Usually scholars, professionals, etc. Pray for the Buddha to eliminate all their troubles and bless them to succeed in the exam and have a smooth career. Blessing ceremony is a kind of ceremony to pray for good luck, also known as sacrificial ceremony.
The ancients believed that ghosts and gods between heaven and earth dominated everything in the world, including the rise and fall of a country. If people respectfully provide exquisite food and utensils for ghosts and gods to use, then ghosts and gods will satisfy people's prayers to eliminate disasters and reduce happiness, and can bless people's well-being and national peace and prosperity.
Although in the eyes of modern people, the blessing ceremony is a superstitious activity, due to the limitations of people's understanding at that time, it has political significance for consolidating the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, which was already in ruins at that time, and it also reflects some positive pursuits of the ancients for life, and at the same time expresses the people's good wishes for a peaceful and prosperous life.
For example, offering sacrifices to the wind, rain and lightning is to pray for good weather and good harvests; In the sacrificial department, it is to avoid disaster; Sacrificing the birthday girl is to pray for longevity. The ceremony of praying for blessings has existed since ancient times, and the Hall of Praying for the New Year in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing is the place where ancient emperors prayed for blessings.