What's the point of burning incense on New Year's Day? What taboo?

Burning incense on New Year's Day pays attention to:

1. Types of incense: three wick prayed for oneself, six wick prayed for two generations, and nine wick prayed for three generations. Thirteen is an extreme, and thirteen wick incense is a high fragrance of complete merit.

2, the way to take incense: burning incense should be the left hand holding incense and the right hand holding candles, because most people kill chickens and cut fish with their right hands, if they are left hands, the opposite is true.

3, burning incense action: when burning incense, first light the incense, the more prosperous the better, people often say that the incense is strong. Left hand on the top, right hand holding incense on the bottom, bow your head.

4. Incense burning process: burn incense first and then kowtow. There are many bodhisattvas in the temple. You can worship them one by one if you like. If time doesn't allow. Let's burn it in front of the hall of great heroes.

Taboo:

1, incense should be called "please" instead of "buy"; Invited incense, others can't pay.

2, lit incense can only be lifted to the top to put out the burning, never blow it out with your mouth.

3, burning incense can not be broken.

4. Don't burn incense when a woman has her period.

5. The middle cushion of kowtow in the temple is used by family members to worship Buddha; Men bow with their left hand and women bow with their right hand.

Extended data:

The meaning of burning incense has four aspects:

1, showing reverence and respect for the three treasures, as a demonstration to attract all beings.

2. It means to send information to the void dharma circle and understand the ten treasures of blessing.

3. It means burning oneself, spreading incense and reminding Buddhist disciples of selfless dedication.

It means that the Buddhist precepts are really fragrant, which contains the tacit oath of "diligently practicing the precepts, being wise, eliminating greed, hubbub and delusion". The Buddha doesn't like the great and expensive incense in the world, but he likes the precepts, steadiness, truth and incense of his disciples.