《道教臘月習俗記一記》

《道教臘月習俗記一記》

在此分享﹐供大家參考。

臘月初二至十六日﹕答謝當境城隍及一方土地

供品如下﹕

1 – 三牲酒禮

2 – 桔子糕餅

3 – 金紙寶衣

臘月初八日﹕臘八聖節

供品如下﹕

1 – 臘八甜粥

2 – 清茶素果

臘月十六尾牙﹕犒軍收兵

供品如下﹕

1 – 佳餚盛宴

2 – 水酒茗茶

3 – 金紙甲馬

4 – 水草穀豆

臘月十八﹕答謝財神

供品如下﹕

1 – 九個發糕

2 – 九個年糕

3 – 九個紅龜粿

4 – 大金，壽金，黃高錢

臘月廿三日子時﹕官家送灶神

供品如下﹕

1 – 甜食年糕

2 – 清茶酒禮

3 – 送神神禡

臘月廿四日子時﹕凡家送灶神

供品如下﹕

1 – 甜食年糕

2 – 清茶酒禮

3 – 送神神禡

臘月廿五日子時﹕窮人送灶神

供品如下﹕

1 – 清水一碗

臘月廿五日子時﹕玉皇出巡觀天下

供品如下﹕

1 – 九/十二/十五杯清茶

2 – 道教五供

注﹕家裡明亮﹐不可吵鬧﹐乾淨香燻

臘月廿六日子時始﹕清屯

除夕前一天子時﹕南北斗星君下凡

供品如下﹕

1 – 清茶九杯

2 – 九皇明燈

注﹕家裡明亮﹐不可吵鬧﹐乾淨香燻

除夕子時﹕上敬天恩

供品如下﹕

1 – 三牲酒禮

2 – 桔子糕餅

3 – 金紙寶衣

歲末玉皇出巡之《玉皇大天尊寶誥》

玉皇大天尊寶誥

今晚子時（臘月廿五日），就是一年一度的“歲末玉皇出巡三界”，民間又稱“天神下降”。

在這天，除了要上香恭迎聖駕，也得上供十二至十五杯清水，而道門弟子則得準備道教五供來接神。

除此之外，家中燈光得通明，不可吵鬧，如果有把衣物晾在門外者，在晚間十時就得收起了。

記得在子時之前，將門外用“花水”或“净水”沖一沖，之後在點“淨香”或“正氣散”來淨宅/壇。

道門弟子除了做“功課”外，也得記得誦念《玉皇寶誥》，以下是《玉皇寶誥》中的主要兩篇，在此分享，希望大家能用得到。

玉皇大天尊寶誥（一）　　

至心皈命禮。

太上彌羅無上天。妙有玄真境。

渺渺紫金闕。太微玉清宮。

無極無上聖。廓落豁光明。

寂寂浩無宗。玄範總十方。

湛寂真常道。恢漠大神通。

玉皇大天尊。玄穹高上帝。

玉皇大天尊寶誥（二）

至心皈命禮。紫金金闕。白玉玉京。

住妙有之境中。處玄真之天上。

功圓道備。放妙相卓冠於諸天。

心廣體胖。故慈光遍燭於三界。

位尊而上極無上。道妙而玄之又玄。

真聖宗師。天人依仗。大悲大願。

大聖大慈。穹蒼聖主玉皇大天尊。　

三無量。

大敬心。

玉皇大天尊出巡人間 Jade Emperor of Heaven Inspecting Mortal Realm

玉皇大天尊出巡人間  Jade Emperor of Heaven Inspecting Mortal Realm

送灶回天事已週。

恭迎玉皇御駕臨。

祈願御駕降慈佑。

新春平安富貴喜。

有到了歲末臘月廿五日﹐玉皇大天尊出巡三界之日。

記得在廿四夜上供敬香恭候御駕到來。

上供須：

1 – 十二/十五杯香茶

2 – 道教五供或十供

3 – 大香

4 – 明燈

在此祝愿各方同道好友﹕

丙火旺年添富貴。

申金滿春增歡愉。

三無量。

大敬心。

After Zao Jun (灶君) aka Kitchen Deity went back to do his Annual Reporting to Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊), Yu Huang will conduct the Final/3^rd Annual Inspection on the Mortals & other Beings in the Mortal Realm for the Bestowing of Blessing for the New Lunar Year.

And this Day falls on 25^th Day of Lunar 12 Month (臘月廿五日), which in 2016, its on 03 Feb, a Wednesday.

Details as followed:

After Sending Off our Dearest Kitchen Deity (灶君) back to Heaven for the Annual-Round-Off Reporting, on the 25th Day of Lunar 12 Month, the Big Boss - Jade Emperor of Heaven will be conducting an Inspection on the Mortal Realm.

Last Year, I had touched on the Simple & Basic Info on this Important Day (you can read the intro at: http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2008/01/la-yue-customs-lunar-12-month-customs_9014.html), this Year, I will like to concentrate more on the Spiritual or so-called Religious Side of the Thanksgiving Ceremony.

For us as the Zheng Yi Taoists or Priests (正一門徒及道士), usually we will start the Offering or Ushering of Jade Emperor of Heaven's arrival on the 24th Night (around 11.00Pm in Singapore).

If oneself is not able to perform the Ushering on the 24th Night, then oneself can do it in the Morning on the 25th Day.

For those who does not have an Altar at Home and yet you wished to Usher-in the Deities to do Inspection & Blessing at your Home, remember to clean your home and switch-on most of the Lights at Home on the 24th Night. Make sure that your House is Clean and Smell-nice. Try to keep the Door (remember to lock your Gate as to prevent Thiefs coming in) & Window open. On the 25th Day, just visit any Official Temples to pay respect to the Deities to request for Blessing.

Do not argue or quarrel after 10.00Pm on the 24th Night. Try to stay Peace and Calm for the Day. Once the Deities arrived and the Inspection is being Done, certain Remarks will be made and recorded and this will contribute to the Luck-distribution for the Next New Lunar Year.

以下是以大禮朝敬：

So what do we need to prepare (in whole)?

For those who does not have any Altar at home, then oneself wont need to prepare any Offerings.

For those who have Altars and wished to perform the Ushering Ceremony, in the following is a List of suggested Items that you and your Family can prepares:

Food Offerings

1) 1 Set of Fruits (一份水果 )

2) Nian Gao aka New Year Glutinous Rice Cake (年糕)

3) Fa Gao aka Huat Kueh (發糕)

4) 12 Bowls of Vegetarian Items (十二菜碗 6 Vege & 6 Cookie Items) - Hokkien Clan

5) Rice Wine aka Bai Mi Jiu (白米酒)

6) Chinese Tea (上等茶)

Incenses & Paper Offerings

1) 1 Set of Good Quality Long Incenses (長壽香 about 48 cm)

2) 1 Pack of Good Quality Short Incenses (平安香)

3) 1 Pair of Red Candles or Dou Zhu (紅燭/斗燭)

4) 1 Pair of Huang Gao Qian aka Diao Qian (黃高錢/吊錢)

5) 3 Stacks of Tian Gong Jin aka Tai Ji Jin (三份天公金/太極金 )

6) 3 Stacks of Shou Jin aka San Bao Jin (三份壽金/三寶金 )

7) 3 Stacks/Packs Da Gui Ren aka Men Wai Gui Ren Lu Ma Zhi (三份大貴人/門外貴人祿馬祇 )

8) 3 Stacks/Packs Gui Ren Zhi (三份貴人紙 )

9) 1 Set of San Jie Deng Liao (三界燈料/天公燈料)

10) 1 Set of Dou Jin aka Dipper Offering (一份斗金)

11) 1 Set of Jin Gong or Jin Tong aka Golden Basket (一份金貢/金桶)

12) Huang Qian Jia Ma (黃錢鉀馬)

Once All the necessary Offerings are being prepared, on the 24th Afternoon, you can actually lay them out onto the Altar.

When the timing strikes 11.00Pm, you can start to make Usher in the Deities.

For those who prefer to pay respect on the 25th Day Morning, you are encouraged to do that too. Remember to do it before 11.00Am. Best timing to start the honouring will be at 9.00Am.

Due to this time round, you are conducting the Ushering Ceremony, do not send off the Paper-offerings after 15 minutes. You shall at least serve 3 rounds of Tea & Wine before sending off the Paper Offerings.

Each round of the Tea & Wine shall be 15 minutes apart. After every round of Offering the Tea & Wine, make 3 kowtows to the Deities, request your Blessing while you are making your Respect. Do not make any Un-necessary Un-realistic Requests.

Once the 3 rounds of Tea & Wine are being Offered, send off the Paper-offerings. After sending off of the Paper-offerings, retrieved the Food items and distribute them out to Family Members and Friends. Allowed them to get the necessary Blessings too.

Remain the Nian Gao, Fa Gao and 1 set of Oranges on the Altar, only retrieved them on the 26th Day.

Once all these are being done, the Ushering Ceremony for the Year will considered Fully & Smoothly ended.

For more detailed info on how to prepare for this Day, please refer to the following link for the intro:

http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2009/01/jade-emperor-of-heaven-inspecting_8739.html

送迎神神禡簡介

送迎神神禡簡介

 

老祖宗的發明﹐通常是無不有道理﹐而且在道理後面﹐有時還會隱藏一些幽默。

 

昨天在分享<送迎神神禡>之後﹐很多人開始覺得好奇及疑問﹐為何在<送神>是馬﹖<迎神>是轎呢﹖

 

在此會作一小段簡介。

 

在簡介之前﹐先得說明﹐此類<送迎神神禡>屬傳統南方文化﹐目前在大陸南方﹐金門及新馬還在延續使用﹐因此我常說﹐傳統的文化值得留﹐這也是道教文化承傳之一。

 

為何在<送神>是馬﹖

<迎神>是轎呢﹖

 

解說如下﹕

 

因為一句閩南俗語 – “送神早﹐至神晚”

 

<送神>用馬。

 

1 – 是代表雲馬﹐去程得快(“送神早”)﹐尤其在廿四日”送神”時﹐有者晚送﹐因此的”疾急上雲程”

 

2 – 老祖宗會開玩笑的說﹐好讓灶神快點上天﹐霸佔好位子﹐等待天公駕臨﹐賜福賜寶

 

3 – 不能讓灶神沒面子﹐不然回降後﹐會生氣不賜福

 

<迎神>用轎。

 

1 – 是代表誠意﹐上敬之心。此<迎神禡>除了在正月時用﹐其實在做法會時也會用來”恭迎三界大神”

 

2 - 老祖宗開玩笑的說﹐灶神在上天上稟一年事物後﹐會受天公賜宴﹐過新春﹐因此在臘月廿四日至正月初四日﹐天天醉﹐因此在<迎神>時得用轎子﹐以免灶神醉後跌下馬

 

3 – 在<迎神>時﹐一般在太陽下山前舉行﹐因為<至神晚>(接神得晚)﹐因此不能太早﹐灶神會生氣。在灶神回府後﹐不能供酒﹐只能供茶﹐一是為了讓灶神清醒﹐二是別讓灶神忘記賜福來

 

年節習俗﹐不但有趣﹐也很人性化。在其中﹐也無意傳承了繽紛多彩的道教文化及典故。

 

在此分享﹐希望大家喜歡。

 

三無量。

大道心。

 

 

道教臘月習俗記一記

道教臘月習俗記一記

 

在此分享﹐供大家參考。

 

臘月初二至十六日﹕答謝當境城隍及一方土地

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 三牲酒禮

2 – 桔子糕餅

3 – 金紙寶衣

 

臘月初八日﹕臘八聖節

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 臘八甜粥

2 – 清茶素果

 

臘月十六尾牙﹕犒軍收兵

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 佳餚盛宴

2 – 水酒茗茶

3 – 金紙甲馬

4 – 水草穀豆

 

臘月廿三日子時﹕官家送灶神

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 甜食年糕

2 – 清茶酒禮

3 – 送神神禡

 

臘月廿四日子時﹕凡家送灶神

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 甜食年糕

2 – 清茶酒禮

3 – 送神神禡

 

臘月廿四日子時﹕奉送太歲

 

供品如下﹕

1 –三牲酒禮

2 – 清茶酒禮

3 – 送神神禡

 

臘月廿五日子時﹕窮人送灶神

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 清水一碗

 

臘月廿五日子時﹕玉皇出巡觀天下

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 九/十二/十五杯清茶

2 – 道教五供

 

注﹕家裡明亮﹐不可吵鬧﹐乾淨香燻

 

臘月廿六日子時始﹕清屯

 

除夕前一天子時﹕南北斗星君下凡

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 清茶九杯

2 – 九皇明燈

 

注﹕家裡明亮﹐不可吵鬧﹐乾淨香燻

 

除夕子時﹕上敬天恩

 

供品如下﹕

1 – 三牲酒禮

2 – 桔子糕餅

3 – 金紙寶衣

 

 

正一龍山門恭迎玉皇聖駕 Long Shan Men Ushering in the Arrival of Supreme Emperor of the Heaven

 

三上清香禮已週。

三敬茶酒事已畢。

恭迎聖駕登寶座。

再受弟子虔供養。

祈求覃恩賜佑寧。

赦罪施仁境太平。

願入正道永皈依。
淨思靜心清身行。

皈命。迎鑾接駕大天尊。

皈禮。玉皇宥罪大天尊。
一切信禮不可思議功德。

送灶回天繳旨之後﹐必然淨宅清壇等待恭迎玉皇大天尊之玉駕降臨。

本門全部弟子在癸巳蛇年子時﹐設案獻供﹐禮敬三清道祖﹐玉皇天尊﹐三天諸真列聖﹐祈願天下太平﹐萬靈無恙﹐更祈求來年明春眾人一切順遂﹐萬事皆能順心。

在此﹐也預祝各方同道好友﹕

臘月寒儘春待發。

富貴臨門福氣長。

年頭得寶闔家樂。

年尾豐收金銀扛。

三無量。

大敬心。

玉皇大天尊出巡人間 Jade Emperor of Heaven Inspecting Mortal Realm for Jia Wu Horse Year

送灶回天事已週。
恭迎玉皇御駕臨。
祈願御駕降慈佑。
新春平安富貴喜。

有到了歲末臘月廿五日﹐玉皇大天尊出巡三界之日。

記得在廿四夜上供敬香恭候御駕到來。

在此祝愿各方同道好友﹕

甲第常出狀元郎。
午朝議事將帥才。

三無量。
大敬心。

After Zao Jun (灶君) aka Kitchen Deity went back to do his Annual Reporting to Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊), Yu Huang will conduct the Final/3rd Annual Inspection on the Mortals & other Beings in the Mortal Realm for the Bestowing of Blessing for the New Lunar Year.

And this Day falls on 25th Day of Lunar 12 Month (臘月廿五日), which in 2014, its on 25 Jan, a Saturday.

Details as followed:

After Sending Off our Dearest Kitchen Deity (灶君) back to Heaven for the Annual-Round-Off Reporting, on the 25th Day of Lunar 12 Month, the Big Boss - Jade Emperor of Heaven will be conducting an Inspection on the Mortal Realm.

Last Year, I had touched on the Simple & Basic Info on this Important Day (you can read the intro at: http://javewutaoismplace.blogspot.sg/2008/01/la-yue-customs-lunar-12-month-customs_9014.html), this Year, I will like to concentrate more on the Spiritual or so-called Religious Side of the Thanksgiving Ceremony.

For us as the Zheng Yi Taoists or Priests (正一門徒及道士), usually we will start the Offering or Ushering of Jade Emperor of Heaven's arrival on the 24th Night (around 11.00Pm in Singapore).
If oneself is not able to perform the Ushering on the 24th Night, then oneself can do it in the Morning on the 25th Day.

For those who does not have an Altar at Home and yet you wished to Usher-in the Deities to do Inspection & Blessing at your Home, remember to clean your home and switch-on most of the Lights at Home on the 24th Night. Make sure that your House is Clean and Smell-nice. Try to keep the Door (remember to lock your Gate as to prevent Thiefs coming in) & Window open. On the 25th Day, just visit any Official Temples to pay respect to the Deities to request for Blessing.

Do not argue or quarrel after 10.00Pm on the 24th Night. Try to stay Peace and Calm for the Day. Once the Deities arrived and the Inspection is being Done, certain Remarks will be made and recorded and this will contribute to the Luck-distribution for the Next New Lunar Year.

So what do we need to prepare (in whole)?

For those who does not have any Altar at home, then oneself wont need to prepare any Offerings.
For those who have Altars and wished to perform the Ushering Ceremony, in the following is a List of suggested Items that you and your Family can prepares:

Food Offerings

1) 1 Set of Fruits (一份水果 )
2) Nian Gao aka New Year Glutinous Rice Cake (年糕)
3) Fa Gao aka Huat Kueh (發糕)
4) 12 Bowls of Vegetarian Items (十二菜碗 6 Vege & 6 Cookie Items) - Hokkien Clan
5) Rice Wine aka Bai Mi Jiu (白米酒)
6) Chinese Tea (上等茶)

Incenses & Paper Offerings

1) 1 Set of Good Quality Long Incenses (長壽香 about 48 cm)
2) 1 Pack of Good Quality Short Incenses (平安香)
3) 1 Pair of Red Candles or Dou Zhu (紅燭/斗燭)
4) 1 Pair of Huang Gao Qian aka Diao Qian (黃高錢/吊錢)
5) 3 Stacks of Tian Gong Jin aka Tai Ji Jin (三份天公金/太極金 )
6) 3 Stacks of Shou Jin aka San Bao Jin (三份壽金/三寶金 )
7) 3 Stacks/Packs Da Gui Ren aka Men Wai Gui Ren Lu Ma Zhi (三份大貴人/門外貴人祿馬祇 )
8) 3 Stacks/Packs Gui Ren Zhi (三份貴人紙 )
9) 1 Set of San Jie Deng Liao (三界燈料/天公燈料)
10) 1 Set of Dou Jin aka Dipper Offering (一份斗金)
11) 1 Set of Jin Gong or Jin Tong aka Golden Basket (一份金貢/金桶)
12) Huang Qian Jia Ma (黃錢鉀馬)

Once All the necessary Offerings are being prepared, on the 24th Afternoon, you can actually lay them out onto the Altar.

When the timing strikes 11.00Pm, you can start to make Usher in the Deities.

For those who prefer to pay respect on the 25th Day Morning, you are encouraged to do that too. Remember to do it before 11.00Am. Best timing to start the honouring will be at 9.00Am.

Due to this time round, you are conducting the Ushering Ceremony, do not send off the Paper-offerings after 15 minutes. You shall at least serve 3 rounds of Tea & Wine before sending off the Paper Offerings.

Each round of the Tea & Wine shall be 15 minutes apart. After every round of Offering the Tea & Wine, make 3 kowtows to the Deities, request your Blessing while you are making your Respect. Do not make any Un-necessary Un-realistic Requests.

Once the 3 rounds of Tea & Wine are being Offered, send off the Paper-offerings. After sending off of the Paper-offerings, retrieved the Food items and distribute them out to Family Members and Friends. Allowed them to get the necessary Blessings too.

Remain the Nian Gao, Fa Gao and 1 set of Oranges on the Altar, only retrieved them on the 26th Day.

Once all these are being done, the Ushering Ceremony for the Year will considered Fully & Smoothly ended.