Method of Ushering or Welcoming of Deity of Wealth (接財神簡介)

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Dear All,

In the previous posting, I have do an introduction on the 5th Day of Lunar New Year, which is also a Day for the Mortals to Usher in or Welcome Deity of Wealth aka Cai Shen (財神) to ones home.

In the introduction, I have also do some recommendation and intro on the offering items to be used & prepared for the honouring at home. For those who do not wished to do the honouring at home, one self can visit any Temples that dedicate Altars to Cai Shen to do the paying of respect or honouring.

But the offerings will be different.

Why different?

Cos while one self visit Temples to do the offering or honouring, one self is trying to get the direct blessing from the Cai Shen and/or the Positive Energy that the Cai Shen emitted in the Temples and so, a different set of offerings for Grabbing the Positive Energy will be needed.

So what are the offerings?

In-order to keep it simple and easy for everyone to get during the Lunar New Year period, here the list of offerings:

1 – 5 Huat Kueh (五個發糕)
2 – 5 Nian Gao (五個年糕)
3 – 5 Ang Ku Kueh (五個紅龜粿)
4 – 5 Oranges (五顆桔子)
5 – 5 Packs of Flowers (Try to get All Red or Yellow color 五包紅花/黃花)
6 – 5 Packs of Chinese Tea Leaves (五包茶葉)
7 – 5 Packs of Jian Hup aka Traditional Cookies (五包餞盒)
8 – 5 Long Incenses (五支大香)
9 – 5 Sets of Paper-offerings (Just 5 stacks of Normal Incense-paper, can add in Gui Ren Paper if one self wants 五份壽金)
10 – A Red-paper with the Secret Character of Zhao Cai Jin Bao (8cm By 8cm (招財進寶))

PS: The following Picture is being set to 8cm by 8cm, you just need to print it on a Red-paper.



So what time to do the honouring?

Try to do it in the early morning.

For those who are off on the 5th Day, I will advise you to visit Temples in between 9.00 to 11.00 Am for the requesting of Wealth (午時之前).

So how to go about with the honouring?

Once one self reaches the Temple, place all the Offerings into a Big Round Red Plate, if one Plate does not take in all the Offerings, you can add another Plate.

Do not light the 5 Incenses, get a set of Incenses from the Temple, after getting the Incense-set, sincerely pay respect to the Heaven & Main Deities in the Temple.

After the paying respect is done, then, its time for one self communicate with the Cai Shen.

Light the 5 Incenses.

Hold the Red-paper with Zhao Cai Jin Bao in front of the Incenses.

Sincerely kneel down in front of the Altar (take note that you can only kneel down in front of Cai Shen and not other Deities, if not, one self might invite the wrong Deity).

Do a short report on who you are, where you stay, what is the event today and why you are here.

And then, recite the following paragraph:

東方財神東方請。
Dong Fang Cai Shen Dong Fang Qing

南方財神南方請。
Nan Fang Cai Shen Nan Fang Qing

西方財神西方請。
Xi Fang Cai Shen Xi Fang Qing

北方財神北方請。
Bei Fang Cai Shen Bei Fang Qing

中央財神總拜請。
Zhong Yang Cai Shen Zong Bai Qing

信男/女(自己姓名) 。生于(自己農曆生辰) 。家住(自己家地址) 。
Xin Nan/Nv (your name) Sheng Yu (DOB) Jia Zhu (your address)

誠心誠意來拜請。
Cheng Xin Cheng Yi Lai Bai Qing

拜請五方財神。八方貴人。財帛星君來庇佑。
Bai Qing Wu Fang Cai Shen, Ba Fang Gui Ren, Cai Bo Xing Jun Lai Bi You

庇佑信男/女財源通。
Bi You Xin Nan/Nv Cai Yuan Tong

庇佑信男/女富貴涌。
Bi You Xin Nan/Nv Fu Gui Yong

今年萬事繳好運。
Jin Nian Wan Shi Jiao Hao Yun

明春答謝謝儀豐。
Ming Chun Da Xie Xie Yi Feng

Once this paragraph is being recited, sincerely get up and place the Incenses into the Urn and put the Red-paper onto the other Offerings.

Make a simple bow to the Cai Shen and then leave the spot.

After about 5-10 minutes, get the Paper-offerings and make another bow to the Cai Shen and then, burn off the Paper-offerings.

Once the Paper-offerings are being burn off, retrieve the other offerings and make another round of simple bow to the Cai Shen and then, bring the items back home.

After reaching home, paste the Red-paper on any Good spot that you wish to paste. On the end of the Lunar Year (24th Day of Lunar 12 Month), then take down the Red-paper and burn it off while you are doing the Sending-off of Deities.

Upon your requesting is being answered, do prepared the same amount of Offerings to pay respect to the Cai Shen of that Temple again.

Remember, not to be too greedy, ask for the possible amount of Wealth will do.

Last of All, All the best to the honouring.