1. General Principles of Ancestor Tablets and Ancestor Tablets. To install the God Tablets and ancestor tablets, attention must be paid to the perfect coordination of the three aspects: time, location, and people. The so-called "timing" means carefully choosing auspicious days and good times to pacify the gods and ancestors. The right location means choosing an auspicious direction in the house or the person in charge to place the gods and ancestors' tablets. Renhe means to choose a god with whom you are destined and responsive, and ask a master with magic power to perform a complete god-calming ceremony. 2. Specific methods of setting the God’s position (1). Methods of setting the God’s position: 1. First, select an auspicious day to “anxiang” or “pray for blessings” according to the lunar calendar. Choose a seat that is favorable for that year. For example, in 2012, it was east-west. Therefore, it is best to choose a seat facing east or west. If you have to choose another sitting position due to environmental reasons, then you should install a floating incense burner, that is, place a porcelain plate under the incense burner, and wait until the next year to choose an auspicious day to take away the porcelain plate. 2. Choose an auspicious day for the person in charge, a day for placing incense, and a day for praying. It is not possible to choose the conflict between the year of the person in charge and his wife, the three evil spirits, the three punishments, the arrow blade, the Tiangang four kills, or the turning back and paying tribute to the sun. 3. It is best to place the altar in the center of the house, not too far in front or too far behind the house. There must be a wall behind the shrine and it must be solid. In addition, the front of the shrine should be clear and should not face corners, sharp corners, telephone poles or other unclean objects. The height of the incense position should be measured with the Luban ruler, and the auspicious character should be used as the positioning: Use the Luban ruler to take the beginning and end of the wealth head, and measure from the ground to the height of the auspicious character. The distance between the sacred cabinet and the opposite door should preferably be more than twice the total height of the sacred cabinet. In addition to taking the auspicious character for the length of the left and right walls of the sacred cabinet, attention should be paid to the "green dragon on the left and white tiger on the right". The right wall (tiger side) should not be too narrow to avoid "forcing the tiger to hurt people". Before soothing the cabinet, clean the walls with mowing gold. 4. Before installing the god’s throne, you must first install the furnace to wait for the arrival of the god. (2) Taboos for enshrining the gods: 1. It is best to place the gods on a altar or on a altar. The sacred cabinet must be placed in an open direction to the sun, but it cannot be placed behind a window or balcony. 2. The sacred cabinet cannot be placed in a narrow space or with the gods facing the wall. The backrest of the sacred cabinet must be stable and cannot shake or be subject to frequent collisions. It is best to lean against a wall. Jinan House Feng Shui 3. The sacred cabinet cannot face the room door, toilet door, or stove door. It cannot have its back against the bed or the toilet or the stove. The sacred cabinet cannot be placed in the bedroom. 4. The sacred cabinet cannot be placed against the kitchen or in the kitchen. The Zao Lord is placed closest to the stove. 5. The sacred cabinet should not be placed against the toilet or placed in the toilet or bath room. 6. It is taboo to hang the sacred cabinet off the ground without roots, and it cannot be placed above the door. 7. The furnishings of the sacred cabinet should be solemn, concise and practical in principle, and should not be left with random debris. The front of the sacred cabinet must be kept clean, and tea, fruits, and flowers must be offered diligently every day. The shrine should be cleaned with clean water every day, and the front of the shrine should be wiped clean. Special reminder: There should be no beams on the upper end of the incense burner. The position of the furnace should be in line with the belly of the Buddha statue. If it is too low, you can wrap longevity gold in red paper and place it under the furnace. The god's tablet should be installed first and then the ancestor's tablet should be installed. Do not turn it upside down. The tablets of ancestors cannot be higher than the statues of gods; the furnaces of ancestors cannot be higher than the furnaces of gods and Buddhas. If there are ancestral tablets with two surnames in the home, the main surname should be on the left and the secondary surname should be on the right, separated by a seven-inch red line. Gold, copper and other speculative items should not be placed in the ancestral furnace. There must be incense tablets for gods, Buddhas and ancestors, not just ancestors. Disrespectful objects such as medicines, knives, and dirty objects are not allowed to be placed in front of the altar. (3) How to install the incense burner. The incense burner must be installed first before the god's throne is settled, waiting for the arrival of the god. The method of installing the incense burner is: (1) The incense burner is first burned with longevity gold. (2) After burning the charm, place it in the furnace. (3) Place three coins at the bottom of the furnace with the front and back sides (or twelve coins, one front and one back in a circle) (4) Spread the incense ash. (5) Mark the blank mark on the furnace. (6) Light fifteen sticks of incense. (7) According to the time of setting up the incense burner, align the position inside the incense burner, move in the clockwise direction, such as Zichou Yin Mao Chen..., and erect a stick of incense respectively. If the time of installing the furnace is at Mao hour, then twelve pillars of incense should be erected one by one starting from Mao hour. (8) For the remaining three incense sticks, the first one is erected in the center of the incense burner, the second one is on the right side of the first incense stick, and the third one is on the left side of the first incense stick. (9) Put your hands together in worship, and sincerely say silently: "The furnace is well placed, the divine light shines, and the whole family is safe."
Jinan house feng shui (4), specific procedures for calming the gods (1) Use seven pieces of cut gold to remove excessive paint on the wall to remove evil spirits, and recite a mantra to order it to be clean. (2) Place magic lamps and candlesticks. (3) Offer (three animals, three bowls of glutinous rice balls, three steamed cakes, five kinds of seasonal fruits, three small cups of tea, wine, etc.) (4) Hold the idol and circle the incense burner three times, murmuring "Go in, go in, go in" , the auspicious day will calm the gods, the divine light will shine, and the house will be bright." Then the statue of the god is seated and positioned. (5) Set up the ancestral tablets, incense burners and magic lamps. (6) Light three sticks of incense, go to the open air outside the door, recite mantras to invite the gods and Buddhas, and invite the gods and Buddhas to their seats. (7) Light three more sticks of incense to worship and receive the gods, and then place the incense on the incense burner. (8) Those who accompany the sacrifice offer incense and pray. (9) When one-third of the incense on the incense burner is burned, start toasting one, two, or three times. (10) Throw wild rice plants to ask the gods for instructions, and after receiving the answer, start burning the four colors of gold (the longevity gold, the cutting gold, and the blessing gold will be burned in sequence). (11) The chief priest and the attendants bow their hands before worshiping the gods. (12) In the evening of that day, worship the Earth God in the kitchen (if you are not entering a new house, you are not required to worship the Earth God). (13) After placing the God in peace, remember that the incense cannot be interrupted within three days (it can be continued with an incense ring).