The God's position should face south and face north. This direction is God's upright position and God's favorite direction.
That is, Taishang Laojun is one of the highest gods in Taoism, the Three Pure Gods, and is the recognized founder of Taoism. He is also known as the Taoist God, Taishang Daozu, Taozu, Taiqing Moral God, Hunyuan God, The Heavenly Lord who was born, the Heavenly Lord who opened the emperor’s last tribulation. Therefore, it is best to place the statue of Taishang Laojun in your home, facing south and facing north.
However, in order to make full use of space and effective lighting in modern building design, it is not easy to find a throne facing south and facing north. In the absence of an upright position, it is okay to face east with your back to the west, or face to the west with your back to the east, but do not sit facing the north and face the south.
It is better to choose a clean, bright and ventilated room as far as possible for the place of worship. Don't go near toilets or restrooms. The altar cannot be flushed directly into the toilet, as this would be disrespectful to the gods. It is a good choice for people living in rural areas to place the altar in the middle hall.
If your home has the conditions and lots of rooms. It is also a better choice to place the altar in a bright and quiet room. Such a room is called a quiet room.
If there is no extra room, there happens to be a study room at home. So placing the shrine in the study room will be a great help to those who love calligraphy, literature, are good at learning, and are suitable for an official career.
Nowadays, housing in cities is very tight, and the space is small. It is often not possible to have a special room to set up a god. Then you can consider setting up a god place in the bedroom at this time. When enshrining a deity in the bedroom, try not to make the deity face the bed. It is more respectful to the gods to cover the statues with yellow cloth during lunch break and when sleeping at night.
From a professional perspective, the enshrinement location of the Laojun statue cannot be determined solely from its direction. It depends on where your starting point is (usually the master's bed at home), and the six relatives are determined from the starting point. It is best to enshrine the gods in the parents' position, whether it is the wife's financial position, and the other officials, ghosts, descendants, and brothers' positions are absolutely suitable. no.
There should be no pears, grapes, or meat in the tribute fruits. The varieties should be in odd numbers. Clean water must be provided, and wine should not be used.
The West
Congratulations to the Supreme Laojun, the Taiqing Deity Heavenly Lord, for Christmas!
The fifteenth day of the second lunar month is Taishang Laojun’s Christmas, the International Taoist Day! Taishang Laojun is not only the Daluo Daode Tianzun in the Taiqing Fairyland, but also one of the highest gods of Taoism, the "Three Pure Ones". He is also recognized as the ancestor of Taoism. He is also known as the "Kaihuang Mojie Tianzun", "Birth Tianzun" and "Hunyuan Tianzun". God", "Shibao Tianzun", etc. The full name is "One Qi transforms into three Qing Dynasties and Taiqing resides in the Great Red Heavenly Immortal and ascends the profound energy of Taiqing Realm to become the Sun God Treasure Monarch, the Moral Heavenly Lord and the Hunyuan God", or "Tai Shang Laojun" for short.
Tai Shang Laojun is the god who receives the most incense and worship among the three pure gods. As a Taoist god, he is definitely worshiped by Taoists and is also worshiped by the people. I am the eighteenth incarnation of Lao Junye. He has saved countless people and is a teacher of the three religions. Because he handed down the Taoist classic "Tao Te Ching", he calls Laojun the Taoist God and is also regarded as the founder of Taoism.
The Three Pure Ones of Taoism are the Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and the Taiqing Daode Tianzun. It is the highest deity in Taoism. In the "Sanqing Hall" of the Taoist temple, the statue of Laojun is on the left, holding a cattail leaf fan. Taishang Laojun lives in the Holy Land of Taiqing.
Tai Shang Laojun is a ball of energy when heaven and earth have not yet opened and chaos has not been divided. After hundreds of millions of years of changes, a ball of light that turned into five colors, black and yellow and was as big as a bullet was thrown into the mouth of the mysterious jade girl. In the 81st year of the pregnancy of the Jade Girl, King Wu Ding of the Zhou Dynasty was born on the 15th day of the second month of the Gengchen year under a plum tree in Quren, Li Township, Ku County, Chu State. Laojun was born from the left rib of the mysterious Jade Girl. It means white hair and white beard, and refers to the plum tree as its surname. The Laojun who was born into the mortal world was known as Laozi, also known as Laodan. His surname was Li Ming'er and his courtesy name was Boyang. He once served as a keeper of books and historical materials in the Zhou Dynasty. He later resigned and returned to seclusion. He rode a green ox and left Hangu Pass in the west. At the request of Yin Xizhi, the official of the pass, he wrote the "Tao De Zhen Jing". Afterwards, he entered the quicksand and turned into a beard. . The story of leaving Hangu Pass in the west is what we often say is the source of the purple air coming from the east.
"Tao Te Ching"
On May 1, the first year of Han'an (142), Taoist Taishang Laojun came to Shu County and taught Zhang Daoling the position of "Heavenly Master" and "Zheng Zheng". The Way of Alliance Power".
From then on, Taoism officially established the Taoist organization. Taoism regards Tao as its highest and basic belief. It believes that Tao is "formless and formless, giving birth to all things in the world and is the origin of the universe." The unity of man, the peace of the world, the harmony of the universe, the pursuit of longevity, the attainment of Taoism and immortality, and the immeasurable measure of people.
The Tao Te Ching is a famous classic of the Chinese nation, written by Li Er (Lao Tzu), the greatest thinker and philosopher in ancient China. The Tao Te Ching is a representative work of Taoist philosophical thought and the first complete philosophical work in Chinese history. It is known as the "First of All Classics" and the "King of All Classics". The Tao Te Ching is also one of the most widely circulated cultural classics in the world. Because it has a long history, ancient text, and difficult content, it has attracted a large number of commentators and produced many editions. It has attracted more and more Western scientists to enter the ancient palace of traditional Chinese culture, explore its major scientific mysteries, seek the origin of human civilization, and explore the foundation of Chinese wisdom.
In the third year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong personally issued an edict to designate February 15th as the Xuanyuan Festival. It was stipulated as a legal holiday and the whole country took a three-day holiday to celebrate. From then on, Laojun's birthday was celebrated by the emperor, and all the Taoist temples and palaces in the world echoed each other on this day and participated in the grand event. Emperor Xuanzong composed a poem "Emperor Xuanyuan's Praise" to celebrate Laojun's Christmas:
Marriage with great virtues will last for many years.
White hair hangs down, purple aura floats to the sky.
Hangguang in silence, eternal calamity.
The ancestor of all religions, his name is Xuanyuan.
He trained as a nun in the East and transformed himself into a golden immortal in the West.
One hundred kings learned the method, and it was passed down by Sheng You.
On the right side of Hangu Pass, there are five thousand scriptures left.
The Tao is very Taoist and the mysterious is mysterious.
"Taiqing Baobao"
The ceremony of sincere surrender.
Provide teachings according to directions and save people through calamities. He became the emperor's teacher, the emperor's teacher, and the king's teacher. He changed his name and changed his name. The way of establishing heaven, the way of earth, and the way of man are the ways of concealing the sage and revealing the ordinary. There are a total of 1,200 officials. It contains tens of billions of Brahma Qi. It has been transformed into the present and ancient times, and has five thousand words of morality. Master the yin and yang, and order the thunder to count with nine and five. Great compassion and great wishes, great sage and great mercy, Supreme Laojun, moral deity.