Is XiShen sitting or facing?
XiShen is a god who specializes in festive events. Welcoming XiShen not only means happiness and auspiciousness, but also brings out one-year-old Kangning. According to the orientation song of the Western God in traditional Feng Shui: "A has always been rooted in the art, and C Xin Kun is in the Western God; Ding Ren only sits in the palace, while Wu Gui swims in the palace. "Available:
A has always lived in the root, and the western god is in the northeast;
B Geng Riju Fanggan, Xishen in the northwest;
Bing Xin lives in Fang Kun every day, deep in the southwest and west;
Ding Renri lived away from the party, and the west was deep in the south;
The west is deep in the southeast.
What does XiShen's orientation mean in the Gregorian calendar?
XiShen in the solar calendar is actually the auspicious god in the population. People always want to avoid misfortune and pursue happiness, so to build a western god, many things can not be separated from the western god, such as marriage. Marriage is a great pleasure in life and a happy event. Of course, it is inseparable from the western gods. According to the old custom, the bride should sit up and face west, so that her married life will be happier.
How to find your own western god
The earliest record of western gods is in Volume 8 of Righteousness of Returning to Tibet. According to my date of birth, the star that can bring good luck in the sky is my own western god. "Returning to Tibet" records: 1- Angelababy; Dove candle; 3- Yu Yu; 4- baby rhinoceros; 5- Scorpion; 6- interface; 7- silk; 8- fog; 9-rudder; 0—— Luyuan. According to the theory that it is too easy to occur and the second instrument is born, Gui Zang Yi uses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of the Western God to represent Yang. XiShen's 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 stands for Yin. Later, with the development of time and the different local customs, the western gods also became diverse, and there was no specific unified image.
How to judge the position of the western god?
The location of the Western God is searched according to the traditional ten-day work in China. Heavenly stems are a, B, C, D, E, self, G, Xin, man and ghost. In traditional daily life, whether for planning a trip or getting married, we hope to avoid misfortune and have a smooth sailing. So every day, the position of the west deep has become the principal's first choice. "Song of Orientation to Xishen" said: "Jia Ji is in Gansu, Bing Xinkun is in Xishen 'an, Ding Rencai is sitting in the palace, and Wu Gui is in the room." You can know that on Jiari and Jiri, the Western God is in the northeast; On the second day and Geng Day, Xishen was located in the northwest; The third day and the new day are in the southwest. The fixed day and the benevolent day are in the south; May and December are located in the southeast.
Brief introduction of western gods.
China people generally believe in the Western God. XiShen is a god of good fortune, and folklore is a god of joy. Because people's desire is to avoid misfortune and pursue happiness, they invented a XiShen. According to China folklore, Xishen was originally a pious woman who worshipped the Big Dipper. When she became immortal, the Big Dipper asked her what she wanted. The woman sipped her mouth with her hand and just laughed. The big dipper mistakenly thought that she prayed for a beard, so she gave her a beard. Because she is happy, she was named Xishen. Because of her beard, she no longer lets mortals see her image. Since then, Xi Shen has been dedicated to celebrating, but she has not shown her form of God. Therefore, the biggest feature of the western gods is that they have no specific image, no special temples and are highly abstract. However, later generations also worship the portraits of ancestors or Shang Zhouwang as gods. Worship to Western gods is common in various ceremonial activities, especially in weddings.