Standard sequence of twenty-four prayers:
1. Yangko Steps
This prayer requires twenty-four kowtows. One prostration and one prostration, divided into three times, each time sixteen prostrations and eight prostrations, each time a sacrifice, a handful of incense, and three cups of wine. This worship ceremony is a general worship ceremony and is generally suitable for worshiping ancestors, relatives or close relatives in ancestral halls.
2. The phoenix spreads its wings alone
In this salutation, twenty-four heads are kowtowed, one kowtow at a time, divided into three times, with eight heads kowtowed each time, and two sacrifices are made. The first time each time is to turn the incense (to invite the gods), and the second time to turn a cup of wine, three times in a row. This worship ceremony is a great ceremony for worshiping ancestors, relatives or close relatives in ancestral halls.
3. The Phoenix Spreads Its Wings
In this salutation, you kowtow twenty-four times. One bow and one kowtow, divided into three times, eight bows and eight kowtows each time, offering sacrifices twice each time, turning incense once, and turning a cup of wine. This worship ceremony is a great ceremony for worshiping ancestors, relatives or close relatives in ancestral halls.
The specific requirements for twenty-four rakahs:
The first 7 rakats and the last 8 and 9 rakahs are 24 rakahs. After saluting the left and right thankers and the officiant, return to the normal position and Stand in the middle of the reed mat, bend down and bow, straighten your body, step to the right corner of the sacrificial table, bow first, then kneel down, straighten your body, kowtow again and touch the ground, then stand up and bow, which is considered to complete the salute.
Then take steps, bow, kowtow, and bow. After three bows, go to the incense table, kneel down, offer incense, offer wine, kowtow, stand up, bow, step back on the right side to the back left corner of the table and bow, then step back and bow, and bow to the front left corner of the table. Return to your original position and bow. This cycle lasts for three rounds, with a total of twenty-four bows, so it is called "Twenty-Four Bows".