How to worship a genius on January 10

January 10, 2016 is one of the important occasions for business people to pray for wealth, prosperity and luck.

The day is defined as the day related to spirituality, the change of one's soul. This day may be the day of birth, the day of death, the day of martyrdom . For example, the feast of Amitabha Buddha who was born 17-11 lunar calendar is the birthday, the day when the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is attained. the day of martyrdom . And the genius, according to the earliest record related to the birth date of the genius is 'Ngọc Hạc Ký' by Hua Chân Quân, the life of Tấn on July 22 of the lunar calendar. Currently, many places in China still hold a fortune on this day.

The most familiar prodigy in folk is Trieu Cong Minh . Trieu Cong Minh's birth date has many theories, most commonly two days: March 15 (according to Nam Son resident of Qin Dynasty) and July 22 (coinciding with Hua Chan Quan's theory above) and the celestial houses. Ancient texts claim that this is the 'brightest sun'. Therefore, the date of the genius if any will be July 22 every year.

In recent years, there has been a trend of people rushing to buy gold in the " January of the genius" day on January 10, hoping to be lucky in the new year. In fact, this day is only due to some propaganda business aimed at promoting the sale of the year, not any recorded material, as well as folk customs. People can go shopping but not necessarily jostle, buy high prices on this day.

At the beginning of the year, most Vietnamese families had a ceremony to welcome the gods according to folklore, saying that at the beginning of the year, they should welcome the genius from heaven to the lower world. The specific schedule is the 2nd of the year to welcome the wedding god (lucky god, happiness), the 3rd day to receive the God of Fortune (fortune god), the 4th is to welcome other gods from heaven to the world, the 5th is a day of demolition, removal of offerings. Particularly for business shops, worship the gods daily.

People crowded to buy gold in the day "Vía genius" in 2014. (Photo: Anh Quan)

Feast of god worshiping ceremony includes:

Place of worship

The ceremony of welcoming the gods is thought to be very important because according to folklore, having received the new gods can supplement the fortune of the year. People doing business, not doing business do the same ceremony, just the location.People doing business worshiping the gods should do the ceremony at the place of business, not at the temple or the temple. Non-business people can worship at home or stay at a temple , because the "native" house worship itself is also the function of the gods.

Many people at home often put offerings on the door, or outside the yard, balcony. In fact, worshiping in the yard or outside the door is easy to die , and the folk call it a wandering way to break. It is best to place a tray in the house.

How much to worship god

The house has a church to worship the gods, the ancestors should not make more worship gods' boards, as explained in the ceremony of worshiping the Kitchen God. Worshiping many gods in the house will make the family disharmony, children difficult to tell or cause other problems. Many houses put both Maitreya Buddha sitting on the board of worshiping the gods, or the local altar worshiping board placed on the board of worshiping the gods . is not necessary and should not, in spirit is disrespectful. The fact that scientific measurements also found these cases caused turbulence and instability. If trot placed many worshiping boards, many incense bowls should be performed to reduce it.

Offerings

Simple and moderate ceremony, not wasteful and expensive, is paid attention to by the gods. Mostly just fresh flowers, fresh fruits and clean water. Many places that make offerings to the gods are bigger than those of the year are not necessary. Some note:

1. Huong:There is a place where it is said to light in the morning, some places think that it is necessary to light in the evening, which is actually not necessary and there is no specific regulation.It is possible to choose good hours for the day or to choose a good day and a good star to make it easier to activate the gas field.
2. Water:Cup to clean water before taking new water.Just one cup of water is enough, not three or five cups.Water is not too full, it should be about 1 cm from the mouth of the cup.Be careful not to let water spill or pour on the table.
3. Flowers:Vases can be made of glass, ceramics . are fine.Only choose fresh flowers, bud flowers and scent.Do not use fake flowers.
4. Fruit:Fruit should be selected fresh, delicious, look intact, often using apples, pears, bananas, oranges, tangerines . Just like flowers, do not use plastic fruits, artificial fruits can not be eaten.
5. Lamps and candles: Thelamps are also a real lamp like oil lamps and candles.Do not use flashing lights, electric lights . because they all create bad gas fields, affecting worship.

Prayer content (for reference only)

Dear Lord: The Earth Spirit, Phuc Duc Chinh Than, Tai Than (if working in a place of business, or in the yard), their Fairy ., his grandmother grandmother, you are spiritually (if you work in the house) In addition to the family worship, add this part)

Today is . month . Year of the Tiger.

We are …………………………………………………

At ………………………………………………………

We are sincere, presenting flower aromas, rituals of worshiping and offering Sun Shen, burning the mind and mind, and cultivating our hearts.

Please respect the maintenance, strong children and grandchildren, peace and religion, financial development, the demand as well.

Nguyen Manh Linh
Head of Feng Shui Architecture
Institute of Urban Planning & Architecture - Construction University