When you go to the temple, you need to wear clean clothes. You need to clean yourself up the night before and make yourself a little neater. The "neatness" here is not how luxurious you want to wear, but clean and tidy. Don't wear grandiose and unconventional clothes.
The number of incense burns, three wicks pray for themselves, six wicks pray for two generations and nine wicks pray for three generations. And thirteen is an extreme, thirteen wick incense is a high incense with perfect merit, and it is the highest specification to burn incense and kowtow again.
The fifteenth day of October in the lunar calendar is called the Xiayuan Festival, and the Xiayuan Festival for ancestor worship is also called Xiayuan Day, Xiayuan Birthday and Xiayuan Shuiguan Festival. The birth dates of the three officials are the fifteenth day of the first month, the fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of October in the lunar calendar. These three days are called Shangyuan Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Xiayuan Festival.
Taboos of the next Yuan Festival:
1, places of worship should not be dirty and messy.
On October 15th, most people will follow the custom to pay homage to Xiayuan Shuiguan and ancestors at home. It is important to clean the home in advance, and then put the sacrifices after bathing and changing clothes. The clothes should be simple and simple, and women should not wear skirts for worship. The surrounding area of the platform should be cleaned up and sundries should not be piled up at will.
2. The worship order is taboo.
At home, the worship of Xiayuan Shuiguan and ancestor can't be carried out at the same time, and the sacrifices must be prepared in two copies, in order. First, worship Xiayuan Shuiguan, pray to solve the difficulties, and besides placing related sacrifices, lanterns should be hung on both sides of several cases of worship.
You don't have to pay homage to the water official of the next Yuan Dynasty. Just put a mat on the ground before several cases. After a wick of incense is burned, put away all the sacrifices and lanterns, and put on another sacrifice to worship the ancestors. Never reverse the order.
3. When worshipping, it is forbidden to be fierce
Whether it's the next Yuan Festival or any other festival, whenever it involves worship ceremony, try to choose auspicious time, check the auspicious and fierce times of the day in advance, and try to avoid worshipping in the fierce time to invite disasters and ensure peace and security. After the worship, you can go outdoors to put lanterns or water lanterns.
The above contents should be combined with the actual situation for reference only.