What is the point of offering incense on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year? Choose some incense with better raw materials
The Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival are one of our important traditional festivals, so many families will have meetings during these two festivals The offering of incense is also to pray for a smooth new year, so there must be some particularities when offering incense, and it can’t be as casual as usual, let’s take a look at the specific particularities.
What is the point of offering incense on the first and fifteenth day of the new year?
1.When burning incense, choose some incense with better raw materials, such as cypress incense, sandalwood incense, etc.; The "three talents of man", or the three realms of heaven, earth, and man.
3.When you burn incense, you should clean your hands and dress neatly.If you go to the bathroom, you must wash your hands before burning incense.
4.When offering incense, the left hand should be on the top and the right hand should be on the bottom, because the left hand is a good hand and the right hand is an evil hand.Left up and right down, representing good thoughts outweighing evil thoughts.
5.When offering incense, be honest and quieter, expressing respect for the immortals of heaven and earth.When people ignite a fire to become fragrant, they can feel the good and bad fortune through the power of kind thoughts and magnetic field.
6.The so-called "continuing incense", the incense must not be used for nothing, but must be bought or made by yourself.If you borrow other people’s incense, you must give them the incense money, otherwise it will be unlucky.
7.When offering incense, if other people are offering incense or offering sacrifices, it is best to wait until others have finished offering sacrifices.
Why do you need incense in festivals?
These religions have a very long history of development in our country, and even many legends in our country are closely related to the stories of these religions.The hard-working and simple ancestors believed that as long as their hearts were devout enough, the prayers in their hearts would be heard by God, and everyone’s wishes could be better realized.Therefore, every festival, people will go to the temple to worship Buddha, offering incense and worshiping Buddha to bring inner comfort.
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