Chapter 16 16: Ancestral God
Compared with the divine way, there are many differences between the immortal way and the divine way. One is self-detachment, and the other is the incense of all living beings.
But in essence, they are all pursuing extraordinary power.
There are four major stages and twelve realms. When you stand at the top, you can live forever and enjoy the world.
As someone who has been close to the top, Chen Jin has a deeper understanding and fully understands the truth of being so far away.
At times like this, if you think too much, it's easy to fall into delusion.
So he returned to the house and continued reading:
"The Master said: The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night..."
Time flies by quickly, and by dusk, it’s almost time to go have a meal.
Chen Jin tidied up briefly, locked the door, and walked towards the countryside.
After he got the money, he asked his uncle to hire someone to do a comprehensive repair on the house and change the door locks.
These are all trivial matters, no need to go into details.
Before entering the village, I heard a lot of noise, but saw that it was very lively with lights and colorful decorations inside.
Just like what Chen Abu said, that scene.
What supports the scene is money.
In Chenze Township, the township head Chen Jiande is highly respected and has a rich family. He is an out-and-out squire and landlord.
He has two sons and one daughter. Chen Liang is the youngest son, who is 30 years old this year.
If Chen Jin is less than 20 years old, the Tongsheng test still has potential to be tapped; Chen Liang only took the Tongsheng test at this age, so even if he is not an "old boy", he is still not far away.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye.
Perhaps because of this, Chen Liang became more and more eager to obtain fame, so he invited the family god to control the house to improve his feng shui luck, so that he could pass the exam next time.
Entering from the entrance of the village, you can see bright lights along the way.
Tonight's banquet was all placed outside the ancestral hall to express the intention of reporting to the ancestors and gods.
Before the banquet begins, there are various ritual procedures for worship and sacrifice, which are all performed by Chen Jiande's family and have nothing to do with others.
The place outside the ancestral hall is not small, and more than twenty tables can be set up at the same time.
There are over a thousand households in Chen Zexiang, with a population of thousands, but on tonight's occasion, not many are qualified to eat at the table.
First of all, women and children are excluded. They can bring their rice bowls to eat pig-killing rice, but they cannot serve it on the table;
There are also many farmers and villagers at the bottom who are also unable to get a seat at the table.
In Chen Jin's opinion, this is nothing more than a bad custom in the countryside.
But the rules are like this, and he is not the master, so it is difficult to change anything.
After entering the village, go straight to the ancestral hall.
Chen Zexiang, as the name suggests, is mostly made up of families with the surname Chen. They live together, dating back several generations, and are from the same family. Basically, they are all related by relatives.
Only if people of the same clan and clan can build ancestral halls.
I have never heard of the same ancestral hall worshiping different surnames.
In that case, when offering sacrifices, it would be impossible to distinguish clearly from the incense and incense flowing around.
This ancestral hall occupies a small area, with blue bricks and black tiles. There is a locust tree planted on each side of the entrance, with a shady crown and lush branches. There are many red cloth treasures hanging on it. When the villagers come to worship, they make wishes under the tree, then throw the red cloth treasures up and hang them on the branches to float in the wind.
The banquet was laid out under the tree, divided into three rows, with chairs and tables arranged neatly, and workers were busy coming and going, creating a lively scene.
Chen Jiande's family would naturally be too busy to handle such a big scene, so they would look for help from the countryside.
Chen Abu is one of them, responsible for running various errands, inviting people to banquets, etc.
So he came to the hillside to call Chen Jin in the morning. His nephew was on the invitation list, Chen Abu and You Rongyan.
You must know that on such an occasion, those who are qualified to serve at the table are considered to have some dignity in the countryside.
He was also worried that Chen Jin would not come. After all, his nephew had never liked socializing and entertaining in the past.
Now that I saw the person, I felt relieved, took a good look at him, and couldn't help but whisper: "A Jin, you came to eat and didn't even change into a new set of clothes."
Chen Jin said with a smile: "The house is full of oil and water, but old clothes can withstand dirt."
Chen Abu: "..."
It's hard to say anything more: "You wait aside for a moment. The banquet will start soon. I'll go and get busy."
The banquet hadn't started yet, so it was naturally difficult to sit in. Everyone was waiting around, chatting in whispers.
Chen Jin really didn't have much human contact in the countryside, so he stood there alone, like a follower.
An old man named Yiqingkui passed by and called out to him: "Ajin, you are here."
This was none other than Chen Mingcheng, the teacher of ethnic studies. He was an old scholar in his sixties. He had taken part in the provincial examinations many times, but unfortunately, he had been unlucky and failed the examinations many times. When I got older, I finally became disheartened and stopped taking the exam. I just became a private school teacher in the countryside.
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Chen Jin has not yet reached the crown and has no fame, so he only has a name and no nickname. Everyone who knows him calls him "A Jin".
He replied: "Hello, teacher."
Chen Mingcheng nodded slightly: "It's a pity that you didn't pass the final college exam this year. I've read your article and it's OK. It's just a little lacking. Write more and you'll have a great chance of making a comeback next year."< br>
After a few words of encouragement, he left.
Chen Jin turned his eyes and looked towards the ancestral hall, only feeling a thin divine light shrouding it.
This situation is in line with the spiritual outlook of this ancestral hall.
Ancestor god, ancestor god, followed by the word "god" is often just an honorific title, far from a real god.
Ordinary clan branches lack foundation and have no powerful rising stars, so it is difficult for the ancestors they worship to gather enough divine aura.
In daily life, it is far from enough to rely on the incense and aspiration on the first day of the lunar month, the fifteenth day of the lunar month, or the New Year and festivals.
With this accumulation of incense alone, it often takes hundreds of years to form such a divine aura.
In other words, people in Chen Zexiang come to the ancestral hall to pray for blessings and blessings from their ancestors, just for peace of mind.
Almost never gets a response.
The symbolic meaning is far greater than the practical meaning.
Even so, people still have to continue to come to worship and offer incense.
It is precisely because of the continuous sacrifices from generation to generation, accumulated over time and dripping into streams, that we can not forget our ancestors.
Only after the ancestors receive the blessing of wishes can they have the opportunity to become real "gods" and bestow their ancestral shadow on their descendants.
This is a mutually reinforcing relationship.
And if there is a war, or the clan is divided and falls apart, the ancestral hall will be ruined, the ancestors will disappear, and even the names will be lost in the long river of history.
When the ancestors and ancestors did not become gods, it was difficult for their spirits to appear and protect them, and they had family wealth, they would ask the family gods to control the house.
For example, the current township head Chen Jiande.
However, there are many rules when it comes to inviting family gods, with pros and cons. If you don't do it right, you will end up with "it's easy to invite gods, but it's hard to send them away".
Chen Jin is a cultivator of immortality and has always believed that "it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others", so he is not interested in this kind of behavior.
I came here just to eat.
Suddenly, a bit of malice arose, like a drop of dark ink falling into a clear spring, and it filled the air toward him.
(End of chapter)