1). Shentai should be steady and can't swing from side to side.
The placement of the altar must be firm and stable. Don't sway from side to side with a slight collision.
2) The altar should be on the static side, not on the moving side.
1. The altar should not be placed on or next to furniture that is often opened.
2. TV sets, stereos, video players, telephones and other items with frequent sounds should not be placed on or near the altar.
Don't put the altar beside the refrigerator or washing machine.
4. It is not advisable to play cards, eat, make noise, frolic or be impolite near the altar.
3). The height and color of the altar
In principle, the height of the altar should be high rather than low. The height of general sacrifice is determined by the height of incense burner. The height of the incense burner should not be higher than the eyebrows or lower than the navel.
Too high to communicate with God. Too low is disrespect.
The color of the altar is generally red, because in our country, red represents auspiciousness.
Because Taoism advocates yellow, immortals who worship Taoism can also choose yellow.
In addition, there is a folk saying that red stands for seeking happiness and yellow stands for seeking wealth. Write it here for reference only.
4). Except Wu Caishen, Shentai is not allowed to rush the door.
Because the rooms we live in now are generally not very big, and the distance between the altar and the door is relatively close. Immortals need a peaceful environment, not noise. Facing the door will disturb the gods and make them fidgety and uncomfortable. In addition, the flow of door breeze will bring bad smell and information.
5) The altar should always be kept clean.
The altar should be cleaned frequently, and it is best to have flowers and fruits often, emitting a natural fragrance. It is not advisable to place odorous articles and food near the altar. Don't hang or put dirty clothes, underwear and socks.
When keeping pets at home, these pets are forbidden to leave unclean things on or near the altar. If this happens, it should be cleaned up carefully immediately.
The altar should not be placed in the bedroom, especially in the husband and wife bedroom.
The altar should not be next to the wall of the toilet or toilet, nor should it face the door of the toilet or toilet.
Altars are not suitable for kitchens, nor are they suitable for slaughtering animals and placing smelly items and foods, especially meat, in rooms with altars.
Fish tanks should not be placed on the upper and lower sides of the altar, because the altar is often fragrant and belongs to yang, and the water belongs to yin, and the fire and water collide.
6). In principle, it is not suitable for offering fake incense.
A column of incense, that is, reaching heaven, orders the underworld (immortal hall, ancestors), if you use fake incense, you will not have this function. In addition, this method is also suspected of negligence and laziness. If there is no one at home or no time to burn incense, it is not necessary. The gods don't blame.
7). Types and usage of incense burners
To worship gods, including immortals, it is advisable to use a round incense burner made of copper.
Sacrificing ancestors and the god of the land, it is advisable to use ceramic incense burners, mainly square incense burners.
The sky is round and the earth is round. This is the ancient world view, and this method is also applied in traditional geomantic omen.
8). The role of the magic lamp
When offering sacrifices to a god (Buddha), installing a long bright red or yellow magic lamp can ward off evil spirits and bring good luck. It is advisable to use the kind of magic lamp that is always on, either flashing or flickering.
1. The five elements of the ever-burning lamp belong to fire, which can increase the yang in the house.
2. It can be regarded as a sacrifice to God.
3. If you don't have time to burn incense, you can offer it without burning incense.
9) Offering sacrifices to immortals is a common tribute.
1. Vegetables: There are generally five kinds: pig's head (cut into pieces), fish (required to be complete, preferably cooked), chicken (required to be complete, preferably cooked, and put its head outward when putting it), eggs (generally put five cooked and four raw) and tofu (generally put it outside as a whole).
2. Fruit: Choose several samples according to your personal situation. It is common to put four kinds and nine kinds of vegetables. Commonly used fruits are: apples (representing peace), oranges (gathering wealth and restraining wealth to gain righteousness), peaches (taking righteousness as the peach), bananas (taking righteousness as the spindle), dates (taking righteousness as the early road), kiwifruit (taking the original name, magic fruit, representing magic), and grapes: taking righteousness as the offspring. Orange: It means success. Watermelon: The shape is perfect. Longan: (meaning noble and complete), chestnut: commonly used when seeking a son, used in meaning to set a son. Sunflower seeds: many children and grandchildren. Peanut: When begging for children, boys and girls were born alternately. Candy: It stands for sweetness. Melon: Sweet. Apricot: Lucky.
3. Steamed bread: 10 baojiaxian, 15 tangkou (no horse tangkou) and 25 tangkou.
4. Chopsticks: Bao Jia fresh one pair, Bao Jia Tang Kou three pairs, Tang Kou five pairs. The requirement is red.
5. water: it's all one cup.
6. Wine: Bao Jia Xian Yi, Bao Jia Tang Kou San, Tang Kou Wu.
Supplementary note: aquatic plants: shrimp, shellfish, conch, sea cucumber (all similar to pupa) and so on. Metabonomics: such as silkworm chrysalis and silkworm. Pupa worms are all.
10). Taboos for offering sacrifices to gods (buddhas)
1. Don't sacrifice meat and fishy food, sacrifice vegetarian food and fruit.
2. Don't worship expired, unclean, old and rotten food.
3. It is not suitable for offering wet and metaplastic food (referring to the immortal hall). This is inferior food, rude.
4. Pomegranate and cherry can't be supplied (so gods, buddhas and immortals are all). Because the growth channels are unclean, the seeds of these two fruits can germinate and grow only through the excretory channels, so they are considered unclean.
5. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas do not provide litchi. (Litchi transliteration is Sakyamuni, taboo)
6. Taoist immortals don't offer plums (avoid the old gentleman's surname, avoid it)
7. If there is no tribute, you can skip it, but you can't mess around.
8. According to the variety of issuance, the issuance time shall not exceed three days in principle.
9. Xianjiatang cannot provide the following foods: beef (cattle), soft-shelled turtle, soft-shelled turtle (ghost), snake, eel, (snake) and dog meat (god).