The whole activity of the festival includes offering sacrifices to the gods, jumping to the gods, dancing the folk "Bo" dance, yak dance and so on. In people's opinion, this is to drive away demons and evil spirits, to celebrate a good harvest, and to pray for good weather conditions. Welcome God Festival generally lasts two or three days. Those who watch the festival are people from Nyonya, and people from Chamdo, Nagchu, Qinghai and other places are far away. According to the preliminary statistics in 1991, came to watch the "Welcome God Festival" numbered more than 10,000 people. When the Nepalese Princess was married to the Tubo Zanpur Songtsan Gampo, passing through the Jilong ditch, in order to welcome the arrival of the Princess Chizun, rumor has it that the masses of the Jilong ditch at that time in the nearest Jilong town of Jifu village, organized a three-day and three-night song and dance performances. It is said that the Jilong "Tongjia" dance, that is, "bracelet dance" attracted Princess Chizun, she and the Jilong people with songs and dances.
The original lyrics of the "Tongjia" dance emphasized the four aspects of people's love of life, love of nature, glorification of peace, and glorification of friendship. The details were also sung about family harmony, respect for the old and love for the young, and protection of the environment. At the same time, the bracelet dance and as a prayer dance, every year on the fourth day of the sixth month of the Tibetan calendar in the Chagga Dasho Temple for the performance. Folk legend has it that the fifth day of the first month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so after the first day of the year, the next most important activity is to pick up the God of Wealth - one in the God of Wealth's birthday comes the night before, the family organized a banquet, for the God of Wealth congratulations. About the God of Wealth, there are many folklore:
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Song Dynasty Cai Jing rich, folk legend says he is the God of Wealth, he was born on the fifth day of the first month of the first year, so the people as the God of Wealth to sacrifice to put. After Cai Jing was deposed, the people changed to another god of wealth. At that time, the state name of the Song Dynasty was Zhao, and the character "Xuan" was a part of the character "Lan", so the god of wealth was given the name Zhao Xuan Tan to be worshipped.
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Who is the "God of Fortune"? According to the "List of Gods", the God of Wealth is named Zhao Gongming. He was originally in Emei Mountain Luofu Cave, because of the help of the attack on the King of Wu, after his death was named "Golden Dragon Ruyi is a dragon and tiger Xuan Tan Zhenjun of God", and the commander of the "treasure Heavenly Father", "Najin Heavenly Father", "fortune-telling messenger", "the God of Wealth" and "the God of Wealth". and leads four subordinates, namely, the "Heavenly God of Treasure", the "Heavenly God of Najin", the "Messenger of Wealth", and the "Immortal Officer of Profit". Their duties are all related to wealth. The god of wealth worshipped by Taoism is also Zhao Gongming. According to Taoist legend, Zhao Gongming was originally from Zhongnan Mountain, and since the Qin Dynasty, he has been living in the mountains and practicing Taoism, and after his success, the Jade Emperor appointed him as the "Marshal of Zhengyi Xuantan", or "Zhao Xuantan" for short. In the old days, the God of Wealth Temple and the God of Wealth provided by each household, its appearance is quite fierce, black face, thick beard, furious round eyes, wearing an iron crown, one hand holding a steel whip, one hand holding a treasure, under the body there is also a black tiger, so there is also a "black tiger XuanTan" said. Legend has it that this Zhao Gongyuan Shuai was in charge of removing plagues, clearing away evils and driving away illnesses to avoid disasters. He would do justice to any grievances, and he could make people's business profitable. He was not a full-time god of wealth in his original position, but he could make people profitable and no one else could replace him, so the people regarded him as the god of wealth. In the past, the God of Wealth also has a distinction between the civil and military, the different families who worship the civil and military have their own divisions. The people who worshiped the God of Wealth were dedicated to the God of Wealth, and the people who worshiped the God of Wealth were dedicated to the God of Wealth. The way is different, but all have their own wealth can be sent.
The God of Fortune is honored on the fifth day of the month, and Zhao Xuan Tan is the most revered. Many stores and houses enshrine his woodblock print idol: Xuan Tan's face looks like a pot, his hand holds a steel whip, and his body rides a black tiger, extremely powerful. In addition to Zhao Xuan Tan is honored as the God of Fortune, folk there are "partial God of Fortune" God of Fortune, "God of Fortune" God of Fortune and "God of Fortune" God of Fortune and "God of Fortune" God of Fortune Guan Sheng said.
The belief in the God of Fortune is popular in the area of Dexing Greedy Source in Jiangxi Province. Five brothers, the first word of their title is "Hsien", so it is called "Five Hsien God of Wealth". In his lifetime, he robbed the rich to help the poor, and after his death, he still punishes evil and promotes goodness, blessing the poor people. There is a temple to the God of Wealth outside the Andingmen Gate in Beijing.
The God of Wealth, the God of Wealth and Poverty, is also known as the God of Fortune and Wealth, and is often depicted with the symbols of Fortune, Luck and Longevity. ", "life" three stars and the god of happiness listed together, together for the blessing, fortune, life, wealth and happiness. Star of wealth face white hair long, holding a treasure bowl, "fortune into the treasure" four words from this. General family Spring Festival must hang this picture in the main hall, praying for wealth and good fortune.
"Martial God of Fortune" Guan Sheng Di Jun that Guan Yu Guan Yunchang. Legend has it that Guan Yunchang was in charge of the military station, was good at counting, invented the day of the clear thin, and trustworthy, righteousness, so for the businessmen to worship, the general businessmen to Guan Gong as their guardian god, Guan Gong at the same time is regarded as the God of Wealth to attract wealth and treasure.
On the fifth day of the first month of the year, the stores open the market, early in the morning on the gongs and firecrackers, livestock and wine, in order to meet the god of wealth. The Qing Dynasty Gu Tieqing "Qing Jia Record" cited a Cai Yun's bamboo stick lyrics, depicting the situation of Suzhou people on the fifth day of the first day to meet the God of Wealth: "five days of wealth five days to seek, a year's wish for a moment to pay; Beware of other places to meet the God early, the next night hastily hold the head of the road". "Holding the head of the road" is also known as "welcoming the God of Wealth". Believe in Guan Di Shengjun merchants, on the fifth day of the first month of the Guan Gong to offer sacrificial lice, firecrackers, burn gold paper worship, Guan Sheng Di Shengjun blessing a year of prosperous fortune.
The first five days of the first month of the Lunar New Year "pick up the God of Fortune" custom, prevalent in the Ming and Qing Dynasties Republic of China, so far is still circulating in folklore, the only "God of Fortune" that is the so-called Zhao Gongyuan Shuai, it is said that as early as in the era of Yin and Shang Dynasty has been cultivated into a fairy. Jiang Ziya assisted King Wu of Zhou to conquer the Zhou Dynasty, he ran down to Zhongnan Mountain to meddle in the business, standing on the side of Shang Zhou against the righteousness of the division, unfortunately killed in action, a wandering soul was ordained to specialize in welcoming good fortune and good luck of the true God, under the banner of the treasure Heavenly Father, Najin Heavenly Father, the emissary of fortune, the profit of the market immortal officer four members of the God of the small God for its call to dispatch. Blessed with this set of fortune-telling team, Zhao Gongyuan Shuai has become the object of worship for those who hope to get rich. It is said that his nature is lazy and scattered, only in the first month of the year on the fifth day to go down the Dragon Tiger Xuan Tan once, and is arbitrary, not to go to which one, so everyone in the day in the morning firecrackers, burning incense and offer sacrifices, suppression in the front to meet him. However, some people also learned that the god in the birthday is the 22nd day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, so do not go to roll the first five of the fierce, but instead in the God of Wealth Birthday quietly prepared to do the feast, counting on him to sneak in through the back door to enjoy. We can now often see some businesses in the store store in the store has a large or small "God of Fortune", weekdays, electronic incense candle fire high and low Ming and low, and suddenly on this day quietly set up a four dishes and a soup, that is, has mastered the message of the clear evidence.
The God of Fortune is only one, plus four subordinates only made up a number of palms, want to get rich but there are so many people, demand exceeds supply is obvious, so there are people who take the initiative to balance the supply and demand contradiction, which led to a new custom painting - "send the God of Fortune," the day of the first five days of the year, poor beggars and beggars in groups of three or five, wearing a mask, dressed as the God of Fortune class bottom, the God of Fortune. Masks, dressed as the god of wealth class, known as "send god of wealth", also called "jump god of wealth". The master of the example must be sent on the spot coins to thank, otherwise they will be in front of your home or store before the non-stop, in vain to cause onlookers laughed at, it is better to spend a little money, fast to this class of "living God of Wealth" to send away the end of the matter. Poor people pretend to live God of Wealth, robbing God of Wealth into sending God of Wealth, this street farce full of irony, but also the sparse custom of welcoming the God of Wealth added a lot of extra fun. In recent years, the gang jumped "send God of Fortune" scene has disappeared, replaced by a separate action - without saying a word to the door, take the back of a sticker on the red paper God of Fortune like a sticker to the door, and then reach out to ask for money, it is to see the time into the common easy to push out of the box mile.
It is said that the God of Wealth is a rich man's family worship, no money people worship will not show the spirit. Folk legend has it that the "God of Fortune Bodhisattva repudiated his wife" story: once upon a time, the God of Fortune Temple God of Fortune is always accompanied by a dignified and beautiful Goddess of Fortune. Later, this kind lady Bodhisattva suddenly disappeared, and it turned out that she was repudiated by the God of Wealth. Why did the God of Fortune want to repudiate his wife? It starts with a beggar. There is a beggar beggar is so poor that there is no way out, begging for food passed an ancient temple. Into the temple, what he did not worship the Bodhisattva, a single touch to the God of Wealth before the statue, head down to worship, mouth praying to the God of Wealth to give money. Zhao Gongyuan Shuai see is a beggar, thought even incense and candles are not willing to light, but also to ask for money? The world so many poor beggar, I can succor over? But the beggar thought of the opposite, he thought the God of wealth will always relief of the poor, the rich do not worry about food and clothing, why seek wealth? Will not be able to worship. At this time, the goddess of fortune moved compassion, want to wake up dozing god of fortune husband, persuade him to give a little charity to this beggar. But the Goddess of Fortune ignored it, yawned twice and closed her eyes again. Although the goddess of wealth, but the financial power in the hands of the husband, the husband does not nod, how to give the money to the beggar? Niangniang had no choice but to remove her own earrings and threw them to the beggar. Beggars suddenly feel the shrine on the throw down a thing, a see is a pair of gold earrings, know is the god of wealth, hastily kowtow, even called "kowtow thanks to the god of wealth bodhisattva". The God of Fortune opened his eyes and realized that the goddess of fortune had given the poor beggar the love object he had sent her back then, so he was furious and drove the goddess of fortune down to the Buddha's shrine. Since then, over the centuries, there has never been a poor man who worshiped the God of Wealth and got rich.
Folklore also says that the God of Wealth is the God of the Five Roads. The so-called five roads, referring to the east and west, south and north, meaning that out of the five roads, all can get rich. Qing Dynasty Gu Lu "Qing Jia Records" cloud: "the fifth day of the first month, for the birth of the head of the road God. Golden gongs and firecrackers, livestock sweet Bi Chen, in order to compete for the first for the market, will get up early to meet, called the head of the road." Also said: "Today, the road head, is the five rituals in the line of God. The so-called five roads, then east-west, south-north center ear." The so-called "Road Head" is the god of the road in the five sacrifices, namely, sacrificing the god of household, the god of stove, the god of soil, the god of door, and the god of traveling. The so-called "road head", that is, five sacrifices in the line of God.