《道教生育文化。臥房二神。保胎護嬰》

《道教生育文化。臥房二神。保胎護嬰》

臥房二神，

九天衛房直轄，

降於凡塵，

保胎護嬰。

床頭公婆，

監生神府授旨，

遺留人間，

育生顧產。

祭祀床公床母簡介

Paying Respect to Chuang Gong & Chuang Mu

Chuang Gong Chuang Mu, the common Addressing Term of the Deities that Protect the New Born Babies & Children under 12 Years Old.

Usually these 2 Deities will stay in the Home or the Bedroom where the Child is sleeping.

So how do we pay respect to them?

Usually we will do it on the 1st or 15th Day Night (農曆初一或十五日), if not; we will do it once a month on the Last Night of the Lunar Month (農曆月尾).

So what to prepare?

It's very simple, oneself or the couple just needed to prepare the following few items for the

Paying of Respect:

1) 3 Incenses (三支清香 normal length)

2) 2 Candles (一對高腳紅燭 those with legs)

3) 1 Huat Kueh (一個發糕)

4) A bowl of Rice with a few pieces of Vegetables & a Chicken Drumlet (一碗白飯﹐幾根青菜及一個雞腿)

5) 3 stacks of Shou Jin (三疊壽金)

6) 1 stacks of Chuang Mu Yi (一份床母衣 a stack of colorful papers that can be brought at Incense-shops)

7) 1 cup of Rice Wine or Chinese Tea (一杯米酒或清茶)

On the Night of Honoring (after 8.00Pm), oneself needed to use a Big Round Plate to carry the items.

Place the Candles in the Huat Kueh and then placed the Big Round Plate on the Bed when the baby is resting, if not, on the Main Bed where the Parent is resting.

Light the Incenses and Sincerely Bow 3 times at the Bed. Report who you are and the name of the Child, including the Lunar Age.

After that, place the Incenses onto the Huat Kueh.

5minutes later, just burnt off the Paper-offerings and the whole Honoring will considered  completed.

Retrieved the Offerings and placed them in the Kitchen. Do not allow any Children to touch or consume it. Only Adults are allowed to finish the items.

九天監生大神及九天衛房聖母寶誥

Jiu Tian Jian Sheng Da Shen Ji Jiu Tian Wei Fang Sheng Mu Bao Gao

至心皈命禮。

Zhi Xin Gui Ming Li

東嶽子孫案。九天監生司。

Dong Yue Zi Sun An. Jiu Tian Jian Sheng Si

結秀成胎。稟兩儀之造化。

Jie Xiu Cheng Tai. Bing Liang Yi Zhi Zhao Hua

送生保產。乃二聖之綱維。

Song Sheng Bao Chan. Nai Er Sheng Zhi Gang Wei

燮理陰陽。散行痘疹。

Xie Li Yin Yang. San Xing Dou Chen

九天稱慶。一視同仁。

Jiu Tian Cheng Qing. Yi Shi Tong Ren

大悲大願。大聖大慈。

Da Bei Da Yuan. Da Sheng Da Ci

普濟普度九天監生明素真君。

Pu Ji Pu Du Jiu Tian Jian Sheng Ming Su Zhen Jun

多男多女九天衛房聖母元君。

Duo Nan Duo Nv Jiu Tian Wei Fang Sheng Mu Yuan Jun