time to wait for the arrival of Kaisheng at midnight after the New Year's Eve vigil, and then go to bed after worshipping the gods; and the time for worshipping the ancestors is around the noon of the first day of the year.
The deity - offering table can be located in front of the deity hall (Gongma Hall), the eight immortal table will be especially surrounded by table skirts embroidered with auspicious patterns, the door will be hung red or eight immortal color, the hall lighted with lamps, the deity table is also lit with candles. Flowers and festive offerings such as mandarin oranges stacked in the shape of a tower, rice cakes (sweet kuey teow - a symbol of prosperity), turnip kuey teow, taro cake, fat kuey teow (a symbol of wealth), and longevity rice are offered, and the rice and kuey teow are decorated with "spring flowers" to increase the meaning of good fortune and wealth in the Chinese New Year. In front of the incense burner, three bundles of noodle threads tied with red paper are offered, along with three cups of tea, as well as sweet tea (e.g., jujube tea) and sweeteners (e.g., sweetened peanut kernels, jujubes, winter melon candies, peanut candies and other confectionery offerings). Apart from that, some believers also offer a full set of three animals (pork, chicken, fish) to worship; some families also offer rice cakes and twelve bowls of vegetable bowls (e.g. peanuts, Dutch beans, dried beans, bean buns, changnian vegetables, spinach ....... etc.) to worship, offer longevity gold, mary gold and firecrackers, burn the firecrackers after worshiping the burnt gold, and then sprinkle tea and wine on the paper ashes.
Ancestors - the table set up with the gods, you have to prepare seven cups of wine, seven bowls and seven pairs of chopsticks, plus the offerings to worship the gods, which can be repeated peony worship, but must be dissected, can be added to the bowl of vegetables (vegetables), vegetables, spinach, and garlic with a root and a tail, spinach is taken from the southern Minnan language meaning similar to the "fly", there is a fly, flying, flying to the sky, and garlic with a beard, to take its shape, in order to fly to the sky and the sky. The shape of the garlic is chosen to symbolize that the descendants will have "white hair on their heads and white beaks", which means "longevity". In addition, they offer longevity gold, kari gold, and silver paper. Since it is the New Year, it is best to prepare more gold and silver paper than on a normal day of worship.
The fourth day of the first month
The fourth day of the first month of the new year is the day of receiving the gods, and as the saying goes, "Send the gods early, receive the gods late," so the general receiving of the gods usually starts at nearly noon. A table is set up in front of the hall of the gods. The offerings are mainly livestock (three kinds of livestock: pork, chicken, and fish), four kinds of fruit (such as oranges, apples, melons, and grapes), wine, bowls of vegetables, and sweets (such as peanut kernels, jujubes, winter melon candies, and peanut candies). With shoujin, karijin and jiaoma, the jiaoma is prepared because it is to reward the divine soldiers and generals who are responsible for welcoming and protecting the gods to return to the earth, so the jiaoma is usually imprinted with patterns of armor, bows and swords, or horses and horsemen.
Opening (the fifth day of the first month) From Chinese Festivals and Poetry
Between the fifth and the twentieth day of the first month of the Lunar Calendar, merchants choose an auspicious day to open their businesses to welcome the God of Wealth, and the time for worshipping the God of Wealth is in the morning. Generally speaking, all businesses have a God of Wealth shrine, so the place of worship is set up on the table in front of the shrine, and if it is a small shrine with a high ceiling, you can put an additional table under the shrine. If the shrine is a small, raised shrine, an additional table can be placed underneath the shrine. In addition, a large offering table can be set up near the entrance of a store or factory to welcome the God of Wealth to the sky. Offer a large amount of sacrificial offerings (pork, chicken, fish) and fruits. The main offerings are longevity money, kari gold, and firecrackers. When the worship is over, firecrackers are fired to ward off evil spirits and to congratulate the opening of the business.
The ninth day of the Lunar New Year (Worshiping the God of Heaven)
General worship begins at midnight (11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.) and continues until 7:00 a.m. the following morning, but it is rumored that because the God of Heaven is so honored, the earlier you worship the God of Heaven, the more sincere you are, and that in some areas where the God of Heaven faith is prevalent, the believers are more prudent to worship the God of Heaven in their homes at midnight before going to a nearby temple to offer incense and worship. The temple is located in the center of the city, and the temple is located in the center of the city's main street.
There are two types of worship:
First, if there is a heavenly furnace in the main hall of the house, you can set up an offering table under the heavenly furnace in the direction of the door to welcome the arrival of the God of Heaven.
Secondly, if you do not have a heavenly stove at home, you can set the table in front of the door or atrium towards the sky.
The offering table is more special, you need to set up the top table and the bottom table (or before and after the table), generally a long bench or a short stool will be the Eight Immortals table cushion high, the eight Immortals table at the foot of the table were placed four stacks of longevity gold (gold paper head to the door, like the direction of the people to honor the gods), which is the top table, the bottom of the front of the addition of a table, that is, the bottom table. Before the top table and then tied on the table of auspicious patterns around the table, and on both sides of the top table tied on the head with the tail of the green cane, two cane head and tail of the green part of the red line tied together, the two ends of the high money can be added to hang (also known as the long money) hanging on both sides, and to prepare for three or five on behalf of the Duke of Heaven's heavenly seat (lamp holder) in the middle of the top table, the center and then set up the incense burner, the stove on both sides and to prepare for the candlestick.
Offerings
The top table is dedicated to the most honorable God of Heaven, and is mainly vegetarian. Have to prepare a pair of flowers, light a pair of candles, and in front of the net incense burner set up three teacups, pouring tea, the top table of the vegetarian offerings, a plate of red paper tied on the noodle threads of three bundles (can also be scalded and divided into three bowls, and then each of the bowls on each set a black sugar), five fruit (such as oranges, apples, melon, sugar cane, bananas and other fruits), six fasting (such as needles, fungus, mushrooms, rice noodles, potatoes, jujubes, there are gold, wood, fire, fire, earth and other elements), and also has the meaning of the five elements There are also dishes that are made up of 12, 24 or 36 bowls of vegetable bowls, as well as sugar towers and sugar janitories, in addition to the six fasting dishes, with dried ingredients such as vegetable hearts, peas, green beans, bean wheels, gluten, and mala beans.
The next table is dedicated to the God of Heaven's subordinate gods, and therefore is based on five animals and other meat food. The offerings are five animals (such as whole chicken, whole duck, whole fish, whole pig, whole goat, but also fish eggs, pork or pork belly, pig can be scalded; in addition, there are red turtle kuey teow, sweet materials (such as rice dates, sweet cake) and so on.
The gold paper dedicated to the God of Heaven is mainly Tian Gong Jin, which also includes Zhen Ji Jin, Tai Ji Jin, Tian Jin, Bun Jin, and Gao Qian (long money), etc. Among them, the Gao Qian can be torn apart and pulled into long strips, and hanged on the sugarcane next to the top table, or hung on the animal gifts of the whole goat or the whole pig, which is a decorative dedication.
The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar every year. On the day of the Lantern Festival, the people worship the Emperor Tien Kuan (天官大帝) from the early morning of that day, as well as worshiping deities, ancestors, and foundations during the daytime, and there are some believers who worship the Mother of the Bed in particular.