2. It is said that the birthday of the God of Wealth is on the fifth day of the first month of each year, so the night before the birthday of the God of Wealth comes, each family holds a banquet to celebrate the God of Wealth.

3. In the north, people are used to welcoming the God of Wealth on the second day of the New Year's Day. Usually in the early morning, it is necessary to set off firecrackers to greet the god of wealth, and pay attention to the time should not be too late. I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup".

Fish and mutton are used as sacrifices. On this day, big businesses in old Beijing all held large-scale sacrificial activities, offering sacrifices with "five offerings", that is, whole pig, whole sheep, whole chicken, whole duck and red live carp, hoping to make a fortune this year.

4. In addition, you can also prepare the following items to worship the God of Wealth:

1, five-color fruits (representing the god of wealth) such as apples, oranges, flat peaches, pitaya and red dates.

2, three cups of tea (tea processing)

3. Flowers (lilies, chrysanthemums and carnations) 4. Candies (peanuts, sweets and cakes) 5. Nine incense sticks, candles 1 pair, gold ingots (paper money) and other incense burning articles.

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The god of wealth is a traditional folk activity of the Han nationality during the Spring Festival. In Taiwan Province, it is called Fried Master Handan, and Master Handan refers to Zhao Gongming. The God of Wealth is a late god in China. China people have been in a farming society for a long time, and their pursuit of wealth is relatively weak. Therefore, the concept of the God of Wealth has been unclear for a long time, and the function of wealth has been given to many gods, even all gods.

About the Song Dynasty or earlier, the custom of inviting horses and wealth appeared in the Chinese New Year, that is, today or Spring Festival. A horse is a god horse, that is, paper with some kind of idol painted on it.

In ancient times, wealth was valued because of fame and official position, so wealth was also included in wealth. Now wealth and wealth appear together in folk customs, which shows that China people begin to pay more attention to wealth.

Wealth horse is the symbol of the god of wealth. In the Ming Dynasty, the position of God of Wealth was fixed on one or several gods. The most important ones are Zhao Gongming, Guan Gong and Bigan.

Zhao Gongming, also known as Marshal Zhao Gong, was one of the protectors of Taoism. It is said that he once practiced monasticism in Zhongnanshan and followed Zhang Daoling, the ancestor of Tianshi. Tianshi ordered him to guard the Dan furnace. After his success, he was named as the Marshal of Zhengyi Xuantan and one of the marshals of Leibu, so he was often called Marshal Zhao Xuantan or Marshal Zhao Gong, and was also called the Xuantan of Hei Hu because he rode Hei Hu.

His main duty is to collect demons and catch ghosts, holding a golden wheel in one hand and an iron chain in the other. Taoist books say that he is the embodiment of the western golden spirit, and with the golden wheel in his hand, he can make business and profit smoothly in his duties. The ritual with him as the mainstay is called the Golden Wheel Ruyi Dafa, so he is regarded as the god of wealth by the people.

His birthday is the second day of the first month. Before dawn, every family set off firecrackers to get the God of Wealth home early. Merchants in the Ming Dynasty were used to offering sacrifices to Guan Gong. Originally, they wanted to unite their peers or fellow villagers with his justice and righteousness, but they were regarded as the god of wealth because they could protect the merchants.

Guan Gong and Zhao Gong are both military commanders, so they are called Wu Caishen. Another god of wealth corresponding to them is Bigan (the prime minister of Shang Dynasty), known as the god of wealth. In the south of the Yangtze River, there is also the custom of meeting the god of the road on the fifth day of the lunar new year. They are also called the God of Wealth, but their sources are not easy to be verified clearly, and they are mostly folk beliefs, so it is difficult to find out.

However, the custom of meeting the head of the road on the fifth day of the fifth day has a great influence on the way and time of worshipping the god of wealth. Generally, shops take annual leave after finishing business on New Year's Eve, and they don't open until the fifth day of the fifth day when they take over the God of Wealth, which is called the opening plate. In this way, the time to pick up the god of wealth will be the second day of the first month and the fifth day of the first month. As for when a place is fixed, it is different from place to place.

In the Ming Dynasty, wealthy businessmen from West Asia often came to China for trade, and perhaps there were occasions when West Asian countries paid tribute to China. At that time, it was customary to call those who came from other places "Hui", because they believed in Islam, that is, Islam. After entering China, Muslims became famous for their business. Therefore, it is said that Marshal Zhao was a Hui nationality, and pork was not allowed for his sacrifice, but beef was the only one.

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