Where should we worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao? Why worship?

From time immemorial, families often worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao on the altar of their ancestors, but in fact these are two different gods. Mr. Cong is the god who governs the land in the house, and Mr. Tao is the three vegetable heads who take care of the kitchen in the family.

The God of God in Vietnamese folk beliefs is derived from the three gods Tho Cong, Tho Dia, and Turkey, derived from the legend of "two grandparents and one grandmother" - the God of Earth, the God of House, the God of Kitchen. However, people are still used to calling them Tao Quan or Ong Tao.

According to the concept of the ancients, these three gods were sent by the Central Emperor to the earth to monitor and record the good and bad deeds of mankind.

After that, every year on the 23rd, Tao Quan rides a carp that turns into a dragon to Thien Dinh to report all the good and bad deeds of people for a year so that Heaven can decide the merits, rewards and punishments for them. all human beings.

Therefore, every December 23 - the Vietnamese New Year, Cong Ong Tao is a Vietnamese person who performs an offering ceremony to see him off. People often prepare thoughtful offerings.

From time immemorial, families often worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao on the altar of their ancestors, but in fact these are two different gods. Mr. Cong is the god who governs the land in the house, and Mr. Tao is the three vegetable heads who take care of the kitchen in the family.

According to Asian culture, on Lap Xuan day (the first day of Lap Xuan period opening 24 qi periods in the year) is a very important day. In the ancient sites, it is recorded very carefully that on the day of Lap Xuan, everything in the house must be peaceful, people have a calm and positive attitude to welcome new luck. And also according to custom, on December 23, after worshiping Mr. Cong Ong Tao, the families will proceed to remove incense sticks, clean the altar, general cleaning of the worshiping room or place of worship and the house. always to prepare for the Lunar New Year.

However, in special years, the procedure will have to be different than flexibly customizing the ceremony.

No matter what day we worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao, before December 23 of the lunar calendar or on December 23 of the lunar calendar, we still have to clean the altar and clean the house before starting the Lap Xuan period, the first qi period. new year. In 2021, Lap Xuan begins at 9:59 p.m. on February 3, 2021, the night of December 22, 2020 of the lunar calendar. That's why we have to carry out the cleaning of the altar, cleaning the house such as setting up the bed to clean the bedroom, moving the safe to clean the property area, removing the stove to clean the stove, moving the tables and chairs to clean the living room, remove the ceiling... before 9pm on 3/2/2021.

If any family worships Mr. Cong Ong Tao early on the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd of December (December 22 has to offer morning or evening offerings, not evening worship) they should remove incense sticks, cover sari, clean the general guard. born immediately after offering. If any family worships Mr. Cong Ong Tao on the 23rd of December, the offerings will be completed for peace of mind. In the morning of the 24th or 25th, the incense sticks will be trimmed. Because the 23rd of December coincides with the 4/2 day of Lap Xuan, it is impossible to remove the incense sticks, which will cause instability in the luck of the new year.

In addition, it is important to pay attention when performing the ritual of removing incense sticks, be very careful not to move the incense bowl, not move the altar. If any family because of the altar is termite, warped, cracked or cracked, the copper incense bowl needs to be polished or simply wants to move the altar to a better location ... it is imperative to replace the altar, replace it. If you have to move the incense bowl, you must move it, then after moving the altar table, the incense bowl must be held at the altar right away. In the ancient sites of cultural practices, it is very important to note that the peace of mind in a house is paramount. The technique of extracting and trimming incense sticks must hold the incense bowl with one hand, and gently withdraw the incense stick with one hand. Cleaning the altar must clean the sun and moon of the incense bowl first, wipe the incense bowl first, and then wipe the other altars.

Prepare five-spice water and ginger ale mixed together to create 7 scents, which are the seven souls of the owner, who is usually a man in the family. If a man controls the qi in the house, leave 17, 27, and 37 incense sticks. If a woman controls the air in the house (in the case of a widow or a single mother) leave 19, 29, and 39 incense sticks. When cleaning the altar of the altar room, it is forbidden to open the doors of the worship room to the sunlight, the bright light shines on the altar, causing damage to the spirit of the offender Duong Quang Sat. The shrine room is dark all year round to avoid outside light, can use electricity inside and turn on 2 red or yellow lights 24/7. To prevent fire, if you use a wooden altar, you should put the glass on the altar to avoid falling off and causing a fire, but you must stick a translucent decal so that it does not reflect the image of the worshiping object on the glass.

In addition, it is not correct for everyone to gather together to worship on the altar. We have to place the offering tray in two places, in the kitchen and at the ancestral altar. Mr. Tao must be worshiped in the kitchen, while Mr. Cong is worshiped on the main altar in the house with his ancestors.

The altar of Mr. Tao placed in the kitchen can be next to or above the stove, expressing the folk beliefs of worshiping the god who governs the kitchen in each family with the desire to keep the fire warm, the family harmony, affluence. Families often worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao on the altar of ancestors, but in fact these are two different gods. On this day, Mr. Tao must be worshiped in the kitchen, while Mr. Cong is worshiped on the main altar in the house with his ancestors.

Venerable Thich Chuc Tiep, Chief of the Office of the Executive Board of the Buddhist Church in Thai Nguyen province, said that December 23, or the day when Mr. Tao returned to worship heaven, was also considered a day of worshiping ancestors and year-end year-end. This is the opening ceremony for a series of rituals in the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, which lasts from December 23 to the full moon of January. After seeing off Mr. Tao, people often start to clean the house, clean the offerings to ancestors, hang pictures, couplets, arrange flowers... to prepare for the new year.

Talking about worshiping the Tao Quan should be in the kitchen or the altar of ancestors, Venerable Thich Chuc Tiep said that, according to folklore tradition, the altar of Mr. Tao placed in the kitchen can be next to or above the kitchen.

At present, some large pagodas often have their own altar to worship the Tao Quan. In the past, the worshiping ceremony of the Tao Quan was usually placed in the kitchen, where there was a separate altar for the Apples. But today, worship has been simplified, many houses do not have a separate altar for Mr.

For houses that do not have their own altar, they will prepare a tray of rice to worship under the kitchen and add another tray to burn incense at the altar of gods and ancestors to perform the main worshiping ceremony. When making offerings, people set fire to the stove to burn red and then display a tray of rice.

Offerings to the Apple Army

Offerings to the Tao Quan (two men, one woman) depending on each family are mainly sincere, but usually need to prepare the following offerings:

A vase of cotton, a plate of five fruits (dragon fruit, custard apple, coconut, papaya, mango). Three cups of floating tea, three plates of jam, three plates of dry tea, incense, lamps, wine, candy, nuggets, cakes. Paper offerings include money, gold, suit, horse

In addition, depending on each family, it is possible to offer a tray of rice commonly used daily, including: Rice, soup, fish, vegetables, palanquin, a plate of boiled meat or boiled chicken, fish sauce, a plate of banh chung or banh tet... to offer. .

In addition, folk beliefs also offer live carp - animals for the Tao Army to ride to heaven. When the ritual is finished, people release carp.

Especially on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year, a ceremony must be held to bring Mr. Tao to live in his family to pray for him to bless the country with peace and the people's peace. All the people were well fed and warm. Everyone lives comfortably through the beginning of the year until the end of the year.

Late ceremony

The first and most important thing on the day of Mr. Cong Ong Tao is the ceremony at "beautiful hour". No matter how busy the year-end work is, it is advisable to arrange a time to worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao at the most beautiful time of the day.

According to folklore, before 12 noon on December 23 will be a good time to see off Mr. Cong Ong Tao to heaven. In addition, the ceremony can be performed 1-2 days before the date, not too early or too late.

Rice tray offering wrong dish

Each family will prepare a different offering, be it vegetarian or savory. But the principle will still apply to some basic dishes and special attention should be paid to taboo dishes such as duck, geese, birds, buffalo, goats, dogs... or using fake fruits to display. in the altar.

Things can be simplified quickly when preparing simple items than when offering betel nut, water, and fruit.

Indiscriminate release of carp

The release or release of fish to the sky is done a lot after the worshiping ceremony of Cong Ong Tao. However, the most taboo thing is to drop guillotine fish indiscriminately, or store carp in plastic bags and then drop them into ponds and lakes.

This not only causes objection, affecting the environment and ecosystem, but also taboo when the fish will not "waggle" to bring Mr. Cong Ong Tao back to heaven.

Burning too much votive

Perhaps burning a lot of votive paper on Mr. Cong Ong Tao is always a matter of discussion and a solution. This depends on the awareness and understanding of each person, so don't be too abusive to buy votive paper on the day of seeing off Mr.

Just preparing all the things that are really necessary and turning them in after the ceremony is completed will help maximize savings and avoid waste.

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