It is a traditional custom for China people to worship their ancestors at home. Don't wear colorful clothes when sweeping graves. There are many other customs. For this special Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is not suitable to go out to worship ancestors, but to worship ancestors at home. The following is how to worship ancestors at home and related information.
How to worship ancestors at home 1 the first step, support
Incense, candles, fruits, flowers and cakes (don't use meat, cigarettes or wine).
The second step, worship
During the worship, I meditated as follows:
1, Gratitude: Grateful for the blessings of ancestors and grateful for the upbringing of parents;
2. Report: report your achievements in the past year to your ancestors and repent your mistakes;
3, make a wish: break evil and cultivate good, improve practice and honor ancestors.
The third step is to recite the Buddha, recite the Buddha and hold the mantra.
If time permits, you can read Amitabha Sutra, Infinite Life Sutra and Bodhisattva's Original Wish Sutra.
Step 4: Pray.
Physical and mental health, career prosperity, family prosperity, social stability and world peace. I only wish the buddhas and bodhisattvas, the gods of heaven and earth, and the ancestors of past dynasties mercy and protection.
Step 5: Return the goods.
Parents in the world, the karma of the dead disappears, and the living is in bliss; The living ask questions and understand, and live a long and healthy life. Returning to all sentient beings, including ancestors, can get rid of the pain of reincarnation as soon as possible and achieve supreme bodhi Buddha fruit.
Intention determines interest.
Tomb-Sweeping Day's different ways of ancestor worship express the same wish, that is, to raise our gratitude and respect for our ancestors, to raise our compassion for all the deceased, and to sublimate our inner spirit. At the same time, it also inherited the merits of Buddha and Bodhisattva and the blessings of ancestors, which made our family prosperous and life smooth.
How to worship ancestors at home II. The method is to put a sacrifice on the balcony or living room at home, face the hometown, light three incense, bow three times, meditate on the relevant words, and then burn money. Worship refers to the tradition of worshipping certain characters and gods at a specific time. The specific purpose of sacrifice is mainly to avoid disasters, seek happiness and repay kindness.
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First, pick up three sticks of incense on the table and light them. Remember to light all three sticks, then blow out the flames on the incense burner and put them in the incense burner.
Then kneel down. Then pick up the paper money prepared on the table. Burn it. Then I picked up the wine and tea served on the table and spilled a little on the ground.
All the above actions are done immediately after kneeling on the ground.
Then knock three heads and get up. Bow, it's over.
How to sacrifice ancestors at home 3 How to sacrifice correctly
First, the preparation of goods
First, prepare incense. Incense is like a signal that we dial out with our mobile phones. As long as it is lit, our ancestors will know that future generations have come to sacrifice.
Second, prepare fruit. Since the cemetery can manage our five generations, it's best to take five kinds of fruits. It's really inconvenient. Just take one. Don't be lazy.
Third, prepare the cake. Fruit represents yin, and cakes represent yang. Generally, fruit and cakes should be prepared for ancestor worship.
Sacrificing ancestors to eat meat is just a custom in some places. In the past, it took three beasts and five beasts to sacrifice heaven and earth, which was more sacred.
Our ancestors did not achieve the merits of heaven and earth, nor did they have great blessings of heaven and earth. Therefore, in addition to local customs, it is recommended not to offer meat and blood-enriching things.
Second, matters needing attention
1, you can't pick up paper with a stick when burning paper. It's better to read the Bible. At this time, the more paper you can have, the better. But when burning paper, you must not pick it with a stick. If you pick it up, it will look like we are disabled.
Why are you burning in such a hurry? I only go to the grave once a year! Sacrifice your ancestors slowly and with dignity. It's called adding fragrance to the fire. Many people burn paper and can't wait to pick it up. After burning, they should leave quickly. It's nice to stay here for a while and chat with the old people. If you have faith, you can read scripture by burning paper.
If you believe in Buddhism, the easiest thing is to read Amitabha. If you believe in Taoism, you can also read some Taoist classics. Studying scripture in the cemetery is helpful to the living descendants, making the family more harmonious and doing things more smoothly.
2. Wear elegant and dignified clothes. When we go to the cemetery, we'd better wear black or white clothes to look more dignified. Never wear bright clothes, shorts or skirts. This is disrespectful to our ancestors, and then our children will leak secrets and damage the face of the family.
3, the expression should be serious. Sacrifice is a very serious matter, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors by law, so that future generations will prosper and future generations will prosper. When you enter the cemetery, your expression will be heavy, so don't laugh.
Why? The cemetery is people's home, and it is disrespectful for you to giggle there. Hippies, ancestors will think that watching us die, watching our jokes, and watching them together will be unlucky.
4. Don't take pictures. Don't take pictures in the cemetery. Anyway, the cemetery is shady.
Third, the steps of going to the grave
incense
1, the first thing is to put three incense sticks. Many people's ancestral graves may not be found, such as grandpa's grave. How to burn incense?
The first incense, if you want to be surnamed Wang, say that Wang's ancestors are widely smoked and come to enjoy the sacrifice. The whole family name has been listed in the past dynasties.
The second wick fragrance is the main fragrance. If it is grandparents who are sacrificed, you can say, grandparents, today is your festival, and you are warmly invited to enjoy the sacrifice.
The third wick incense represents the beginning of the family. If many grandchildren and sons are outside and don't come back, they will say that they are very busy at work and really can't come. Don't take it personally. I will take their place.
You can mention the names of people who should come to sacrifice and pray for ancestors to bless them to work smoothly, walk smoothly and be safe all year round.
2, insert incense. Don't put three incense sticks together, just cut one. Use your left hand when inserting incense, and insert it from right to left.
We were born on the left and died on the right. We insist with our left hand to show our respect for them, they are our elders; Right-to-left insertion is reasonable-please
3. Kneel down and repay the favor. After offering incense, you must kneel down. If you don't kneel, it's not enough to repay you, because you're here.
Don't be afraid to get down on your knees and get your pants dirty. A warning to you: dirty pants are easy to wash, and your heart is broken, that is, you are ungrateful and can't wash them clean.
(2) Fruit cake
(3) burn paper. I started to burn paper respectfully, thinking about all the kindness of my ancestors.
(4) The environment is clean and tidy. Clean up weeds and dirt around the cemetery. Take all the plastic bags and things like that with you when you leave. You know, if we don't behave in the ancestral graves, we will get into trouble.
(5) handling sacrifices. After the fruits and cakes are supplied, pinch a little residue with your fingers and sprinkle it on the grave. Never throw it in the cemetery at will. It's called wasting your happiness.
After fruit and cake are served to ancestors, it is best to share them. If there are many people, everyone will take some back. Of course, customs vary greatly from place to place.