Welcoming the God of Wealth is an ancient custom during the Han Folk Spring Festival in China, Han folklore is the birthday of the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first month, and it is also considered to be the God of Wealth Festival.
At midnight on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, firecrackers are set off to greet you, and the house is cleaned and the door is opened.
Prepare the table, put incense candles, gold ingots, etc., as well as three cups of sugar tea, five bowls of vegetarian dishes and a bowl of rice, five different fruits, and prepare long noodles, jujubes, longan, brown sugar, and peanuts. Burn incense and burn gold ingots in front of the offering table to worship the God of Wealth.
Check the auspicious position of the God of Wealth in advance, bow to the God of Wealth three times, burn the Shuwen together with the ingots, and burn it while silently reciting some blessings such as the prosperity of wealth.
1.Asking for money from the God of Wealth requires a certain attitude, which must be respectful, but also neither humble nor arrogant, so you must change into formal clothes, burn incense and bathe, wipe the table neat and tidy, and not be disorganized.
2.Don't forget to use Shuwen, because this is a very important credential, and the God of Wealth will bring wealth and luck when he sees this. Don't be too greedy when praying, it is impossible for the God of Wealth to ask too much for you, so you should have a reasonable amount.
3.In the middle of greeting the god of wealth, it is not possible to remove the offerings, or be stolen by children, which will cause the gods to be unhappy, and the whole process must be completed, such as burning the paper money and putting it again to indicate that the ceremony has ended, so that the things can be put away.
First of all, set up an incense table in front of the shrine or living room in the house. Then open the gate at an auspicious time, sincerely recite in your heart, go out of the gate with five sticks of sandalwood in your hand, bow three times, silently recite in your heart, invite the God of Wealth to go home with you, and then slowly return home. It is necessary to pay attention to the brightness of the home, the God of Wealth likes the bright and does not like the dark, and then it is necessary to be neat and tidy, have a respectful heart, and respect the God of Wealth to protect it, and do not be dishonest. Finally, the position of the God of Wealth is clean and the offerings are complete. Welcoming the God of Wealth focuses on sincerity, neat and tidy, clean and bright home are all manifestations of sincerity, and a clean home is more comfortable when everyone lives.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the God of Wealth is connected to the five roads. In the traditional customs, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the east, west, south, north, middle five directions of the God of Wealth, referred to as the five ways of the God of Wealth, the five roads must be the owner to bring incense and candles to the east, west, south, north, middle five directions of the God of Wealth Hall to ask for pick-up, each pick up the God of Wealth all the way, in front of the door to set off a string of cannons. After all the reception, the master and the men bowed to the God of Wealth in turn, and after worshipping, the horse curtain on the original offering table was cremated to express the gift to the God of Wealth.
On the fifth day of the first month, it is also known as breaking the five festivals. The fifth day of the first lunar month is the traditional Chinese festival to break the five, the folk believe that to break the five, many taboos before can be broken, there is also the tradition of sending the poor god, releasing the god of wealth, some areas also have the custom of eating dumplings and going out on this day, the customs of different regions are different, and the specific situation is subject to the local tradition.
It is important to remember that incense stickers can be placed in front of the shrine or in the living room at home. At the auspicious time, open the door, light the incense candles, incinerate the ingots, read the Shuwen word by word to the god case, read the Shuwen word by word, read it, go out of the gate with five sandalwood sticks, bow to the west three times, silently recite in your heart, invite the God of Wealth to go home with you, and then slowly return home, and incinerate the Shuwen and the paper money in the incense burner and never incinerate it on the ground. Extinguish the candles, put away the offerings, incense burner, and close the door, and then complete the ritual of receiving the God of Wealth before moving on to other things.