But I think it's the most interesting to worship ancestors on New Year's Eve in Dalong, because people kowtow, burn incense, burn paper and set off firecrackers. This is an invitation to our ancestors to go home for the New Year. After that, you can have New Year's Eve dinner and send out lucky money, so you are particularly excited every time. Dalong is a mountainous area, and the houses are all near the foot of the mountain, so many people build their ancestral graves on the hillside not far away. It's like this every Spring Festival. This year, I propose burning incense at home. Because my home is far away from the ancestral graves of my ancestors on the mountain and I have to climb the mountain, I came up with this idea, but my father scolded me like a dog and said that I didn't respect my ancestors, so I had to give up. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, grandma, aunt, mother and aunt cooked the New Year's Eve dinner, and a group of men, grandpa, uncle, father, uncle and our little guy went to worship their ancestors together. According to grandpa, because of the geomantic omen, my ancestral grave is halfway up the mountain, and the terrain is dangerous. In some places, only one person can pass sideways. Seen from a distance, it looks like a chair in a green hill. Along the way, grandpa walked with measured steps, my uncle followed, and my father carried a basket with chicken, duck and fish in it. Ah, it smells delicious. My ancestors must be so happy that they can't keep their mouths shut. Uncle holds several pairs of firecrackers in his hand, waiting to be released to his ancestors; Our children ran all the way laughing. After climbing the mountain, the adults supported grandpa, and we climbed with both hands and feet. Fortunately, we can pick up some branches on the side of the mountain to support us (because the mountain is too steep, if there are no branches, we have to climb). Can only complain, one word: annoying! But I can only say this in my heart. If my dad hears me, he can't eat me alive. Halfway up the mountain, I am too tired to rest, alas! Finally, I came to the ancestral grave, which was dedicated to my wife and grandfather. The ancestral grave is a platform made of cement, surrounded by four Zhou Songbai, with a stone tablet in the middle. The name of the ancestor is engraved in the middle of the stone tablet, and the names of the young players are engraved below. Of course, my name is also there. Looking from the platform, there are overlapping green hills around and neat rice fields below. Our ancestors slept comfortably in this quiet and peaceful land. Adults kowtow respectfully when offering sacrifices; Don't be surprised that our children kowtow, because not knocking is disrespectful to our ancestors and will be struck by lightning. Although I think it's superstition, I'm worried. If I am cut, I will die, so I have to do this. The second thing is burning paper. The adults piously burned the paper, divided it into piles and muttered to themselves. We children didn't burn it, but threw it into the fire and almost burned our clothes. It's over. We can't leave yet. The third thing is to burn incense. Adults burn incense and worship respectfully. We children burned some ancestors and fled down the mountain like hungry wolves. Adults set off firecrackers and took their ancestors home for the New Year.
I think it's troublesome to worship ancestors, but privately I think it's a respect for ancestors. Without them, how could we have it? I think this is a very good tradition, and when we worship our ancestors, we can think about whether we have made progress in a year, which is also a spur to whether we are worthy of our ancestors. I think this is the most interesting custom on New Year's Eve in the Year of the Loong.