Ngày đẹp dọn dẹp ban thờ 2022

A beautiful day to clean the altar, pick up the incense bowl at the end of the year, keep the altar clean at the end of the year to welcome the new year is an important job for families.

1. See the auspicious day to clean the altar

Welcoming the new year 2022, homeowners do not know when is a good day to trim incense sticks, pick up incense bowls, and clean ancestral altars at the end of the year. When cleaning, how should the incense be trimmed? Below, Tip will provide detailed instructions on good days and how to clean the altar at the end of the year to welcome the New Year 2022.

In addition, in January, there are many good days you can refer to to be flexible in choosing a beautiful day to clean the altar:

• Beautiful day in January 2022

2. A good day to trim incense sticks to clean the altar at the end of the 2021 lunar year

Choosing a good day to trim incense sticks at the end of 2021 is an issue that is always of great interest to many people. And according to the worshiping custom of our Vietnamese people, trimming incense sticks, cleaning altars of gods and ancestors is only done once a year.

• Lunar calendar: December 23, 2021
• Solar calendar: January 25, 2022 (on Thursday of the week)

December 23 is also the day to bring the Tao back to heaven. And let the altar of the gods and ancestors be cleaner and more airy before the ceremony to bring Mr. Homeowners usually clean the altar and trim the incense sticks 1 day before, which is December 22.

Nice time frame to do it Trim incense sticks from 6am to 11am and 1pm to 5pm. However, each place has its own custom, where time picks up the incense bowl May take place on odd days in December, except for the 17th and 29th.

List of incense bowls and altars for ancestors

In Buddhism, the incense bowl (incense bowl) is a sacred object used for family worship. It is the place where descendants turn to their ancestors, the gods pray for peace and show filial piety.

Many people often think that the person who picks up the incense bowl must be made by an intelligent person, usually a teacher or a shaman. In fact, anyone can pick up incense, but the owner himself is the best. It must be someone who is sincere and has clean hands and feet.

The incense bowl is a sacred spiritual symbol on the altar. This is a bridge to express the heart of the owner’s remembrance, remembrance and wishes with the gods and ancestors.

Buddha’s incense bowl

May peace and serenity come to your family, free from calamity.

Incense Bowl Worshiping Gods

Worshiping the earth god, dragon vein, god of wealth, money owner who governs the land where they live, praying to help the family live in peace.

Bowl of incense to worship ancestors

Worshiping the deceased in the family or clan.

After a while of burning incense, the incense bowl is usually full. Some people believe that the fuller the incense bowl, the more spiritual it is. However, this concept is also just speculation, because the incense bowl is full, the risk of causing a fire is possible. Therefore, at least once a year, families often have to remove incense sticks.

3. The process of cleaning the incense bowl

Note: The faithful remember to make a vow before performing the cleaning. The prayer is provided by Tip for reference below.

1st. Wipe clean: Crush ginger into white wine, dip a clean towel in ginger wine and wipe the incense bowl, let it dry.

2nd. Should: There is a bone (ashes burned with glutinous rice straw, available at stalls) and one of the seven treasures of the Buddha (priority is given to precious stones and gems such as amber, lapis lazuli, quartz, etc., because of their high gas field, bought at gem stores).

– Don’t: For gilded paper, plastic beads … are available in stores. It is also not advisable to put incantations, spiritual talismans, etc. of the Taoist, tantric, etc. into the incense bowl because it will cause an unfavorable negative air field.

Tuesday. Wash your hands thoroughly, take turns picking up incense bowls. Usually there are three bowls for gods, ancestors and aunts.

Take each handful in turn into the bowl. For peace of mind, Buddhists often recommend counting by birth numbers such as “birth, old age, sickness, and death”. Take turns counting and picking until the bowl is almost full. Remember the last grip stops at the number “birth”.

Do not steep, fill the bowl of incense, but should pick up each handful. Before picking up any incense bowl, one must also think “I … (full name) … please pick up the incense bowl for the god (god/faerie/grandmother)”.

After loading and unloading, leave each position separately to avoid confusion. If you are afraid of making a mistake, you can write stickers on the outside, until you put it on the altar, you need to remove it.

4th. After unloading, put the incense bowl on the altar. The sacred incense bowl is in the middle, the aunt’s incense bowl is on the left hand from the inside, the fairy incense bowl is on the right hand side.

Thursday. Ceremony: Fresh flowers, fresh fruit, clean water are displayed on the altar. Open the door wide before burning incense. At first, each bowl of incense burns 3 sticks, the next time just one stick is enough. If you have an old incense stick, you can plug in each bowl of 3 incense sticks.

Friday. Arrangement: The incense bowl placed on the altar needs to stay in place, not move. After the incense bowl is the worshiping part, only photos of the ancestors should be left (if any), no wine, votive papers… here. All offerings (fresh flowers, fresh fruit, etc.) need to be in front or next to the incense bowl.

4. Some notes when cleaning the altar

– Do not break the altar: Worshiped objects on the altar are sacred objects, showing respect to relatives and deceased ancestors. then the owner will have bad luck because of lack of respect for the deceased.

– When cleaning the ancestral tablets, you must use warm water, not cold water.

– Absolutely do not wipe the ancestral tablet before the tablet of the Buddha god. In the past, such a concept was disrespectful and desecrated to the gods and goddesses, because the Buddha had a higher position, so it was easy for the ancestors to be oppressed.

– Do not pull out the incense sticks and then hold the incense bowl to pour all the ashes out, according to the ancients, it is easy to cause “talent”, so use a small spoon to scoop each spoon out and then wash the incense bowl and set it aside. .

Note: When cleaning the incense bowl, try not to move, rotate or misplace the incense bowl. If due to force majeure, after cleaning, you must sincerely repent and put it back as before.

5. Vows to clean the altar at the end of the year

6. How to clean the altar to worship the god of wealth

First, you should separate the things on the God of Wealth board, including the dishes you are offering. Should be placed in a separate basin of water and cleaned separately, should not be washed with other worship items.

+ Next, clean up the cobwebs, and the freckles that fall around. Finish using a towel to wipe off the dust with water, before using your fingers to gently wipe all the freckles on the incense burner. Avoid moving the incense bowl, but just lift it slightly to clean it and then put it back in place.

+ The third thing, the homeowner should use a separate towel and water as prepared on the statue of the God of Fortune and the Earth, carefully wipe it clean to maintain the fortune.

+ Finally, the homeowner should pay attention to clean the surrounding parts of the altar of the God of Fortune. When everything is done, you put everything back in its place.

7. Van vows permission to clean the altar to worship the god of wealth

Before starting the process of cleaning the altar, homeowners cannot ignore this important detail. You need to pay attention to wash neatly, dress neatly and prepare gifts and fruits to put on before cleaning the altar and worshiping objects. Then burn incense – inform the gods that the owner is about to clean the altar, invite them to stay away for a while so that the owner can start cleaning.

Next, the owner lights 3 incense sticks to pay respects to the God, ask for the incense to be trimmed and to clean the altar to worship the God of Fortune – Earth to welcome the New Year.

8. How to see good and bad days in 2022

Choosing a good day and avoiding a bad day has long become a cultural tradition of Eastern nations. How to see good and bad days is a tool to look up good and bad date and time information of the day and month. From there, it helps you to make a list, make a plan to perform the important tasks in life. To bring the best luck and convenience when doing work.

Please learn more: How to see good and bad days.

9. How to clean the altar at the end of the year, welcome fortune into the house

Use warm water

When cleaning the altar, the homeowner should not use cold water, but use warm water. Just boil water and let it cool down, then soak it in a clean towel to wipe the tablet, the ancestral altar.

When cleaning, must clean the tablet first and then the incense bowl. Doing the opposite will cause the family to lose resources. When placing down, must put the tablet, the incense bowl of the god Buddha first, then the ancestors.

How much water?

More carefully, the family can use bao sai water made from 5 herbs: cinnamon, anise, clove, wine wood, and eucalyptus.

To make this type of water, the owner should put all the above ingredients in a pot, add about 1.5 liters of water and bring to a boil. Boil water for about 2 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it cool down. After that, you can take warm herbal water to clean the altar and offerings.

Ginger wine

According to folk beliefs, wine and ginger have the effect of cleansing and dispelling the bad luck of the old year. Therefore, when cleaning the altar at the end of the year, homeowners can use crushed ginger mixed with wine to clean the altar. Thus, the worshiping area will be cleaned, ready to welcome a happy and prosperous new year.

Garlic wine

Just like ginger, wine combined with garlic not only helps to remove stains but also banishes bad luck in the year to prepare for the new year with more luck. It is not every New Year that you can use garlic wine to clean the altar, homeowners can have garlic wine ready and use it when cleaning the worshiping area. This will help dispel the bad luck that is clinging and bring better vitality and energy to the family.

In addition, the ceremony to see off the Tao Quan on December 23 is also coming, you can see more how to choose a good time to see off apple army nice how to worship the apple to see him off the apple to heaven with more solemn reverence.

The end of the year is also a time when there are many important rituals to prepare for Lunar New Year such as New Year’s Eve offerings, New Year’s Eve offerings. These are all important rituals in the traditional Vietnamese New Year, so you should remember to prepare respectfully. If you do not know how to prepare New Year’s Eve offerings or read the year-end vows, you can refer to Tip:

• How to prepare the New Year’s Eve tray
• Outdoor New Year’s Eve prayers in 2022
• New Year’s Eve prayers in the house in 2022
• How to prepare the New Year’s Eve tray?
• Prayers for the year-end New Year’s Eve