"Where did the eighth sister's car go?" When our car was parked at the door of the hotel for almost ten minutes, and there was no trace of the eighth sister's group, I couldn't help but ask Section Chief Xu beside me.

"Don't worry, they'll be back soon, soon." Section Chief Xu seemed to know the style of this group of people very well, and answered my questions easily. On the contrary, Ling was hiding in her Audi car alone, smoking non-stop, if she rolled out the window, it is estimated that people who don't know will be able to call 119, you say how many cigarettes she has to smoke in this moment.

Section Chief Xu's biggest advantage is that he doesn't talk much, maybe it has something to do with his profession. Every time I brought up a topic, he basically listened, and when he talked about interesting things, he would echo the smile and laugh, and not say a word of nonsense. When Lili talked to me about Section Chief Xu afterwards, she asked me to learn more about other people's calmness, and I could only smile bitterly and agree. You must know that if a person's temperament wants to change, it is not something that can be done by learning, it is really difficult, unless he has experienced a major change, otherwise the person who agrees is basically lying. Of course, it also includes me who promised Wang Lili.

More than forty minutes later, the eighth sister's car drove to the door of the hotel, and Li Hao was the first to jump out of the car, carrying several black plastic bags in his hand, plus a rectangular folding table in the hand of the counterfeit money, and I didn't know what kind of medicine these guys were selling in the gourd.

Seeing the arrival of Li Hao and others, Ling also quickly came to the outside of the car, greeted us all into the store, and left the two rooms next to the incident to us.

When Li Hao and the others went in to look at the room, I quietly opened the black plastic bag he put on the ground, and there were actually cooked foods such as pig's head, roast chicken, and roast duck inside, which surprised me.

Just as the eighth sister came to pick up something, I pulled her aside and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, this Li Hao is also a foodie like a monk?" ”

"How is that possible?" The eighth sister replied to me in surprise, looking at me pointing to the plastic bags, the eighth sister immediately understood the meaning of my words, and then said to me with a smile: "My stupid tree, that's the five animal sacrifice, okay." ”

"Isn't it a three-animal sacrifice, how can he be a five-animal sacrifice?" I was a little confused by the eighth sister.

"Didn't the sloppy Daoist tell you about this?" The eighth sister asked me in disbelief. "I didn't say it, I swear to God." I knew that I was put on the nose of the dead cow again, and I didn't even teach me these most basic things in detail.

"Then you wait for me to send the things over, and I can make up for you." The eighth sister probably thought that this matter would be easily resolved, in that case, I would be her in the middle of the night, so she happily touched my face, carrying a plastic bag to flash people, leaving me looking at each other's backs bitterly, not knowing what to do.

"Husband." Wang Lili's voice sounded from behind me again, and I was scared to get goosebumps on the ground in an instant. "Wife, she touched me, I didn't dodge." I know that an explanation is a cover-up, but at this point I have to explain it, or it will become a fact.

"I'm also very interested in three or five animals, and it's very boring to stay alone in Section Chief Xu's house, and there is no topic. Why don't you listen to the eighth sister talk about the reason later? "Where is this asking for my opinion, it's clearly the stalk of Chiguoguo, in addition to nodding and agreeing, will there be a second choice?

After the eighth sister came out, Ling, a smart woman, opened a room for the three of us, and when the door was closed, I found that the eyes of the two women behind me showed possessiveness. Nima, the little master has not had a good rest recently, and his kidneys are a little weak, can you not stare at me like this, my liver is really trembling.

I found a chair in the corner and sat down, while Wang Lili and the eighth sister sat on a single bed alone, and then the eighth sister began to talk about the ritual.

In China's native Taoism, when sacrificing to the gods, it is generally used to use whole animals or five animals. It is a form of devout reverence for the gods by believers. The folk worship of the gods is distinguished according to the customs of various places and according to the god's personality, proximity, distance and taste. The sacrifices used in the sacrifice are divided into whole animals, five animals, small five animals, three animals, small three animals and other animals, which are the most common sacrifices of the people, and people distinguish the objects of sacrifice by raw and cooked, complete and incomplete, five animals and three animals. The Five Animals Sacrifice is often the most solemn symbol of folk sacrifices, and is often used for the sacrifices of large-scale or high-ranking gods.

In the old society, the economy was relatively scarce, and many families could not afford the sacrifice of the whole animal, and when there was an important sacrifice such as an important sacrifice or worship of the gods, they often replaced it with a certain part of the five animals. The five animals of the old society must include a pig's head (half a pig or sheep), a chicken, a duck (or a goose), a fish, and internal organs (pig liver, pork belly), etc., or the last four are replaced by other dry goods, and the pig's head is attached to the pig's tail, which means that there is a head and a tail, and people will also use a large piece of pork to replace the pig's head, etc.

In modern times, due to social changes, people's living standards are improving day by day, although it is not a luxury to worship the old five animals, ordinary people are more willing to use chicken, duck, fish, eggs, dried tofu, squid (seafood) and even drinks, instant noodles and other easy to obtain to synthesize five things, called "small five animals" to replace the big five animals of the old society. They are all lightly cooked before the sacrifice, but they are not really cooked, and are used to worship the gods of higher rank.

The arrangement of the five animals is different, the pig is in the center, which is called "middle animal"; Chickens, ducks, geese, etc., are placed on both sides, which are called "side animals"; Fish and offal are placed after the side animals, which are called "lower animals" or "back animals".

It is usually used to worship a god with a higher rank. For example, in the rituals of the Jade Emperor, the Guan Sheng Emperor, the Heavenly Virgin, the Marshal of the Middle Altar, the Emperor of the Three Officials, the Prince, the City God, the Ancestor and other gods, in addition, it can also be used in the occasions of children's adulthood, wedding banquets, funeral ceremonies, etc.

As for the three animal sacrifices, the old society referred to pigs, cows, and sheep, these three types of livestock. The reason why it costs more money than the five animals is that they are afraid that the gods will blame them and do bad things with good intentions.

But after a sacrifice, the consumption is too great, especially for a charmer like me who opens the altar and asks God for a talisman, if he uses the big three animals every time he opens the altar, it is estimated that ordinary people cannot afford to use the talisman.

So, our wise ancestors thought of replacing it with a small three animals. The so-called small three animals refer to chickens, ducks, and fish, these three creatures, but Rao is so, and the cost is still very high. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the predecessors of Taoism once again simplified the small three animals, replacing them with chicken legs, duck legs, and a small ~~ fish, which saved a lot of money and avoided extravagance. It seems that I have been using the small three animals to open the altar to ask for charms, to be honest, I can't afford to use the big three animals or the big five animals.

Anyway, according to the relationship between the gods and humans, the animals offered in the worship are also different, and the whole sacrifice represents the highest respect of the sacrificers, and if it is cut or sliced, it means that the respect is slightly reduced, so everyone should understand this explanation. The "raw", "half-cooked" and "fully cooked" livestock meats indicate that people are unfamiliar with the relationship between the gods and the gods. Therefore, when worshipping gods or ancestors on the birthday of gods, it is relatively rare to worship the big five animals, but chickens, ducks, and fish still have to be whole. As for the sacrifice of the Jade Emperor, the whole pig must be worshipped, and the pig's mouth must contain an orange to indicate auspiciousness, and also to show people's respect and respect for the Jade Emperor.

to be continued