Brief introduction of feast capsule

A regular folk activity is to delay the development of life. Its earliest source can be traced back to the worship of Beidou in Han Dynasty. In ancient China, Nandou was regarded as the master of life and Beidou as the master of death. If you want to prolong your life, you must pray for the Big Dipper to cut your life. Taoism has been engaged in various sacrificial fighting activities from the beginning. During the Three Kingdoms period, the general of the State of Wu, Monroe, was seriously ill, and Sun Quan invited the Taoist priests to worship Beidou. Later, various books and instruments about longevity were formed under the door, most of which were related to the stars in the southeast, northwest and China, especially Beidou. "Zhen Jing, the feast of, the core monument of Taiwanese businessman Ling Xuan's life," said that Beidou can solve all problems. If there is a disaster, how to save it? "Urgent report to Beidou, Xie Zhenjun, turn to the truth, accept the core monument Xing Jun, and then get Antai and even Kangrong." Reciting this sutra often and paying homage can save your life and live forever. This is the knowledge of Daomen and folk believers, so Beidou is generally the main sacrificial object of the feast.

As far as the content is concerned, the recited classics include The Calculations of the Eastern Dou, The Feast of the Core Monument of Beidou's Life, The Longevity of the Core Monument of Beidou's Life, The Six Life-prolonging and Benevolent Classics of Nandou, The Heart Classics of Doumu's Feast of Life, and so on. Formally speaking, there are general instruments and lamps. In The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was seriously ill and arranged his own oil lamp, not wanting to be trampled out by Wei Yan. The result was out of control and died in the army. Although this is a novel, there is a social prototype, that is, the people often ask Taoist priests to perform life-prolonging lanterns. There are Nandou longevity lamp instrument and Beidou longevity lamp instrument, the core monument of Beidou's life, both of which are related disciplines.

The life extension instrument adapts to people's psychology of praying for a long life, good health and safe life, and is a routine ceremony for folk believers. China people love life, especially cherish it. The ancient book Hong Fan mentioned that there are five kinds of happiness, the first is longevity. Therefore, Sun Simiao, a famous Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty and a famous doctor in ancient China, said in Five Blessingg that "longevity is the most important thing". The spirit of Taoism is life-oriented. As a precious religion, she has a set of methods to pursue immortality, including various rituals to prolong life, which has a great influence on the people. Therefore, when people are old or unwell, they all think of this stunt of Taoism and ask the Taoist to help themselves or their relatives.

Nowadays, after decades of social unrest, it is people's beautiful hope and pursuit to be calm, pray for physical safety, health and longevity, and eliminate all kinds of illnesses. Believers in Taoism often attach importance to delaying healthy birth. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of beatings. One is to go to the Taoist temple to beat you when you are sick or feel old and weak; One is to invite a Taoist priest to play on your birthday. Due to the accelerated pace of contemporary life, the life extension instrument is also slightly simplified, and the chances of holding it in the city are relatively reduced, so it is not convenient to hold it in the evening of the city. Some people are still making extended lanterns, but they just move the time to the daytime.