Introduction: In the Spring Festival and the first month of each year, people will begin to worship the Kitchen God and the God of Wealth, which is a traditional custom of China people. But in southern Fujian, especially Xiamen, there has always been a custom of offering sacrifices to gods. Why do Xiamen people have such a strong sense of ceremony?

1. What is the worship of God?

Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty and the Lunar New Year, the Japanese pirates killed, set fire to and robbed property along the coast of Fujian. When the villagers fled to a remote place in the dark, they saw that the Japanese pirates were about to catch up. Just when everyone felt extremely frightened, suddenly, a large sugarcane forest appeared in front of everyone, and everyone fled into the sugarcane forest to escape. So that day happened to be the ninth day of the first month, so there was the custom of worshipping God. Worship is on the ninth day of the first month of every year, and it is also the most important festival for Minnan people. Worship of God spread in Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan Province and Singapore. The local people will regard this day as the birthday of the supreme god and attach great importance to it. On this day, every household should clean up and make turtles and hair as sacrifices to God. On this day, the whole family, old and young, will stay up until midnight. On the morning of the festival, every household should set off firecrackers and kowtow to God, hoping that God can bless the prosperity and safety of the four seasons.

Second, why do Xiamen people have such a strong sense of worship?

For Xiamen people, there is always a lifelong relationship with worship. From birth, they have to worship the bed owner and mother. For the sacrifices that Minnan attaches great importance to, it can be said that the most lively day in Xiamen is not New Year's Eve, but the ninth day of September. No matter adults or children, they don't sleep and set off firecrackers together. In order to prepare for worship, the older generation has been busy since the seventh and eighth day of the seventh day. Make some cakes full of beautiful meanings to worship the gods, and Xiamen people must make friends on this day, so the piety of Xiamen people to worship the gods can be said to have been engraved into DNA since childhood.

Third, summary.

It can be seen from the friends circle of Weibo and WeChat posted by many Xiamen people that worshipping God is as lively as our Spring Festival. On this day of offering sacrifices to God, many people will make many sacrifices, all of which are used for offering sacrifices to God, and they will use five-colored fruits to offer sacrifices to God. If possible, it is best to mainly import apples and high-grade pears, with seasonal oranges and candied dates.