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There are many people who worship the God of wealth in China. In Chinese folklore, the God of wealth is the God in charge of human wealth. Everyone worships the God of wealth in order to expand wealth. In particular, business people like to worship the God of wealth, which is also a spiritual sustenance of people. They hope to make business prosper and money flow through the worship of the God of wealth. Among the traditional customs in the north, there is the custom of sacrificing the God of wealth on the second day of the first month. What are the sayings and stress of sacrificing the God of wealth on the second day of the first month? I haven't seen you for a long time in this article. Let's have a look at the precautions for sacrificing the God of wealth on the second day of the lunar new year.

Sacrifice to the God of wealth

In the north, the God of wealth is sacrificed on the second day of the first month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families have to hold activities to sacrifice the God of wealth. Families offered sacrifices to the God of wealth on New Year's Eve. In fact, they incinerated the rough printed matter they bought. Wonton, commonly known as Yuanbao soup, will be eaten at noon. Fish and mutton were sacrificed. Big businesses in old Beijing have large-scale sacrificial activities on this day. The offerings need five offerings, namely, whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, whole ducks and red live carp, hoping to make a lot of money this year.

Successive gods of wealth

There are different opinions on who the God of wealth is, mainly in the following ways:

Zhao Gongming is also called Zhao Xuantan because Tianshi Zhang once ordered him to guard the Xuantan. This person comes from the romance of Fengshen. Jiang Ziya named him the God of the true king of the Dragon Huxuan altar. Zhao Mingming, with the word Gongming, is the God of Xuanwu in Taoism, commonly known as Zhao ad teacher. This theory comes from the complete collection of three religions searching for gods. The full name of the holy number is: Marshal Zhao, the manager of shangqingzhengyi Xuantan Flying Tiger Golden Wheel law enforcement.

Fan Li: during the spring and Autumn period, Gou Jian, the king of Yue, helped him defeat the state of Wu. Later, he made a fortune in business and changed his name to Tao Zhu Gong. Later generations regarded it as the God of wealth.

Guan Yu: Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms is an omnipotent figure who attaches the most importance to righteousness. Later generations treat righteousness and benefit equally and regard them as the God of wealth. Most of the general firms worship Guan Yu and think he has a protective effect on the firm.

Among the above gods of wealth, Zhao Gong's Heavenly Master is the authentic God of wealth, Fan Li is called Wen God of wealth, and Guan Yu is called Wu God of wealth. In addition, there are those who worship the Taibai star, known as the king of wealth and silk. Because Taibai is also called Venus, attached to the God of wealth. There are also those who take Qi Tian Da Sheng and Zhao Cai Tong as the God of wealth.

Most of the folk supplies are provided by Zhao Gongming. His printed image is very powerful, with a black face and thick beard, a helmet through armor, a whip in his hand, and surrounded by patterns such as cornucopia, Da Yuanbao and coral, which highlight the effect of richness and luxury.

God of wealth Temple

The second day of every year is the day when old Beijing respects the God of wealth. On this day, people have to rush to the God of wealth temple to burn 'head incense'.

There are two temples of the God of wealth in old Beijing. One is the Liuli bridge outside Guang'an gate, which is called the "Wuxian God of wealth Temple". The temple fair is held from the second day of the first month to the sixteenth day of the first month every year, so the second day of the first month has become the day to sacrifice the God of wealth. In fact, according to the legend, the birthday of the God of wealth is the fifth day of the first month. In the past, pilgrims came to the temple and Guang'an gate in the middle of the night to wait for "head incense". After the incense ceremony, you have to "invite" some red velvet flowers, gold paper flowers and gold ingots with the words "Fu" and "Shou" to go home from the God of wealth temple, which is to invite "Fu" home. If you get rich in the coming year, you have to go to the temple to repay your wish. Return the paper and gold ingots that went home last year, and double the purchase of new paper and gold ingots. Temple wishes get rich as a result.

Because there are too many people coming to burn incense on the second day of each year, many people can't enter. They burn incense at the gate of the temple and throw it into the temple, which brings hidden dangers to the fire control. Therefore, the temple uses large wooden barrels to hold water and is ready to throw water at any time to put out the fire. Whoever is splashed by water is considered to be rich in the coming year, because 'water' makes money.

The temple fair "Wuxian God of wealth Temple" was closed in the 1950s. When the overpass was built in 1987, the temple was demolished. Now there are two ancient trees as the only relics of the temple.

Another god of wealth temple in Beijing is the 'huangwa Temple of wealth', which is located in the east of the south entrance of North Luogu lane. The temple was built at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The God of wealth is also divided into civil and military, Zhao Gongming. In 2005, in the style protection and environmental improvement project of Gulou East Street, the non cultural relics buildings around the God of wealth temple were demolished, the main hall was highlighted and repaired.

In addition to these two God of wealth temples, there is also zhurong temple in Beijing. Because fire leads to wealth, some people also come here on the second day of the new year.

Legend of God of wealth

It is said that the God of wealth is worshipped by rich people, and those without money will not appear. There is a folk story about the "God of wealth Bodhisattva divorces his wife": Once upon a time, there was always a dignified and beautiful goddess of wealth around the God of wealth in the God of wealth temple. Later, the kind female Bodhisattva suddenly disappeared. It turned out that she was divorced by the God of wealth.

Why did the God of wealth divorce his wife? This starts with a beggar. A beggar was so poor that he had no way to go. Begging passed an ancient temple. After entering the temple, he did not worship any Bodhisattva. He just touched the statue of the God of wealth, turned his head and worshipped, praying for wealth from the God of wealth. Seeing that he was a beggar, marshal Zhao thought that he would not even light incense and candles and would come to ask for money? There are so many poor beggars in the world. Can I help them? But what the beggar thinks is just the opposite. He thinks that the God of wealth will always help the poor. The rich don't know how to eat and wear. What's the use of asking for money? He kept worshipping.

At this time, the empress of the God of wealth moved her compassion and wanted to wake up the dozing husband of the God of wealth and persuade him to give charity to the beggar. But the God of wealth ignored him, yawned twice and closed his eyes. Although she is the goddess of wealth, the power of wealth is in her husband's hand. If she doesn't nod, how can she give money to beggars?

The empress had no choice but to take off her earrings and throw them to the beggar. The beggar suddenly felt something thrown from the shrine. Seeing that it was a pair of gold earrings, he knew it was given by the God of wealth. He kowtowed and shouted 'kowtow to the God of wealth Bodhisattva'. When the God of wealth opened his eyes, he found that the empress had given her love thing to the poor beggar. He was so angry that he drove the empress of the God of wealth off the Buddhist niche. Since then, for hundreds of years, no poor man has become rich by worshipping the God of wealth.