How to worship ancestors, what preparations are needed?

To worship ancestors, you need to prepare five kinds of offerings, which are incense and candle friends, vegetarian wine, chicken, paper money, and pork.

1. Incense candles. Incense candles are one of the things that must be prepared when sweeping the tomb and worshipping the ancestors, not only to light the incense candles in front of the ancestors' tombs, but also to offer incense to the land of the mountain god who cares about the cemetery, praying for the land of the mountain god to protect the cemetery and bless the souls of the ancestors.

2. Vegetarian wine. The process of sweeping the tomb and worshiping is equivalent to bringing food to celebrate the festival for the ancestors, so it is necessary to drink wine to the ancestors, and wine is necessary for tomb sweeping. It can also be replaced with water, but it needs to be served in a flask.

3. Chicken. The chicken is called "Rui Bird", the chicken and "auspicious" homonym, meaning good luck, is an auspicious animal, plays an important role in the traditional festival, and is also an indispensable tribute to worship the gods and ancestors. There are different ways of sacrificing in various places, some places use roosters to sacrifice, some places use live chickens or cooked chickens, no matter which one is used, the chicken must be a complete whole chicken.

4. Paper money. Paper money is very important to our ancestors in the other world, which is what we call the money of the dead, and the paper money is to be burned to bring reeds to the deceased. However, most places do not allow burning now, and flowers (chrysanthemums, lilies, carnations) are used instead.

If you burn paper money, you must burn it cleanly, which is also particular.

5. Pork. In ancient times, the powerful people attached great importance to sacrifices, so there was a saying that "killing three animals to sacrifice to the sky, and binding three birds to sacrifice stupidly to the ground". The three animals refer to the pigs, cows, and sheep used for sacrifice.

The three birds refer to chickens, ducks, and geese. Families with good conditions will prepare a whole golden pig, and if you don't want to spend too much, you can also cut a large piece of pork belly or roast pork, which can be regarded as a dedication to the ancestors.

You need to bring a red rope, yellow paper burned for the ancestors, dark coins, incense, liquor, etc.

The amount of yellow paper and dark coins varies from person to person. First of all, it depends on what the economic conditions you are in now, if you are rich, you can buy more, if you are tight, you can buy less. Paying tribute to the ancestors is for a feeling of longing, don't compare, do what you can.

Going to the grave of the ancestors on Magu Festival is just a way to send thoughts, and under our socialist system, abandon feudal superstition. You can miss your ancestors, but you can't believe in feudal superstition too much.

Generally according to the rules, you should prepare:

1. Offerings: Food, which can be prepared according to customs and traditions, including meat and vegetarian, and can also add food that the ancestors liked to eat;

Burning incense is not only to worship and respect the ancestors, but also to revere the ghosts, snakes and gods of all walks of life.

However, today's chemical incense is extremely harmful when burned, and it has lost the essence of the original incense as a medium of communication with the Void Law Realm.

Therefore, it is very necessary to have a good incense, which is not only the most special offering, but also through the prayer of incense, you can go up to the heavens, go down to the netherworld, and sense the Three Jewels of the Ten Directions, and bless and bless them.

It is recommended that you can nucleate to the phaseless copper stove to ask for a blessing incense, this incense uses natural herbs and trees, such as chrysanthemums, and also has a sense of sorrow, and the taste is elegant and mellow, which not only expresses your sincere and filial piety, but also makes you realize that life is actually to dye the true meaning of purity and dedication.

1. Every year during the Chinese New Year or an important sacrificial festival, there will be a solemn sacrificial ceremony in the folk branch mu's home, which originally means that on this day to send food to the ancestors living in the underworld, so the offerings (tribute) must be related to the items of life. The folk customs are different in different places, so the rules of the sacrifice are not the same, but there are generally some regular things.

2. From the variety of offerings, there are generally two categories, one is food, that is, snacks and fruits, and the other is the meat of pigs, cattle and sheep. In terms of placement format, it is generally placed according to the quantitative relationship of three or multiples of three Mengminsen.

3. There are at least three fruits on a plate, or six, nine, etc., don't put one or two at random. And the plates to be offered should be three, or six, and so on. For example, you can have a plate of fruit, a plate of snacks, and a plate of meat.

But you can't just put a plate and think it's okay.

4. Burning incense to worship ancestors, burning incense to worship ancestors, in fact, incense is also very important, good incense can transmit information to the void realm, and feel the blessings of the Three Treasures of the Ten Directions. If you have the heart, it is recommended to order a box of incense suitable for you on the official website of the phaseless copper furnace.

The sacrifice is presided over by the male host and is held in the front room of the hall. The sacrificial table is made up of two Eight Immortal Tables (large square tables) and a round table, facing the main gate. On the table, there are drinks in the first row, and six cups of tea in the middle, which are not flushed.

It is said that tea leaves are a tribute for the Bodhisattva to take back and taste. Six cups of rice wine are placed on each side, a total of 12 cups, indicating that there is wine to drink for 12 months of the year.

The second row is a five-color pastry, with printed cakes, dice cakes, mille-feuille cakes, candies, etc., indicating that life is happy and sweet.

The third row is five pots of fruits, mainly apples, which means peace and security; Sugarcane, which means that it is rising higher and higher, and the older it is, the sweeter it becomes; Kumquat or orange, indicating that the house is full of bucong**; Banana, which means that life is sweet; Shou peach means longevity and 100 years old.

The fourth row is a large basin of seven animals. Put a pot of pig's head in the middle, indicating that good luck has a head and a tail; strips of meat, indicating that life is organized; Rooster, means the dawn, the wind and rain are smooth; large yellow croaker, indicating that there is more than enough every year; Ten eggs, indicating that the children and grandchildren are full; Rice cakes, indicating that Zheng dismantles and rises every year; Wheat bran and brown sugar indicate the opulence of the dwelling.

The fifth row is the high light of incense candles, which means that the house is full of energy, exorcising evil spirits and avoiding demons, and eliminating disasters and difficulties.

The procedure of thanking the New Year, generally put the offerings, the male host lights the incense candles, holds the incense to the sky three times, and recites the words in the mouth, respectfully inviting the Bodhisattva to come. Then three cannons are lit to indicate that the Bodhisattva has descended and the sacrifice has officially begun.

The sacrifice lasts for an hour, during which the wine is sifted three times, and the master kneels and bows three times, praying for the safety of the whole family, the blessing and longevity, the prosperity of the six animals, and the abundant harvest of the five grains. After the incense is burned, the gold leaf is burned, and the sacrifice ends.

The beginning time should be the time of the tide**, and the things are placed during the sacrifice, and the fish, chickens, etc. are all headed inward, indicating that they swim (walk) in.