When is it more auspicious to burn incense during the Zi hour?
The Zi hour incense is incense burned within the Zi hour, and any time within the Zi hour is acceptable.
The first incense of the new year is also known as the "first incense" or "first furnace incense." This is a traditional Chinese custom, commonly practiced when worshipping Buddha or deities. Believers go to temples, observatories, or god shrines on New Year's Eve to be the first to offer incense, showing their sincerity. The Zi hour incense is divided into the New Year's Zi hour incense and the regular Zi hour incense.
The Zi hour incense is an important traditional practice, symbolizing a year of good weather and harvest. It is highly valued in folk culture. As soon as the Zi hour arrives, people should offer incense, striving to be the first to offer the first incense in the new year and gain the first luck.
The first incense of the new year is also known as the "first incense" or "first furnace incense." This is a traditional Chinese custom, commonly practiced when worshipping Buddha or deities. Believers go to temples, observatories, or god shrines on New Year's Eve to be the first to offer incense, showing their sincerity. The Zi hour incense is divided into the New Year's Zi hour incense and the regular Zi hour incense.
The Zi hour incense is an important traditional practice, symbolizing a year of good weather and harvest. It is highly valued in folk culture. As soon as the Zi hour arrives, people should offer incense, striving to be the first to offer the first incense in the new year and gain the first luck.
What are the customs of burning incense during the Zi hour?
When burning incense, one should first offer incense and then bow. Many people hold a bunch of burning incense and bow everywhere, with hot ash floating around the temple and thick smoke blinding people's eyes. Some believe that the higher the incense, the bigger the bundle, the more sincere the heart. These are all misunderstandings. Actually, three sticks of incense are enough, which can be offered in one incense burner. "A thousand Buddhas in one furnace." Then, when passing each Buddha hall, one should bow three times. Buddhism has no many complicated rules; the most important thing is whether you have a pure and calm heart.
Hold the incense at the level of the forehead, close your eyes and make a wish; then bow three times. (The height of the incense should not be lower than the waist.) Turn to the east (usually the main door of the hall faces south), make a wish according to the third step, and bow three times. Then face south and north. After finishing the bowing, you can insert the incense into the incense burner. Note: You should use the left hand to light the incense, because the right hand is associated with killing, while the left hand is relatively peaceful. Do not just throw the incense into the incense burner.
Hold the incense at the level of the forehead, close your eyes and make a wish; then bow three times. (The height of the incense should not be lower than the waist.) Turn to the east (usually the main door of the hall faces south), make a wish according to the third step, and bow three times. Then face south and north. After finishing the bowing, you can insert the incense into the incense burner. Note: You should use the left hand to light the incense, because the right hand is associated with killing, while the left hand is relatively peaceful. Do not just throw the incense into the incense burner.
