Mid-Autumn Festival can you worship ancestors?
It is possible to worship ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and some places have the custom of worshipping ancestors.For example, in the Chaoshan area of Guangdong, on the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, each family sets up an altar with ancestral tablets and offers various types of food. After the worship, the offerings are cooked one by one, and the whole family enjoys a delicious dinner together.
Even if you are not in the Chaoshan area, it is very common to worship ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is also known as the Reunion Festival, which is a festival closely related to family, and deceased relatives and ancestors are naturally not excluded. Therefore, many people hold a worship ceremony at home during this time, and some may choose to go to the cemetery to worship during the day.
However, when worshipping ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are some things to note. It is not advisable to worship ancestors at night. Because the Mid-Autumn Festival originated from the ancient moon-worshipping festival, the most important thing on this day is to worship the Moon God. Even if your family does not have the habit of worshipping the moon, to show respect for the Moon God, it is not advisable to worship ancestors or other deities at night.
What should I say when worshipping ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival
• Be cautious and virtuous, worship ancestors and promote virtue.• Harmony and propriety, worship ancestors and revere.
• Remember kindness, worship ancestors and carry forward.
• Do good deeds often, worship ancestors and strengthen.
• Accumulate virtue for long-lasting blessings, worship ancestors and honor.
• Be kind and help others, worship ancestors and shine.
• Be diligent and frugal, worship ancestors and establish a source.
• Establish a name through virtue, worship ancestors and provide resources.
• Be diligent and earnest, worship ancestors and instruct.
• Be upright and orderly, worship ancestors and be unique.
• Be broad-minded and kind, worship ancestors and remember.
• Be diligent and thrifty, worship ancestors and revere.
• Be honest and trustworthy, worship ancestors and follow the path.
• Respect the virtuous and be careful, worship ancestors and honor.
• Respect the elderly and love the young, worship ancestors and show respect.
• Be industrious and dignified, worship ancestors and cherish.
• Be sociable and harmonious, worship ancestors and be generous.
• Have lofty integrity, worship ancestors and be virtuous.
• Persuade others with reason, worship ancestors and demonstrate virtue.
• Be tolerant and open-minded, worship ancestors and maintain harmony.
