Today is the ninth day of the first lunar month of the Year of Jihai (February 13th), commonly known as Tiangongsheng, one of the traditional Chinese lunar festivals. It is the birthday of the Jade Emperor , the highest god in heaven. Tiangong is the Jade Emperor. He is the highest god who rules the three realms. He is the highest god who rules the gods in the ten directions inside and outside the three realms and all spirits in the world. He represents the supreme heaven. In the traditional folk customs of this day, women prepare more fragrant flowers, candles and vegetarian bowls, and place them in the open air at the entrance of the courtyard and lane to worship the sky and ask for blessings from God. This embodies the good wishes of the Chinese working people to dispel evil, avoid disasters and pray for blessings.
In Chinese folk customs, the ninth day of the first lunar month is the Jade Emperor's Christmas, commonly known as the "Jade Emperor's Meeting". It is said that all the gods in heaven and earth will celebrate grandly on this day. On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Jade Emperor personally came to the lower realm to inspect the situation in all areas. Reward the good and punish the evil according to the good and evil of all living beings. The Jade Emperor returned to Luan in the afternoon of his birthday. At this time, grand celebration rituals will be held in Taoist temples.
Festival taboos
Before worshiping the God of Heaven, the whole family must fast and bathe. On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, family members are prohibited from drying clothes and emptying trash cans to show respect for the Jade Emperor. If livestock is used as a sacrifice, it must be a rooster, not a hen. If you want to fulfill your wish, you must use whole pigs or whole sheep. Some devout families think that worshiping at home is not enough, so they will rush to Tiangong temples in various places overnight to worship.
There is also a "An Tai Sui" ceremony on the day when Tiangong is born. People whose zodiac signs conflict with Tai Sui can go to the temple, write their name, age, add some sesame oil money, and let the temple be responsible for making offerings. There is another way to comfort Tai Sui: at the beginning of the year, surround the rice tubes used to hold rice with red pieces as a furnace at home, write "Tai Sui Xingjun is here", and then worship it every day.
Folk Customs
Folklore: Seven don't come out, eight don't return, go up to nine to do a lot of things.
The ancient Chinese people believed that nine represented the majority, the most, and the largest in numbers, so it was the highest. Also known as the "Heavenly Day", this day is said to be the birthday of the Jade Emperor and must be celebrated grandly.
In the old days, on this night, men and women gathered under a big tree (preferably the sweet-scented osmanthus tree) to sing and invite the Jade Emperor's favorite daughter and the seven fairies to come down to earth. The songs sung must be happy and auspicious to make the seven fairies happy. When she is happy, her father, the Jade Emperor, will bless everything going well in the world.
Seven can't come out, eight can't come out. The correct answer:
Seven can't come out. It is said that before going out, don’t go out without doing seven things. These seven things are: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, which are what we usually call the seven things to open the door. In the past, people who went out were often the head of the family and the backbone of the family. Therefore, they had to arrange their lives at home before going out.
eight will not return. It is said that after going out, don’t go home if you haven’t done eight things well. These eight things are: filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, trust, propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. These are the eight basic moral principles of the ancients. Violating any of them will be a disgrace to the ancestors and shameless to face the family.
has a lot of services. It is said that if you do things on the ninth day, you will be blessed by the Jade Emperor. Not only can you get things done, but you can also do them efficiently and efficiently. To this day, some elderly people still put difficult things to do on this day. It is actually a common belief that people have a long-standing belief that things will work well on this day. When communicating with people, they believe that the emperor is above them and do not dare to be hypocritical and make things difficult. They should be reasonable with each other and things will be done easily.
With the development of society, folk customs are also advancing with the times. Although some ancient practices in folk customs are out of date, they embody the good wishes of the Chinese working people to dispel evil, avoid disasters and pray for blessings. This kind of good wishes will never go out of style.
(Compiled by Qilu Evening News-Qilu One Point reporter Zhai Hengshui, data reference: Worshiping the Jade Emperor on the ninth day of the first lunar month, China Ethnic News Network [2013-02-27]; You have misunderstood for more than 30 years. Sohu 2015-03-01; Pictures from the Internet)
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