I don’t know if you have noticed this problem. Whether you are filming a movie or a TV series, there must be a start-up ceremony before the filming starts, and it is indispensable for the entire crew to burn incense and pray for blessings. Until today, we can see in major news media that a certain crew held a start-up ceremony. The attached photos usually show celebrities showing off, why! ?
The crew of "Waiting for a Living Man"
The crew of "Waiting for a Living Man"
The crew of "Looking for Him in the Crowd"
"Peach Deal" The crew of "Love Detective Agency"
It is said that this thing was only popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan at first, and later spread to the mainland. Moreover, the process of burning incense is a little complicated. First, you need to ask a teacher who is familiar with Feng Shui to determine the startup time, accurate to a few minutes! Then you need to determine the direction of burning incense and worshiping gods. Finally, when the time came, everyone on the crew had to participate. As for why people burn incense, people have summarized the following reasons:
Reason 1: Following tradition
In the film era, people had a technical fear of film cameras, because film cameras Once diced, it will cause immeasurable losses to the crew, and machine dicing is immeasurable. Therefore, since the film era, some directors have had the "tradition" of burning incense and worshiping Buddha before the start-up ceremony in order to pray for smooth filming.
In addition, there is a folk saying that "the poor tell fortunes and the rich burn incense". Poor fortune telling means that fate is uncontrollable, while rich burning incense means that no mistakes will be made. Therefore, people who do business generally like to burn incense and worship Buddha. The crew is certainly no exception.
Reason 2: Superstition
Many people say that it is more superstitious than following the traditional practice of burning incense and worshiping Buddha. The idea of ??superstition is also quite controversial.
Reason 3: A gimmick
The reason why a crew held the opening ceremony was simply to attract attention and to attract everyone's attention in a "rather solemn" way.
Reason 4: To bring good luck
Burning incense and worshiping Buddha is nothing more than wanting to have peace of mind and pray for smooth shooting. After all, a crew involves a lot of people and a lot of money, and it is a place where accidents often happen. Regardless of the people or equipment, once something goes wrong, it will affect the entire creation. In fact, to be honest, it doesn’t cost much to burn incense and worship Buddha. It’s not a bad thing to feel at ease after worshiping.