Spring Festival customs tour
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the god of wealth is welcomed, and the temple is full of people, and all living beings have something to ask.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the day of welcoming the God of Wealth, folk customs prevail, people go to the temple one after another, and pray for wealth and good luck to the five gods of wealth - Bigan on the East Road, Chai Rong on the South Road, Guan Yu on the West Road, Zhao Gongming on the North Road, and Wang Hai on the Middle Road. On this day, the incense in the temple is flourishing, the crowds are surging, and all living beings have something to ask for.
The poor ask the rich, the rich ask the way, and the rich ask the calamity.
Observe yourself and let go of obsessions.
However, among the many scriptures, Buddhists often exhort us to let go. In the Xingguo Temple in Jinan, a pair of stone carved couplets express the true meaning of life: "The evening drum and morning bell wake up the world's fame and fortune; The sound of the Buddha's horn evokes the charm of the dream of the bitter sea. This sentence reminds us that the true meaning of the temple is not just to pray for fame and fortune, but to allow us to meditate and meditate, contemplate at ease, and let go of obsessions.
Prosperous three thousand, bearish is floating clouds, countless troubles, want to open is a sunny day.
What we worship is actually the desire of our heart.
When we walk into a temple, what we worship is not a Buddha statue, but our heart's desire. We aspire to more wealth, higher status, and a better life. However, desire is like a bottomless pit that can never be satisfied. We are always worried about losing what we already have, and at the same time we want to get more. This endless desire wears us out and makes life bitter because of it.
Let go of desire, the mountain is still the mountain, and the sea is still the sea.
In fact, true happiness does not lie in how much wealth and fame we have, but in our inner peace and contentment. When we learn to let go of our desires, we will find that the beauty and excitement in life are actually within ourselves. Mountains are still mountains, the sea is still sea, and the most wonderful thing is ourselves.
Enjoy the beauty of life and become the most wonderful chapter of your life.
Therefore, let us not only pray for wealth and good luck on this day of welcoming the God of Wealth, but also learn to let go, meditate and cultivate the mind, and find inner peace and contentment. Only in this way can we truly enjoy the beauty of life and become the most wonderful chapter of our own life.