《道教三元四立八節文化。冬之始。五五燈保平安。2024》
轉眼間，又是該年之【立冬聖日】的來臨。
於【道教文化】之中，【四立聖日】可說是重要，與【三元聖日】及【八節吉日】同等。
「甲辰龍年」即是「2024年」之【立冬聖日】，落於「國曆11月07日早晨06：19」即是「甲辰龍年農曆陽月初七日卯時正點一刻四分」，一旦「卯時正點」一到，便是該年「冬季」的「開始」。
【道教經典】有云：
天尊言。立春。春分。立夏。夏至。立秋。秋分。立冬。冬至。是八節齋日。行道持戒。長齋誦經。居門欣慶。七祖歡樂。
因此，【道教文化】於「冬季」之始【立冬聖日】，鼓勵大家可以「朝參」《水官寶懺》（或稱《元始天尊說下元三品水官消愆滅罪寶懺》及《靈寶天尊說下元三品水官消愆滅罪寶懺》），再來以其中所提到的，點「五五之燈」來爲「眾生解厄」，亦爲「自己造福」。
再來便是《太上正一三官燈儀》中，所提到的「五盞陽明之燈」，點之以求「眷屬平安」。
今日在此簡單分享，供大家明瞭。
《甲辰龍年。六十代天師張培源大真人。羽化成真。2024》
「農曆十月初八日」，係為【正一六十代天師張培源大真人】之「羽化成真」。
【張培源大真人】、字【育成】﹐號【養泉】。
「沖舉」於「大清咸豐九年十月初八日」(又有記載為十月初九日)。
仙壽「四十七」春。
Immortality Attaining Anniversary of 60th Heavenly
Master Zhang Pei Yuan 2024
On this
coming 08th Day of Lunar 10 Month (in some records, it stated 09th Day of Lunar
10 Month), it will be the Attaining-of-Immortal-hood Anniversary of the 60th
Generation Heavenly Master Zhang Pei Yuan.
In Year
2024, it falls on 08 Nov.
《道教節日文化。陽月朔日逢民歲。十月初一送寒衣。修心祈福。2024》
【道教節日文化】中，重【三元】、【四立】、【五臘】、【八節】、【廿四節氣】，等等。
逢以上所提到的日子，既按照【道教先祖】們遺留下的「傳承」及【道教經典及禮儀】之記載，必定得「行科」、「懺悔」，「造福」及「拔薦」。
於《正統道藏。洞玄部。本文類》中所收錄的《太上洞玄靈寶福日妙經》（由【李德遙道士】初撰於【隋唐】）内，也有提起重要【道教節日】，如下：
《太上洞玄靈寶福日妙經》
天尊言。善男子。善女人。欲得過去見在未來三世之中。不墮眾難者。至心受持此經。及諸福日修善建功。見身安樂。命過飛天。
天尊言。正月。三月。五月。七月。九月。十一月。此長齋月。能畢是月修齋者。見身仙度。舉家康泰。七祖無為。
天尊言。正月七日。天曹遷賞會。七月七日。地府度生會。十月五日。水府建生會。是三會吉日。能於此日長齋者。萬劫家門不遭瘟氣。
天尊言。正月十五日。七月十五日。十月十五日。是三元齋日。能於此日長齋者。延壽益筭。不見眾苦。
天尊言。正月一日。天臘。五月五日。地臘。七月七日。道德臘。十月一日。民歲臘。十二月遇臘。王侯臘。每月一日。十五日。甲子。本命。庚申日。有人能於此日長齋。誦詠經文。無願不會。
天尊言。每月一日。八日。十四日。十五日。十八日。二十三日。二十四日。二十八日。二十九日。三十日。是十直之日。長齋者。生死受福。萬劫安樂。
天尊言。立春。春分。立夏。夏至。立秋。秋分。立冬。冬至。是八節齋日。行道持戒。長齋誦經。居門欣慶。七祖歡樂。
天尊言。能於福日長齋。萬劫無殃。見世安樂。若復有人。自能書寫此經十卷。除罪萬劫。百卷。魔王護念。千卷。飛行。眾邪魍魎。五部瘟疫不過門戶。當境善神。常來利益。前劫今劫。罪皆除滅。能為善人書寫受持者。福報無窮。若復有人。臨難鬥爭。虎狼毒蟲怨結。惡人征戰。生產及是風波盜賊。諸所疾病。即欲壽終。誦詠是經。上聖飛仙。馳來救度。一時解脫。無願不會。此經是至極真人受持之本。得道之宗若見斯經。受持誦詠。無不仙度。不見是經。無由得道。
於是眾等。聞是說已。稽首禮謝天尊。信受奉行。
《太上洞玄靈寶福日妙經》終
總結：
於「冬季」，可以行《水官寶懺》（或稱《元始天尊說下元三品水官解厄寶懺》及《靈寶天尊說下元三品水官解厄寶懺》），再來以其中所提到的，點「五五之燈」來爲「先人赦罪」，爲「自己造福」。
除此之外，就是誠心「朝禮下元一百二十天尊」：
至心皈依。
真皇洞神天尊。積功成聖天尊。凝神照境天尊。
和神利物天尊。總監眾靈天尊。幽照無極天尊。
妙解羅網天尊。朱景洞照天尊。萬行圓滿天尊。
大乘空慧天尊。還功報德天尊。隱跡全道天尊。
法體圓成天尊。紫霞浮蓋天尊。法雲流潤天尊。
闡揚玅化天尊。玄智遠照天尊。尊玅無雙天尊。
行圓虛界天尊。玉京垂惠天尊。保度應運天尊。
太微光範天尊。真相具足天尊。導世無為天尊。
法緣常濟天尊。永證道源天尊。常傳真戒天尊。
沖和靜樂天尊。玄隱無為天尊。幽源不測天尊。
默念無為天尊。留教廣度天尊。救度八難天尊。
飛昇金闕天尊。遊宴玉京天尊。遊行太空天尊。
離合自然天尊。本在空洞天尊。遍體虛空天尊。
攝跡歸本天尊。十回度人天尊。營衛神文天尊。
隨機開悟天尊。斷除邪障天尊。聖概無窮天尊。
開化玄宗天尊。百寶聖嚴天尊。廣布神化天尊。
玅力廣王天尊。總朝上帝天尊。功能上善天尊。
雲華現相天尊。凝寂金闕天尊。杳杳神化天尊。
住七寶林天尊。通悉至理天尊。精勤敬業天尊。
真珠海潤天尊。遠離強名天尊。隨意會樂天尊。
玉光流潤天尊。靈變光明天尊。最上玅行天尊。
清淨智海天尊。德大無量天尊。凝安智慧天尊。
功業無邊天尊。寶羽瓊林天尊。周應無極天尊。
廣大圓滿天尊。哀悲眾苦天尊。愍空法藏天尊。
愍一切類天尊。流傳寶經天尊。無礙慧王天尊。
玉清金相天尊。無滯著相天尊。寂妙上成天尊。
洞明世界天尊。好生度命天尊。無方化度天尊。
龍德變化天尊。常慈愛憐天尊。救度萬品天尊。
應變無量天尊。宏慈大量天尊。周行救苦天尊。
梵化脩功天尊。洞鑒無礙天尊。赴難垂恩天尊。
日月光曜天尊。六通四達天尊。萬願克成天尊。
應生轉世天尊。演法垂文天尊。凝常歡樂天尊。
普垂玅澤天尊。體道安靜天尊。無量道眼天尊。
常施法潤天尊。逍遙十善天尊。化度無量天尊。
萬川還源天尊。演法度人天尊。龍興應變天尊。
超越三界天尊。大施利濟天尊。清微至德天尊。
常住護世天尊。轉滅障難天尊。紫極元皇天尊。
圓通自在天尊。善誘愚迷天尊。五劫輪轉天尊。
講道靜真天尊。宛味希夷天尊。永出生死天尊。
法澤流布天尊。洞照明空天尊。下元解厄天尊。
今日在此簡單分享，供大家明瞭。
《甲辰龍年。十月初一。送寒衣。2024》
「農曆十月初一日」，【道教文化】及【民間習俗】稱之為「寒衣節」或「送寒衣」。
「古時」的這一天，【道眾】會為自己【堂上歷代祖先】，化上「紙衣」，以便讓【祖先】們「過冬」。
除此之外，也會為「無主孤魂」化衣及紙錢，希望出點薄力，不要「孤魂眾」在【冬天】「受寒」。
因此，【寒衣節】也就被納入「中華三懷思節」之一，與【清明節】及【中元節】同等。
相傳，【寒衣節】始源於「孟姜女千里尋夫」，因而也代表了淒美的真愛與貞潔。
在此簡單分享，供大家明瞭。
Offering of Winter Clothing to the
Wanderings 2024
In
Taoist Culture, there are 3 Major Days for the Taoists to show their Filial
Piety, Gratitude and Thanksgiving to the Ancestors/Pass-on Members and also, to
perform a Minor Concern to the Wanderings or Un-attended Souls. These 3 Major
Days in Taoist Culture is known as The Three Gratitude Days for the Souls or
San Da Ming Jie in Chinese (三大冥節).
So which
are the 3 Days?
There
are,
1 – Qing Ming Period aka The Tomb-sweeping Festival (清明節)
2 – The Seventh Month Celebration aka Zhong Yuan Festival (中元節)
3 – The Offering of Winter-clothing Day aka Han Yi Day (寒衣節)
For Qing
Ming Period, usually it will falls in the Lunar 2 Month till Lunar 3 Month,
whereas the Seventh Month Celebration will starts on the 1st Day till the Last
Day of Lunar 7 Month.
And so,
when is the Date for Winter-clothing Offering?
It
actually falls on the 1st Day of Lunar 10 Month and this is why, in the Ancient
Chinese Records, it is also known as Shi Yue Shuo Jie (十月朔節),
meaning the Starting of the Lunar 10 Month or the starting of the Winter
Season.
To know
more on the Origin of the Offering of Winter Clothing Day, you all may wish to
proceed to this Link (寒衣節的由來):
http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2009/11/offering-of-winter-clothing-for-pass-on.html
For Year
2024, it falls on 01 Nov.
So how
was this Offering of Winter Clothing being carried-out in the Ancient China?
According
to the Ancient Records, the Offering of Winter Clothing are being categorised
into 2 types,
1 – Home-based Offering (家中祭奠)
2 – Official/Governmental Offering (公眾祭奠)
For
Home-based Offering, Descendants/Family Members must prepared the necessary
Offerings (as below) for the Honouring of the Pass-on Members at Home or at the
Graves,
1 – Incenses & Candles (香燭)
2 – Paper Offerings (including the Paper-bag of Winter-clothing
紙料/寒衣包袱)
3 – Scriptures (or engaged Taoist Masters for the Chanting 經懺)
4 – Seven Cooked Dishes (七道熟食)
5 – One bowl of Soup (湯料一碗)
6 – The Three Sacrificed Meat Offerings (Pig, Fish,
Chicken/Duck 三牲)
7 – Cooked Rice (米飯)
8 – Wine/Chinese Tea (茶酒)
9 – Four sets of Bowls/Spoons/Chop-sticks (四副碗筷)
Once
after All the Offerings are being prepared and placed in order on the Altar,
the whole Family has to make 3 Kowtows to the Ancestors and after 3 rounds of
Offering of Wine & Tea, the Burning-off of the Paper-offerings and
Winter-clothing will be done. On the Paper-bag of Winter-clothing, the Names of
Three Generations Ancestors will be indicated –
meaning, Father, Grandfather & Great-grandfather (寒衣包袱之上書有祖上三代名諱).
After
the Honouring of Ancestors, the Family Members will then gathered a bowl of
Rice and some dishes from the Ancestor Honouring and then throw the bowl of
Rice and the dishes onto the Main Road or at some Grass-areas nearby the House,
this is to Offer the Food to the nearby Wanderings. For some Families, they
will also burn some Paper-offerings at the Road-side, hoping that, after the
Wanderings got the Offerings, they will “Blessed” on the People staying in the area. In Taoism, this is known
as Ji Gu (濟孤).
For
Official/Governmental Offering, this is usually being carried-out by the Area
Officers or Magistrate Office (地方官/知縣/等) – The Offering reaches Peak in
Ming Dynasty.
In the
Morning of the 1st Day of Lunar 10 Month (農曆十月初一日早晨),
the Officer will arrived at the Temple dedicated to Lord Cheng Huang aka City
Deity (城隍尊神) and made a report on the Objective of the
Day’s Event and then, the Constables (衙差)
will shift the statue of Lord Cheng Huang onto a prepared Sedan-chair and on
the Sedan Chair (大紅轎), there are 1 or 2 plaque(s) with
the words written on it – Feng Zhi Si Gu (匾書有 - 奉旨祀孤), meaning this Offerings
to the Wanderings is being Authorised and Granted by the Emperor. In Ming
Dynasty (明朝), The Lunar 10 Month Procession of Lord
Cheng Huang is also known as Fang Gui Shou Ji Ri (放鬼受濟日),
meaning Releasing of Souls for Salvation.
Once the
statue of Lord Cheng Huang is being invited on the Sedan-chair and secured
firmly, the Officer will lead the way and starts the Procession of going round
the whole Village/Town/City (遊境濟孤).
During
the Procession, the Officer will stop at certain areas/corners and ordered the
Constables to burn some Paper-offerings, this is to show the “Concern” for
those un-attended Souls or Suffering Wanderings in the Area. By doing so, the
Officer hopes that the Wanderings will not disturb the Mortals living in the
Area.
After
the whole Procession was done, the Officer will lead the Sedan-chair back to
the Temple and ushered Lord Cheng Huang back onto the Altar and on the very
night, simple Dinner will be held at the Area/Village/City for the People
staying around, this is to celebrate that Harvesting had completed and a Year
is about to end.
In
Summary
Due to
lost of Interest in Chinese Culture, lost of Recognition in Root-Culture and
the Down-fall of Taoist Culture, many such Traditional Practices are gone or
being forgotten by a lot of the Taoists/Chinese.
Shall
Oneself still continue such a Culture?
Is
Oneself doing it for Fun?
Is this
Culture important to Oneself/Us?
I think
this is something that worth many of us to sit down and ponder over it.
Last of
All, hope to see more Taoists/Chinese get involved in this Culture before it is
gone.
Theme
Song for Han Yi Festival (寒衣節主題曲﹕孟姜女):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKuy_0zkBaw&feature=colike
《道教天君文化。一誥丹誠。斗口霛官。2024》
斗口天門，
護駕而施威靈，
三眼觀不正，
一惡難逃。
火犀神獸，
馳奔而巡三界，
八臂攝不淨，
分穢難留。
斗口金之精，
化形金靈子，
降生降州，
姓馬名勝。
天門火之靈，
合身火華光，
降世中原，
封聖昇君。
三眼觀天下，
真假定分。
金磚卻地煞，
心思定律。
應【同道好友】之詢問，於此分享【道教正一天君元帥】中【斗口霛官馬元帥】之【寶誥】暨【啟請咒】。
期望大家多多明瞭及學習。
《道教斗府文化。謝斗軍。答聖恩。2024》
謝斗軍，
一片丹誠於心中。
補斗經，
三叩答𢊒本意內。
「農曆九月廿二日」迄至「月尾」，係為該月【大禮斗】後，舉行【謝斗軍】之期。
於「農曆九月初一日至初九日」之【同道好友】、【宮壇廟殿】，有舉行【朝真禮斗】，於接下來「逢七、逢八」之日，就得上供【謝斗君】暨「補念一次」【北斗玅經】，以示【大禮斗圓融】。
【謝斗軍】時，無須三牲、五牲或者大牲豬來答謝或者犒【斗軍】，此有違【北斗經訣】中所「傳承之意義」。
【謝斗軍】，最為「簡單」，【淨飯】「一十二碗」、【素菜】「廿四盤」、【素果】「三至五色」，再來「補誦」【北斗玅經】「一轉」或「三迴」，最後化寶謝恩即可。
今日於此簡單分享，共大家明瞭!
PS:
五斗掌軍，
傳斗將領旨下凡，
跡遍十洲，
賜福消災延歲龄，
眾生得保。
七元奏事，
申民間禮斗法文，
上奔九重，
大梵天宮分奏狀，
元辰常光。
北斗七千神將。錄守心者南陵使者三千人
南斗六千神君。錄守心者南陵使者四千人
東斗五千神吏。錄守心者南陵使者五千人
西斗四千神兵。錄守心者南陵使者六千人
中斗三千星官。錄守心者南陵使者七千人
於每年【朝真禮斗】後之「農曆菊月廿二日」至「菊月晦日」啟行【謝斗】或者【謝斗軍】儀式。
《甲辰龍年。三十九代天師張嗣成大真君。得道誌慶。2024》
「農曆九月初十日」，係為【正一三十九代天師張嗣成大真君】之「得道誌慶」。
【張嗣成大真君】﹐字【次望】、號【太玄子】。
「沖舉」於「元朝至正四年九月初十日」。
Attaining Immortality Anniversary of 39th
Heavenly Master Zhang Si Cheng 2024
On this
coming 10th Day of Lunar 09 Month, it will be the Attaining Immortality Anniversary of the 39th
Generation Heavenly Master Zhang Si Cheng.
In Year
2024, it falls on 12 Oct.
《甲辰龍年。四十五代天師張懋承大真人。生辰吉慶。2024》
「農曆九月初九日」，係為【正一四十五代天師張懋承大真人】之「生辰吉慶」。
【張懋承大真人】﹐字【文開】、號【九陽】。
「嶽降」於「明洪武二十年九月初九日」。
「羽化」於「明正統十二年十月初五日」。
仙壽「六十春」。
Manifestation Anniversary of 45th
Heavenly Master Zhang Mao Cheng 2024
On this
coming 09th Day of Lunar 09 Month, it will be the Manifestation Anniversary of the 45th Generation
Heavenly Master Zhang Mao Cheng.
In Year
2024, it falls on 11 Oct.
《甲辰龍年。重陽聖節。得道飛昇。聖誕吉慶。2024》
「農曆九月初九日」﹐是【道家門人】視為【張祖天師】、【玄天上帝】、【天上聖母】暨【重陽祖師】「得道飛昇」之紀念日，亦是【酆都大帝】之「聖誕」暨【李三靖夫人】之「華誕」。
於【朝真禮斗】之外﹐也會「設壇誦經」﹐朝敬禮拜【天師寶懺】、【真武寶懺】暨【天后寶懺】，等等。
Immortality
Anniversary of Heavenly Master Zhang, Xuan Tian, Heavenly Empress
Mazu & Grandmaster
Chongyang 2024
9th
Day of Lunar 9 Month is also known as the Immortality Anniversary of Heavenly
Master Zhang Dao Ling, Xuan Tian Shang Di, Heavenly Empress
Mazu & Grandmaster
Chongyang and also the Manifestation Anniversary of Emperor Feng Du and Madam
Li San Jing.
For Year
2024, it falls on 11
Oct.
