Chongyang ancestor worship autumn festival

The ancestors of Liao clan in Shangshui mainly offered sacrifices in the spring and autumn: the Spring Festival was held in Wanshitang Grand Ancestral Hall on the second day of the second lunar month, and the autumn festival was held in Dior and Woody on the ninth and tenth days of the ninth lunar month (the day after the Double Ninth Festival). Dior is the cemetery of Liao Zhongjie, the founder of Liao State. Located in Qianqian Village, Sheung Shui, it belongs to the cenotaph. On its left and right sides are the graves of Le Gong, the seventh ancestor of the rectangle, and Pei Gang Gong, the eighth ancestor of the three parties. Because their descendants once funded the reconstruction of the cemetery, they were buried in the same cemetery as Kaijizu. Woody (named after Feng Shui) is the graveyard of Gong Yu, the second ancestor, located between Fanling and the foothills of Heshi.

On the day of the autumn festival, the patriarch, the second clan, the head of the house, the elder (male over 6/kloc-0), the squire and other clansmen, together with the staff and students of Fengxi School, lined up to pay homage to the ancestral cemetery. When everyone arrives at Zhongjie Cemetery, Tong Zan, who is in charge of the sacrificial ceremony, will arrange worshippers to line up in front of the ancestral grave according to their generations to prepare for worship. First set off firecrackers, then play music, then kowtow to worshippers for three times, and then the patriarch drinks, offers incense and sacrifices. After reading the congratulatory message, the squires offered sacrifices in the order of generations. After the ceremony, people of higher generations can get a piece of pork, which is called Taicm pork by local people. In agricultural society, pork is a valuable food; Therefore, the ceremony of "Taicm Pork" can reflect the clan's attention and courtesy to generations. Although pork has become a very common food, its symbolic meaning has not changed.

Followed by the worship of the people, it is the provincial tomb team of Fengxi School. The procedure of the ceremony is to observe a three-minute silence, then play music, sing school songs and grave-sweeping songs, and then the team members bow to their ancestors, offer flowers and read eulogies. Finally, there is a person who is responsible for cooking nearby, and then everyone enjoys it together near the cemetery, which is called' eating mountains'. Except in spring and autumn, Liao people in Sheung Shui will not hold ancestor worship ceremonies in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In the past, autumn festivals were only allowed for men, but with the changes of the times, women are now allowed to participate.