Why did the God of Wealth invite you home? pick up at home
Folklore has it that the fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so after the first day of the new year, the most important activity is to receive the God of Wealth - the day before the birthday of the God of Wealth, each family arranges a banquet to celebrate the God of Wealth. As the saying goes, "Send the god early, pick up the god late", the ceremony of receiving the god is generally held from 4 pm to evening, and the offerings are prepared. There are three animals, fruit, tea, candy and so on.
The Cultural Connotation of the God of Wealth
The custom of receiving the God of Wealth was already popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In order to get the favor of the God of Wealth in the coming year, people placed offerings to welcome the God of Wealth on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Folklore has it that the fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, and families set up banquets for the God of Wealth, He Chen. Especially when the market opens, firecrackers are set off early in the morning to welcome the God of Wealth.
On the fifth day of the new year, Zhao Xuantan is the most respected. Many shops and houses offer his woodblock-printed statue of the god: Xuantan is like the bottom of a pot, holding a steel whip in his hand, riding a black tiger, and is extremely powerful. China has been in an agricultural society for a long time, and the pursuit of wealth is relatively weak. Therefore, the concept of the God of Wealth has been unclear for a long time. The function of wealth has been assigned to many gods, even all gods. Around the Song Dynasty or a little earlier, the custom of inviting Lu Ma and Cai Ma appeared in the Chinese New Year.
Among the Chinese gods of China, the God of Wealth, commonly known as the Bodhisattva of the God of Wealth, is in charge of the world's money. On the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, when the rooster announced the dawn, the sound of firecrackers resounded through the sky. People who rose at dawn bowed to each other and said a few auspicious words of "good luck" and "Gong Xi Fa Cai". In the old money industry, the event of receiving the God of Wealth was even more grand. Every night on the fourth day of the first lunar month of the old calendar, there was a ceremony to welcome the God of Wealth: all the staff of the store had to pay homage to the statue of the God of Wealth posted in the middle hall and pray for the benefit of the new year. After receiving the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the store opened for business, which is called the opening plate. In this way, the time to receive the God of Wealth is two
The custom of receiving the God of Wealth
Legend has it that the fifth day of the new year is the joyous day for the arrival of the God of Wealth, also known as Breaking Five, which can break all kinds of taboos since the first day of the new year. Many private shops will choose this Apocalypse City and hang lettuce in front of the door (implying wealth), praying for prosperous business.
In the old days, when the door of wealth was opened at midnight during the Spring Festival, there were people who sent the God of Wealth. The God of Wealth with a paper print in his hand shouted outside the door: "The one who sent the God of Wealth is here." To welcome the arrival of the God of Wealth, the owner of the house gave money to the people who came. The mouth of the God of Wealth said some auspicious words, such as "gold and silver treasures have rolled in", "there are golden lions on the left, and golden phoenixes on the right". In addition, there are people wearing red robes, gauze hats, beards on their mouths, and yellow cloth bags on their backs, dressed up as the God of Wealth, followed by a few people who beat gongs and drums, and distributed images of the God of Wealth from door to door to ask for money.
When the new year comes, the ceremony of receiving the God of Wealth is held in front of the table of heaven and earth, and is presided over by the longest person in the family. Because the position of the heaven where the gods live is different, the direction of the lower realm is naturally different. As for which god to receive, where did the god come from? After kowtowing according to the position, stand still and wait for the incense to be exhausted, kowtow again, and finally remove the incense roots, god statues, ingots, etc., and put them into the money and grain pots that have already been prepared in the courtyard and burn them together. When receiving the gods, firecrackers blared in unison, and the atmosphere was very strong.
Introduction to the God of Wealth
The so-called receiving the God of Wealth refers to the day when the God of Wealth goes out on patrol on the fifth day of the first lunar month, welcomes the God of Wealth, accepts the God of Wealth's inspection of himself in the previous year, and those who do good deeds will be favored by the God of Wealth. "Wen Cai Shen" Wealth Star Lord, also known as "Blessing the God of Wealth"; "God of Fortune" Guan Sheng Emperor Guan Yu Guan Yunchang.
Folklore has it that the fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so after the first day of the new year, the most important activity is to receive the God of Wealth - the day before the birthday of the God of Wealth, each family arranges a banquet to celebrate the God of Wealth. As the saying goes "send the god early, receive the god late", the ceremony of receiving the god is generally held from 4 pm to evening, and the offerings are prepared with three animals, fruit, tea, candy, etc. If the old year is not satisfactory, you may use "a bowl of water and three incense sticks" to worship the stove king, and if the old year is developed, you should use chicken, duck and fish to worship.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, all shops open, and in the early morning, golden gongs and firecrackers and sacrifices are made to welcome the God of Wealth. In the Qing Jialu by Gu Tieqing, a Qing person, a bamboo branch poem by Cai Yun is quoted, which describes the situation of Suzhou people welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first lunar month: "Ask for wealth on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and your wish will be rewarded once a year; beware of welcoming the god early elsewhere, and hastily hug the road head overnight". "Hugging the road head" is also "welcoming the God of Wealth". Merchants who believe in the sage of Emperor Guan, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, will offer sacrifices to Guan Gong, sound firecrackers, burn golden paper to worship, and ask the sage of Emperor Guan to
