How to write the memorial tablet for ancestor worship

1, fixed color

First of all, we must judge whether this is written for the living (this is called "extension monument") or for the living (this is called "past tense monument").

Step 2 write content

(1) In the middle of the feast tablet, "a fragrant tablet" or "a delayed tablet" was written. In the past, in the middle of the tablet, "an ancestor went to the Lotus" was written.

(2) Write your native place on the right side of the memorial tablet (taking the memorial tablet as the reference direction). If it is a memorial tablet in the past, add "birthday: a certain year, a certain month, a certain day; Date of death: a certain year, a certain month, a certain day ".If the memorial tablet is extended, only the birthday will be written.

(3) Write the name of the worshipper on the left side of the memorial tablet (with the memorial tablet facing the memorial tablet as the reference direction), such as "from Sun". If there are many people, write from big to small and from right to left.

Step 3 set the number of words

You'd better choose five words, eleven, thirteen, fifteen and seventeen.

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The method of memorial memorial tablet:

1, buy a shrine at home, with a cupboard door and an open one. In a cupboard, you can also use the ancestral tablets of two families with different surnames, a man and a woman. The placement of memorial tablets is slightly higher than our own.

2. Put the incense burner in front of the memorial tablet. It can be lying incense or standing incense. Three incense in the morning and evening every day. Shang Xiang inserted incense from right to left with his left hand. It is more respectful to kneel down and burn incense. At the time of offering sacrifices, it can be said that ancestors were invited and widely smoked.

There are fruits and cakes on the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Even if it is used up in one day, it can be withdrawn. The fruitcake served cannot be wasted. Giving it to children and grandchildren can calm the shock.

5. Pears, chestnuts, persimmons and pomegranates are not available for fruits. Make money for bananas and keep apples safe.

6. For ancestral food, it is best to use vegetarian dishes instead of leeks.

7. Every ancestor's memorial day should be commemorated. If you have faith, you can recite the Death Mantra or Amitabha Sutra for your ancestors 49 times.

8. If you burn paper for your ancestors at home, it is best to burn them one by one. If there are believers, it is best to burn a piece and recite Amitabha.