Chaoshan people, the land god, think that June 26th is the Christmas of the land god, and Chaoshan people call it "the birth of the land god".
Judging from the sacrificial objects and ways of this festival, it should be the variation of ancient social days in Chaoshan area. Chaoshan people's lofty belief in the land god is very prominent. There are more than 100 kinds of gods worshipped by China people, among which the land god is the most popular.
It is very popular for Chaoshan people to worship the land god, which is spread all over urban and rural areas. Chaoshan people set up land gods or temples in a permanent and temporary way.
Permanent residential buildings, shops, factories, workshops, workshops, etc. The "God of the Landlord" is permanently located in an appropriate place under the hall or kitchen, and regularly worships on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar (some are the second and sixteenth days), commonly known as "gluttony".
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Historical origin of land lords;
In China's general folk beliefs, most gods have clear origins, but there are many sources of land gods and countless legends, which are two examples of this move.
One theory is that Zhang Fude, an official of the Zhou Dynasty, was born in Zhou Wuwang on February 2, 2002. He has been clever and filial since childhood. At the age of 36, he was the chief tax collector of the government, honest and diligent, and loved the people. He died in Zhou Muwang for three years at the age of 102. A poor family was worshipped by four big stones.
Soon, the people became rich from poverty and believed in God's blessing, so they jointly built a temple, which was enshrined in gold and named "Fude Shen Zheng", so businessmen often sacrificed it for the development of business.
Another way of saying it is: Zhang Mingde (or Zhang Fude), the servant of the Zhou doctor, whose master went to other places to be an official, leaving his little daughter at home. Zhang Mingde took his daughter to find his father. In a snowstorm, he took off his clothes to protect his master. As a result, he froze to death on the road.
At the end of his life, the words "The Great Immortal Castle in Nantianmen is a god" appeared in the air, and he was stamped with the title of loyal minister. When he went to study loyalty for a doctor, he built a temple to worship, so the land belonged to the person wearing the prime minister's hat.
After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many people in China took celebrities as their land.
For example, the land consecrated by imperial academy and the official department in Qing Dynasty spread to Han Yu, a great scholar in Tang Dynasty. Imperial academy was the hometown of Yue Fei, so imperial academy regarded Yue Fei as a land god. Now there are often land women in the land temple, and their customs can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty.
Baidu Encyclopedia _ Land God