Xie's Ancestor Worship
The Xie family ancestor worship ceremony is a large-scale folk activity with a long history. It has a history of more than 500 years from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the present. Its purpose is to pray for peace and prosperity in the country and good weather. The Xie family hall sacrifice is mainly to sacrifice to Xie An and Xie Shi, two heroes of the Battle of Feishui, who were famous ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is divided into three items: ancestor sacrifice, birthday sacrifice and filial piety sacrifice, as well as a road announcement. The sacrificial text totals more than 8,000 words and lasts about three times. It is held in the ancestral hall on the birthday of Xie Angong (the tenth day of the lunar calendar). There are 38 participants, including ritual students, sacrificial officials, and a band. The specific arrangements are: one announcer, one Tongzan, one Dazan, six ritual students, three main sacrificial officials, six deacons of the ancestral seat, the middle pavilion, and the incense table, two readers, six poetry singing students, two deacons of the display, and ten people in the band (drums, bangu, boards, trombones, big gongs, small gongs, suona, sheng, and flute). The rituals include washing, incense, silk, wine, tea offering, praying to the gods, welcoming the gods, attending the gods, second offering, third offering, food, covering the lights, and removing the food. The climax is reached when the three ritual students sing the tea-ordering song together, and then recite the "Xie An Gong Yu" and "Xie Shi Gong Yu" to send the gods to their seats, and end with the firing of cannons and music. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)