How to worship Guan Gong and what is important about worshiping Guan Gong

How to worship Guan Gong:

1. Choose an auspicious day to worship Guan Gong from 9 to 11 a.m.

2. Choose gold when worshiping Guan Gong. Key points of the statue: a plump face, a smile at the corner of the mouth, fine workmanship, and no damage.

3. After selecting, pick it up from the base of the statue of Guan Gong, and do not hold the head of the statue of Guan Gong. and hands.

4. At the same time, choose an incense burner. The incense burner must be made of copper. The attribute of copper is gold, which means wealth. If you invite a Taoist god, it should have a sign that attracts wealth and prosperity. An incense burner with the word "Treasure" on it (but if you want to buy a Buddhist one, you should buy an incense burner with the words "Buddha's Light Shining"). The height of the incense burner must not be higher than the Dantian of the Guan Gong statue.

5. Choose another one. For the candlestick, there should be two red lights on the candlestick. The candlestick should be made of copper.

6. Choose a piece of gold ingot, which is best used when worshiping gods and Buddhas. If you invite Sanqing Tianzun, you will need Choose three pieces and ask how many gold ingots you want.

7. Choose a pair of vases, the height of which should not be higher than the head of the Guan Gong statue. Then choose five lotus flowers each and insert them into the vase. < /p>

8. If you want to invite Taoist gods, you should choose a wine glass with the three characters "Fu Lu Shou" printed on it. (If you want to invite a golden statue of Buddha, you don't need a wine glass.)

9. Then choose a pair of offering plates, which are used to offer fruits and other items. Then choose a package of good fragrance.

10. After selecting these items, wrap the Guan Gong statue in red cloth or red paper. This is to prevent some evil spirits from attaching to the body of the god and Buddha before it is consecrated.

11. Face the face of Guan Gong's statue to the outside, that is, you and the face of Guan Gong's statue are facing the same direction. Do not let the statue of Guan Gong face you. Hold the statue of Guan Gong with your hands when you go home. Don't talk to outsiders on the way home. You must take the main road home, never take the small road. The sooner you get home, the better. To avoid encountering evil spirits on the way.

How to worship the statue of Guan Gong

1 After inviting the Guan Gong statue to your home, you must not worship it immediately. It must first be consecrated by a Taoist priest, not a monk. Because Guan Yu is a Taoist god.

Secondly, choose an auspicious position. How to choose an auspicious position specifically? The direction must be determined with a compass to be accurate. Do not calculate it randomly. The main principle is: the statue of Guan Gong should face the gate, and there should be walls on the left and right of the statue of Guan Gong. The so-called Zuo Qinglong. White tiger on the right. The statue of Guan Gong should be seven to nine meters away from the door when facing it, otherwise the evil wind at the door will be too strong. In addition, Guan Gong Xiangqie should not be enshrined facing the toilet, kitchen, personal bedroom, or near the dining table, as there are often Noisy places or against the wall of the toilet. The general principle is that there should be no sharp objects where the Guan Gong's gaze is, and there should be no objects blocking the gaze of the Guan Gong. Just allow the Guan Gong's gaze to be far away.

2. After choosing the auspicious location, the height of the statue of Guan Gong should be: the base of the statue of Guan Gong should be level with your own head. This is what it means to see gods three feet up.

3 .The statue of Guan Gong must be placed against the wall, just like we have a backer. If a person is not leaning against the wall, he will fall with the wind, so the same is true for worshiping gods.

4. Statue of Guan Gong and incense burner , vases, gold ingots, offering plates, and candlesticks should be all available:

5. After placing the offerings, daily offerings of fruits should be changed frequently. Offering fruits include: persimmon (meaning to attract wealth and profit) (not tomatoes), grapes, apples, bananas, pastries, candies, bergamot, peaches, melons, etc. Remember: Buddhists are not allowed to offer tomatoes (meaning Sakka), wine, meat and other meaty items. Taoists are not allowed to offer them. Offer plums (Tai Shang Laojun is Li Laojun). On average, the offerings are changed every three days.

6. Normally, one stick of incense should be burned in the morning and evening, which represents the wholehearted devotion to the gods. If there are no conditions, you can burn it in the morning. One stick of incense, and then three sticks of incense when praying to God for something important. Three sticks of incense means that the fire is as urgent as a law, and it is to ask God for help, so do not use three sticks of incense on a daily basis.

7. Clean the altar every week or half a month. Don’t let the altar and Guan Gong get too dirty. We and the house we live in are not used to being too dirty, let alone the gods and Buddhas.

Taboos about worshiping the statue of Guan Gong

1 The statue of Guan Gong should be worshiped together with the ancestors. When you worship the gods and Buddhas every day, although you are sincere, the gods and Buddhas think that although you are pious to the gods, your ancestors But you are suffering in the underworld, so what is the point of worshiping gods and Buddhas? Therefore, when enshrining the statue of Guan Gong, you must enshrine the ancestor tablets on the floor below Guan Gong, because your ancestors cannot be higher than the level of gods and Buddhas, just like where gods live. It is the seventh floor, so your ancestors must live on the sixth floor. Let your ancestors enjoy the incense and transcend in the underworld. If they are blessed, you will also be blessed, so your wish will naturally come true.

2 When worshiping the statue of Guan Gong, one should eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of each month.

3 People who do not understand the taboos of worshiping the statue of Guan Gong or others may make irresponsible remarks in front of Prime Minister Guan Gong. People should refute and maintain the dignity of Guan Gong.

4 When worshiping Guan Gong’s statue, uncivilized actions, behavior and language in front of Guan Gong should be tabooed.

5 When worshiping Guan Gong’s statue, people should avoid It is forbidden to place fish tanks and buckets containing water under the Prime Minister Guan Gong. It is best to put nothing under the Prime Minister Guan Gong.

6 When enshrining the statue of Guan Gong, it is forbidden to point fingers or other objects at the Prime Minister Guan Gong. < /p>

7 It is forbidden to worship Guan Gong in even numbers. It is better to have an odd number of Guan Gong’s statues.

8 Zhao Gongming and Guan Gong are not allowed to be worshiped in the same room.

9. The place where the statue of Guan Gong is enshrined is prohibited from playing mahjong, drinking, or making noise in front of the statue of Guan Gong. A quiet environment is required for worshiping the god, so that the god and Buddha can descend into the golden body.