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282 The Ritual Begins

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    "You don't have to worry about it. I've already told your uncle (the son of your mother's aunt's family) to ask him to help invite a monk to come over." The mother's mood became better and better, so she answered quite quickly.

    "Where did my aunt invite a monk? Is it true? When the time comes, don't invite a fake monk over?" I asked a little worried.

    "Don't worry. They are all relatives, so you can't fool us. Your uncle said that the monk knows him very well, so the price is definitely cheap."

    After hearing what my mother said, I knew it was inconvenient for me to say more.  Anyway, I don't really believe in this, so it doesn't matter to me whether the monk he invited is real or not.  However, based on my understanding of my mother, I am afraid that in her mind, "whether the monk is real" is far less important than "whether the price is cheap".  So, in the end, without my objection, it was decided to ask a monk to chant scriptures when my father "broken seven".

    Unlike "May 7th", on the day of "Broken 7th", we have to go home early in the morning.  Because, the beginning of this ceremony is inseparable from the eldest son and grandson.  While we were still on the road, my mother called.  Of course, Mother wasn't urging us to hurry home.  Instead, I asked about the names and birthdays of me, my wife, and my child.  It was my mother who made the phone call, but it was the monk who asked and recorded the specific inquiry.  It seems that the monk who has arrived at my house is doing some necessary preparations.  I truthfully reported the relevant information to the monk before hanging up the phone.

    When we got home, the monks we had invited had basically prepared the dojo for the practice.  Of course, he only has one person, so he doesn't arrange the dojo very gorgeously like a team.  He just asked his mother to get a square table, and then put the tribute, our birthday horoscope written just now, candles, incense, etc. on it in order.

    Before we come back, the monk's rituals cannot start.  Seeing me coming back, my mother hurried up to greet me and brought me in front of the monk.  With just one glance, I can tell that the person in front of me is definitely a fake monk.  Because there is no ring scar on this person's head.

    Seeing me coming, the monk started to act.  He first asked my wife and I to wear filial piety.  After that, I was asked to light two candles on the altar where my father's tablet was placed.  These candles were brought by the monk himself, and they were slender white candles.  I lit one first, then turned the candle upside down, dripped some candle oil on the table, and then pressed the slender white candle onto the wet candle oil.  After the candle oil dries, the white candle is glued to the table.  Next, I put the other one on the flame of the white candle that has been placed. After it is lit, I want to stick it to the table according to the previous method.  But, at this moment, the monk came up and taught me a method.  This method is very simple, that is, put the flat and round bottom of the white candle on the firelight, and after it softens slightly, press it on the table immediately.  After waiting for a while, after the softened oily bottom solidified again, the slender white candle was firmly stuck to the table.

    At first, I was a little disapproving of the method taught by this monk.  However, after several experiments, I finally found that the method taught by monks is more effective.  Because, when the lit candle is dripped candle oil on the table in reverse, it is inevitable that there will be uneven thickness, so the candle sticking to it seems a little unstable, and it is easy to fall down due to continuous tilting.  desktop.  In contrast to the method taught by the monk, because the other end of the candle is very smooth, it will appear very stable after being glued to the table.

    These two candles are evenly placed on the left and right sides of the father's tablet.  After I lit two candles and put them down, the monk told me not to let the candles go out.  That is to say, today, I must keep an eye on these two lit white candles, and replace them with new candles as soon as I see signs of burning out.

    Next, the ceremony officially began.  In the sound of the monk's chanting, under the illumination of the candlelight, we kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times to our father's tablet in sequence.  Of course, during this process, the third uncle has been busy lighting the yellow paper.  Before the monk took the blank piece of paper with our names and birthdays written in advance (later, I took a closer look and found that our names were all guarded next to the father's name) to my father's tablet, he didn't know  After muttering something, he solemnly invited this piece of paper to the center of the square table that is used for doing things.  Fold the white paper into a tall hat and slip it over a pre-prepared log.  The square table is placed in the center of my main room, and the white paper is placed in the center of the square table.  In other words, this piece of white paper is now at the core of my main house.  From this arrangement, it is not difficult for me to see that the following rituals should be tight.??It unfolded around this white paper.  And this white paper now represents the father.

    The white paper is facing the gate of my house, that is, facing south.  In front of the white paper are tributes, incense stands and futons.  The incense table is naturally used for worshiping incense, while the futon is prepared for those of us who need to kneel down.  The monk sits on the east side of the square table with a square stool.  From such a layout, it is not difficult to see that in Chinese culture, east and south are the best choices among orientations.  Therefore, in many cases, the orientation is respected by east or south.

    There are two things in front of the monk, a wooden fish in full bloom on the right hand, and a scripture book on the left.  Next, the monk recited the scriptures in a serious manner.  He kept looking at the wooden fish with one hand, and flipped through the scriptures from time to time with the other.  Although he is a fake monk, it sounds like he recites scriptures in a decent way.  If there is a ring scar engraved on the head, then at first glance, it looks like an eminent monk.

    After the launching ceremony, my wife and I took off our filial piety.  Then, I stood beside the monk and kept an eye on the two candles in front of my father's tablet.

    After chanting for a while, the monk stood up and asked me to offer incense in front of my father's tablet.  As soon as I come up, what I want to respect is naturally heaven, earth, gods and Buddhas, so the monk asked me to offer three sticks of incense.  After offering incense, it is to bow down.  In my opinion, this should be to ask the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth to bless my father.  Next, the one to honor is the father.  "Buddha, three ghosts and four", so this time I put on four sticks of incense.  After that, he still bowed down.  Of course, it was the father who bowed down this time.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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