After the incense fades, you start wiping from high to low, when wiping the statues, you should use a soft cloth to avoid scratching or discoloring the paint. Bronze statues should not be cleaned with alcohol, alcohol or chemicals to avoid oxidizing, rusting to blue or quickly tarnishing.
Remove or replace wilted flowers. Change water in vases and offerings; Replace the jar of salted rice (if any).
After the cleaning is complete, the stage is to put the altar back on the altar), burn incense and pray to the gods, the ancestors return and report that the faithful have finished their work.
Note when cleaning the altar at the end of the year
When cleaning the altar at the end of the year, you need to remember the following principles:
Avoid breaking: Breaking worship items placed on the altar is always considered taboo. Keeping them carefully shows the dignity and respect of the descendants to their ancestors and gods, so breaking them leads to anxiety and insecurity regarding the occurrence of bad luck.
Avoid moving incense bowls: In Vietnamese spirituality, the incense bowl is very sacred, the place where consciousness converges, the invisible string linking the mundane world with the underworld; Arbitrarily moving the incense bowl can break that link, making the sincerity unverified, leading to bad things. Folks also believe that the incense bowl is moved, that is, it is “moved”, or it may be turned in a bad direction. To keep the incense bowl fixed in the process of cleaning the altar at the end of the year, it is recommended to use one hand to hold it, the other hand to use a towel. If you have to move, you should pray, then return the incense bowl to its original position. The same goes for statues.
Do not give up all the incense or pour all the ashesAccording to the concept of feng shui, pulling out all the incense and then pouring all the ashes out both moves the incense bowl and causes “dispersal of talent”. The correct way to do this is to hold the incense bowl with one hand, and gently pull out the incense sticks in one hand so as not to scatter the ashes. Leave a few incense sticks in odd numbers, like 3, 5, 7, 9 incense sticks.
It is recommended to use new towels, cloths, specialized brushes: This shows respect and respect for gods and ancestors when cleaning the altar at the end of the year. Do not use towels, cloths, brooms that have been used or used for daily cleaning because they carry many impurities and do not guarantee the sanctity of the place of worship.
Use clean water, herbal water to wipe: For the same reason as to ensure the sanctity and purity, you need to clean the altar with clean water that has been boiled and cooled. If you are careful, you can use white wine with crushed ginger, or boiled water from 5 herbs. (cinnamon, anise, wine wood, cloves, eucalyptus). When cleaning ancestral tablets, you must use warm water, not cold water.
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