"The Gate of Hell is Closed" Worship Good Brothers: The Process and Taboo of Worship on the First Day of the Seventh Lunar Month

Wu Huizhen's "The Gate of Hell Opens" wants to worship. Are you right? The first day of the seventh lunar month is commonly known as "the gate of hell opens". According to folklore, ghosts locked in the underworld will return to the dead to visit relatives on this day, and ghosts without owners will wander around. In short, good brothers will release the "ghost gate" to the world, so on this day, they will prepare something delicious to worship their good brothers, hoping that good brothers can protect their families and avoid accidents. "Worship it and protect it", and good luck will follow. On the first day of July, you should prepare sacrifices to worship your good brother. In order to pray for peace and all the best, you can know a little common sense first. In the book "Ask God when Things Happen", you will sort out the rules and ways of worshipping the ghost gate: "The ghost gate is open" Bye-bye: You must know the rules when you worship your brothers on the first day of the seventh lunar month (updated in 2020) 1000000000 1006 The ghost gate opens at 2 pm on the first day of the seventh lunar month, and you can start preparing sacrifices to worship your brothers. According to folklore, it is usually from 2 pm to 5 pm, and it is not good to worship at home too early or too late. The purpose is to let the good brothers who pass by the door have a rest, eat something, and worship at the door. Never put the altar at your door to avoid attracting the good brothers into the door. It's best not to eat anything that worships a good brother? The elders will warn "to worship my brother's offerings" not to eat, so don't buy too much food, but you can burn more paper money, which means you can let your brother take money to buy some food elsewhere. The gold paper you want to use is "Shoujin, Jingyi, White Money, Silver Paper and Nine Gold". A large part of the reason for this statement is that cooked food such as chicken, duck and fish may be prepared for outdoor sacrifices, but July of the lunar calendar coincides with hot summer and the temperature is high. Food is easy to deteriorate after exposure to the sun, and food is exposed to the air for too long, which easily leads to the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast and mold. In addition, the food surface after worship often has incense ashes and dust. If the stomach is sensitive, it may cause stomach discomfort after meals. As time goes by, the traditional concept of worshipping "cooked food" is also changing. Some chicken, duck and fish will be replaced by "vegetarian chicken with three layers of vegetarian fish", and many of them will be directly replaced by dry food such as biscuits, which also reduces the trouble of preparing cooked food. If you are not so taboo, it doesn't matter if you don't waste food. It is not advisable to steal sacrifices and play with sacrificial vessels, and disrespect the food of good brothers may bring bad luck; Don't touch "that basin of water" casually when bidding farewell to Purdue, because this basin of water is for Purdue to wash his face. Don't kick the golden bucket and paper. When burning paper, there will be "good brothers" gathering and robbing, and trampling and kicking may make them dissatisfied. In addition, in the choice of offerings, there are also a few taboos about fruits, such as not worshipping bananas, pineapples, plums and pears, and Taiwanese homonyms like "invite you" are considered good brothers; Seeds such as guava are regarded as unclean, and Sakyamuni is not suitable for offering because he looks like the head of Buddha, whether he is a god or a good brother; In addition, litchi, longan, grapes and other "string" fruits are not suitable, because they have the meaning of symbolizing the arrival of good brothers in groups. The process and method of "worshipping good brothers" put a table at your door and place offerings so that you can burn incense and worship. One must burn incense. In addition, every offering should be inserted with a censer. You don't need to state your name, birthday and address when you worship. You just need to ask the landowner to make a decision and let the passing good brothers worship the good brothers. When you don't need a censer, just use a cup. Then put a string of incense on the offering, which is called "filial piety". After the worship, put the incense on the rice cup and burn half of it. Pick up the gold paper on the table and worship it three times before burning it. Wu Huizhen's "The Gate of Hell Opens" is worthy of worship. Are you right? The first day of the seventh lunar month is commonly known as "the gate of hell opens". According to folklore, ghosts locked in the underworld will return to the dead to visit relatives on this day, and ghosts without owners will wander around. In short, good brothers will release the "ghost gate" to the world, so on this day, they will prepare something delicious to worship their good brothers, hoping that good brothers can protect their families and avoid accidents. "Worship it and protect it", and good luck will follow. On the first day of July, you should prepare sacrifices to worship your good brother. In order to pray for peace and all the best, you can know a little common sense first. In the book "Ask God when Things Happen", you will sort out the rules and ways of worshipping the ghost gate: "The ghost gate is open" Bye-bye: You must know the rules when you worship your brothers on the first day of the seventh lunar month (updated in 2020) 1000000000 1006 The ghost gate opens at 2 pm on the first day of the seventh lunar month, and you can start preparing sacrifices to worship your brothers. According to folklore, it is usually from 2 pm to 5 pm, and it is not good to worship at home too early or too late. The purpose is to let the good brothers who pass by the door have a rest, eat something, and worship at the door. Never put the altar at your door to avoid attracting the good brothers into the door. It's best not to eat anything that worships a good brother? The elders will warn "to worship my brother's offerings" not to eat, so don't buy too much food, but you can burn more paper money, which means you can let your brother take money to buy some food elsewhere. The gold paper you want to use is "Shoujin, Jingyi, White Money, Silver Paper and Nine Gold". A large part of the reason for this statement is that cooked food such as chicken, duck and fish may be prepared for outdoor sacrifices, but July of the lunar calendar coincides with hot summer and the temperature is high. Food is easy to deteriorate after exposure to the sun, and food is exposed to the air for too long, which easily leads to the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast and mold. In addition, the food surface after worship often has incense ashes and dust. If the stomach is sensitive, it may cause stomach discomfort after meals. As time goes by, the traditional concept of worshipping "cooked food" is also changing. Some chicken, duck and fish will be replaced by "vegetarian chicken with three layers of vegetarian fish", and many of them will be directly replaced by dry food such as biscuits, which also reduces the trouble of preparing cooked food. If you are not so taboo, it doesn't matter if you don't waste food. It is not advisable to steal sacrifices and play with sacrificial vessels, and disrespect the food of good brothers may bring bad luck; Don't touch "that basin of water" casually when bidding farewell to Purdue, because this basin of water is for Purdue to wash his face. Don't kick the golden bucket and paper. When burning paper, there will be "good brothers" gathering and robbing, and trampling and kicking may make them dissatisfied. In addition, in the choice of offerings, there are also a few taboos about fruits, such as not worshipping bananas, pineapples, plums and pears, and Taiwanese homonyms like "invite you" are considered good brothers; Seeds such as guava are regarded as unclean, and Sakyamuni is not suitable for offering because he looks like the head of Buddha, whether he is a god or a good brother; In addition, litchi, longan, grapes and other "string" fruits are not suitable, because they have the meaning of symbolizing the arrival of good brothers in groups. The process and method of "worshipping good brothers" put a table at your door and place offerings so that you can burn incense and worship. One must burn incense. In addition, every offering should be inserted with a censer. You don't need to state your name, birthday and address when you worship. You just need to ask the landowner to make a decision and let the passing good brothers worship the good brothers. When you don't need a censer, just use a cup. Then put a string of incense on the offering, which is called "filial piety". After the worship, put the incense on the rice cup and burn the incense in half. After picking up the gold paper on the table and worshiping three times, it will melt the gate of hell in July of the lunar calendar. The origin of the ghost moon was revealed. Although it's called Ghost Moon, don't be too afraid. A probe into the website of new Taipei Civil Affairs Bureau. It turned out that the ancient July was not only a ghost month, but also a "ghost month" until Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, believed in geomantic omen. "He wanted to take July as an auspicious day for the emperor, so he deliberately spread the saying that this month was an ominous month." He sent people to pretend to be Taoist priests to peddle symbols and spread rumors that July was an unlucky "ghost month." Later, the Ming people immigrated to Taiwan Province Province, and this custom was completely transplanted. As for Taoism, it is because the magistrate in charge of hell was born in July of the lunar calendar 15, and he was merciful and released all the ghost prisoners in prison, so he can return to the world to enjoy incense and food for 1 month. After all, the ghost gate opens in July of the lunar calendar, as long as you are kind and sincere, pay attention to some taboos, don't joke, don't be rude, and treat others with a normal heart. Of course, many people usually take the attitude of "believing what they have, not believing what they don't have" and keep a low profile this month. If they are worried about breaking taboos, it doesn't hurt to know some "rules". Ghost moon is forbidden to know how much it is not suitable to be near the water, and it is forbidden to play in the water by the sea or by the stream. Although it is midsummer, it is a great pleasure to play with water to cool off the heat. However, it is said that after the gate of hell is opened, there will be water ghosts catching people alternately. Some elders will warn that "the water is full of evil spirits" so as not to become the object of water ghosts looking for alternation. There is also a saying that "unlucky and weak people should try not to swim on the water bank in July." Not suitable for buying a house, buying a car or moving; Festival activities are not suitable. Traditionally, many people don't buy and sell in the ghost month for fear of bad luck. The older generation even thought that July was a ghost month. Everything is not suitable for buying and selling, including buying a house, furniture, cars and so on. , so as not to get married, so as not to cause trouble to the children. In July, you should obey the rules and not move your house, so as not to rush or even attract ghost roommates. Not suitable for decoration, including the renovation of houses. There is also a saying that don't splash water outside or in the corner outside at night, in case it spills on your good brothers. Good brothers are everywhere, and they are easily violated if they are not careful. If you really need to splash water or spit, you'd better say, "I'm sorry." Remind good brothers to avoid immediately. Avoid going to the hospital, which is considered to be a place with heavy yin. After birth and death, it is the junction of yin and yang, and it is easy to gather ghosts. Some people will advise you not to visit the doctor as much as possible and not to have surgery on the ghost moon, especially if the surgery is unlucky, which will lead to fierce anger. According to folklore, if you want to visit a patient, you must pick a leaf in advance and put it on your body. There is another saying that it is not suitable for sunset, and it is just as well during the day. You can't hang clothes at night, and you can't spend the night outside. You should put them in the house before evening, because the clothes are similar in shape to people's, and it is said that ghosts like to cling to cool things, which may easily attract good brothers to possess them. Eating with chopsticks in a meal looks adorable, and it is easy to attract good brothers to grab food. Avoid taking pictures in the middle of the night, and avoid celebrating your birthday in the middle of the night when the yin is the heaviest. Taking photos or videos in the middle of the night may inadvertently capture the figure of a good brother, resulting in "ghosts entering the mirror", and the photographer may also have bad luck and lead to misfortune. Similarly, birthday celebrations are lively at night, and good brothers may join the ranks together and try to change to daytime. There is no wind chime hanging by the window, and there is no midnight whistle. It is said that hearing the sound of whistles and wind chimes will attract all beings in different spaces and make good brothers think that someone is calling, especially hanging wind chimes by the window may mean inviting good brothers in. Another saying is to avoid hanging on the bedside, because when sleeping or not fully awake, the spirit is poor and it is easy to be scared by sudden sounds. It is said that umbrellas are easy to attract and gather together, and ghosts will hide in umbrellas. On the other hand, it is the homophonic "scattering" of umbrellas. Carrying an umbrella at home means that it is easy to disperse wealth and family, so it is forbidden to carry an umbrella at home. Even though there are many taboos in ghost moon life, with the evolution of the times, modern people have not so many taboos on July of the lunar calendar. The above is just to understand folk proverbs. Believers are loyal. As long as they pay attention to personal safety, be kind as usual and respect each other, naturally they don't have to be too superstitious. Reference: New Taipei Civil Affairs Bureau website "Ask God if you are in trouble!" "/Leyou culture