Foods unsuitable for sacrifice include:
1, it is not appropriate to sacrifice beef or dog meat to the gods.
2, it is not appropriate to use eels and eels to worship the gods.
3. It is not advisable to sacrifice food to God.
4, it is not appropriate to use bitter gourd and melon to worship God.
5, it is not appropriate to use guava (that is, guava), tomatoes and other fruits to worship God. Because these two kinds of fruits have seeds, the human body will excrete them after eating them. As long as the seeds can be excreted, the fruits cannot be sacrificed.
6, it is not appropriate to use hollow fruit sacrifice.
7, it is not appropriate to use a single bowl to worship God. People's psychology of paying attention to the single and avoiding the double is just the opposite of paying attention to the double and avoiding the single in festive events. Because worshiping God is a festive event, it is reasonable to avoid double orders, so you can use six bowls, eight bowls, ten bowls, twelve bowls and fourteen bowls when worshiping God, but you should avoid seven bowls, nine bowls, eleven bowls and thirteen bowls.
Is the sacrifice edible?
1. If you are a believer of a certain Sect, no one can touch the sacrifice during the sacrifice; After the sacrifice is finished, you can eat it as a believer, because those sacrifices have been used by the gods. You can eat them to show your sincerity and loyalty.
2, if you are not a believer, pure sacrifice, then sacrifice is inedible.
3. Sacrifices purchased from places that specialize in selling sacrifices should not be eaten by believers or ordinary people, because these sacrifices may contain chemical agents.
Can the sacrifice be taken home?
There is no taboo to bring sacrifices home.
As Tomb-Sweeping Day approaches, citizens will pay homage to the graves of their deceased relatives. Last weekend, our cemetery cleared 6 tons of fish, meat, fruit and other sacrifices and transported 4 tractors. What a waste! Song Caigao, director of Taizhou Cemetery, said. Nowadays, sweeping the grave is generally a table of dishes, with two meats, two vegetables and one staple food as standard, and some are replaced by fruits and cakes.
The reporter saw in the cemetery that after the grave sweeping, only a few people took the sacrifices away, usually directly in front of the tombstone. These sacrifices have become a burden on the cemetery staff.
A cleaner in the cemetery said that after sweeping the grave, some citizens poured sacrifices directly in front of the tombstone in order to take the bowl back. After the sun shines, the stains flow.
In order to show respect for the citizens, these sacrificial cemeteries cannot be recycled to the farm, and finally they can only be treated as garbage. According to reports, during the period of Tomb-Sweeping Day in recent years, only Taizhou Cemetery was treated as sacrificial garbage, with an annual output of 80 tons.
Why don't citizens take the sacrifices home to eat? Are there any taboos in customs? I don't think so. Song Caigao said that in the past, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30th, winter and other festivals, when people offered sacrifices at home, their sacrifices would be re-processed and eaten. From this perspective, it is meaningless to say that offerings cannot be taken home for consumption.
It is not advisable for citizens to leave sacrifices in the cemetery, thinking that they can worship their ancestors. Song Caigao said that according to the records of funeral etiquette in ancient Chinese books, the sacrifices should be mainly vegetarian, and the commonly used sacrifices include melons, fruits and desserts. After the sacrifice, the sacrifice was taken home to share food, which is said to prolong life and protect the tomb. In addition, in traditional folk customs, after the sacrifice, people kowtow in front of their relatives' graves, and their families sit in front of the graves to eat sacrifices, indicating their intention to have a reunion dinner with their ancestors. If they can't finish it, they will take it home.