Ceremony of Holy Emperor

The Holy Emperor's Ceremony was held on the 24th of the sixth lunar month, every year on the day of the day, the elderly in the temple ruling board and the large Chinese people in the locality held the ceremony. According to the ancient books, in the process of migrating to our country, the Chinese people have encountered many difficulties due to great winds and winds on the trip, the miserable life in the foreign land. The beliefs brought from their homeland combined with the indigenous beliefs where they came to live to make the spiritual life of the Chinese more rich, creating a cultural chaos in spiritual life. That spiritual life is reflected in the folk - folk folklore called Hoa Pagoda. It can be said that the guild is the center of cultural activities and beliefs of the Chinese. What is the noble, revered sacred, all placed in the guild. The most typical is the worship of Quan Cong and Thien Hau Thanh Mau. Especially Quan Cong is the god who is fully revered by the Chinese people of loyalty, filial piety, and sense, associated with the story of Mr. Liu and Truong Phi in the peach garden. They religious that he was the Emperor Quan and worshiped him in many places. As usual, the ceremony started at 9 o'clock, all food and offerings were prepared before. At 9 o'clock, the temple bell rang out, signaling that it was time for the ceremony. Everyone (mostly people in the Board of Directors and those involved in the preservation of the Ceremony) about 7-8 people sent a ceremony, concentrated, queuing in front of the main hall. The worshiping awareness is also served on the table before the main hall includes: The middle is a roast pig, the body of the pig is beautifully decorated, on the back of the pig, there is a knife, with the implication of inviting the gods to use a knife to eat meat. On the right is a boiled chicken, on the left is a fruit plate of rambutan, grapes, bananas, ... in front of the tea cups along with two tea pots and wine placed next to them. When everyone finished gathering, again a drum rang out (the drummer was an old man). The owner of the ceremony to read the sacrifices in Chinese with the content: Today is the day of the Emperor Quan Quan, we organized the ceremony including: tea, wine, pig, chicken, fruit cake ... offering gods, praying for blessings, praying for favorable rain and wind, national peace, prosperity ... Reading the spirit of the god, everyone in Ba Xa. After the amnesty, two people poured tea and wine a little to the ground to worship the god. After that, carry the offerings to the main gate to worship heaven. Following a drum again. The sacrifice of the god was re -read (only the name of the god was about to worship only) and everyone in three amnesty. Done, puffed tea. Just like that, the rituals in turn worship the gods: Thien Hau Holy Mother, God of Fortune, Buddha Quan Am, blessing the god, Ma Tien General. Particularly Buddha Quan Am, the worship is vegetarian, or fruit. After the celebration was finished, the people went to the kitchen to cook, the person cleaned the table, cleaned the glass to prepare for the guests. At this time, the guests rushed to worship incense and lights at the guild. Some people worship money, small quantity, then put in the barrel of merit, many send directly to the recipient to write the name of the offering to the merit book. Some people bring incense sticks to worship (this type of incense is small, bent into many circles from small to large). A grandmother used a hook to bring the incense stick to hang on the ceiling. After that, she gave a long wooden tree with a candle for her guests to burn incense. From the ceiling, the incense sticks from small to large falls to form a spiral, between the spiral there is a pieces of yellow plastic, the name of the offering in the capital. Incense smoke fluttered, radiating the fragrance to form a solemn and fanciful atmosphere. All guests who come to worship are invited to have an intimate meal or linger at the tea table, chat with three sentences, discuss business, news, mistress ... The Ceremony of the Holy Emperor Quan is a festival of deep culture and humanity in the Chinese community in the South contributing to creating a rich and diverse Southern cultural identity.