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[Eye-opening Ceremony]
Opening the eyes, or simply opening the eyes, is a ritual in Taoism. Taoism believes that before opening the eyes, the statue of a deity is just a sculpture and not a deity. To invite a deity to enter a sculpture, an opening ceremony is required.
The process of opening the statue varies depending on the region and the Taoist priest. First, you need to find a respected Taoist priest and choose a day to sit down. Then, during the ceremony, the Taoist priest will hold a magic mirror while chanting a spell, and reflect the sunlight from the magic mirror onto the statue. Then, a hole will be opened on the back of the statue, and five to seven kinds of treasures will be placed in the hole before filling it up. Common treasures include gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, agate, jade, pearls, bees, centipedes, five-color threads, etc. In some regions, talismans will be placed or the origin of the god will be written on red paper. Finally, the Taoist priest uses a brush to apply blood from the comb of a white rooster and the tongue of a black duck to the facial features and body of the deity, opening the ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, collectively known as the "Six Channels."
The chicken is a symbol of yang and vitality. The word "duck" sounds the same as "pressure", so it is used to suppress evil spirits. The chickens and ducks used in the ceremony cannot be killed but must be released. In modern times, they are mostly replaced by cinnabar.
[kāi guāng diǎn yǎn]
Kai Guang Dian Yan, the consecration ceremony is one of the many Taoist ceremonies. Taoists believe before the consecration ceremony, the statue or picture of the deity would just be the depiction without the essence of the spirit. To invite the spirit of the deity to Reside in either the statue or the picture, the consecration ceremony is required.
The consecration ceremony varies depending on the location and the preforming Taoist. Generally speaking, the process of the consecration ceremony would need a virtuous and reputable Taoist to pick the specific date to present the ceremony. During the ceremony, the Taoist would recite special scripture while hold a sacred mirror. Then sun light would be reflected on the sculpture or image with the depiction of the deity. After process, if its a sculpture, the back it would have a hole opened up and inserted with five to seven different sacred objects such as: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, agate, jade, pearl, bee, centipede and/or five colored tread. In some instances, depending on the locale where the ceremony is being preformed, written spells or the origin of the said deity written on a piece of red paper would also be inserted into the sculpture. Lastly, the Taoist would then use a hair brush dipped in the blood from a white rooster's crown mixed with blood from the tongue of a black duck, to annotate the five senses and the body of the sculpture. To “turn on” the ears, nose, eyes body and the thought of the deity now attached to the sculpture. This is called “Liu Tong”, to turn on all six senses.
White rooster signifies life and male vitality. While the pronunciation of duck in mandarin is similar to pressing down so it's used to press down evil spirits.
The rooster and duck used in the ceremony can not be killed and would be released alive. Nowadays in modern society, when this ceremony is being preformed, cinnabar is used to substitute live animal blood.
[Eyes open]
Open the eyes and open the eyes slightly.ダオイズムでは, the statue of the god opens its eyes and opens its eyes in front of the は単なるcarving であり, the god's はstay っていないと思われています. The eye-opening ceremony is the opening ceremony, and the god's carving ceremony is the entrance ceremony.
The eye-opening ceremony is a Taoist ritual for the area, a Taoist ritual for the Taoist priests, a Taoist priest for the usual virtues, and a schedule for the seat.
The ceremony begins with the Taoist priest holding the precious mirror and singing, and the precious mirror reflects the sun's rays and shines on the idol. The hole in the back of the statue is opened, and 5 to 7 types of treasures are sealed and sealed. The よくmakes われるのは gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, メノウ, emerald, pearl, bee, ムカデ, and five-color 糸など.
呪 Fu か神様のgenesisが书いてある红いpaperを入れる区もあります. The last one is the Taoist priest, the white one is the オスのトサカのblood, the black one is the duck tongue, the blood is the shunfan, the god statue is the five senses and the body is painted. The eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and consciousness are all open. Commonly known as "Liu Tong".
は阳の気とenergetic xiang徴で『duck』のマンダリン発音は『氪える』と同じで,悪を suppressed えるmeans があります. The ritual is to kill the duck and release it. Nowadays, では, blood cinnabar are used instead of することが多いで す.
[Five Treasures]
In Taoism, mediums are divided into "wenji" and "wuji", both of which lend their bodies to the gods, the difference is that wuji can hold magic tools, while wenji cannot. Manipulating the five treasures is a martial spirit's act of descending.
The five treasures are the instruments of the gods, namely the Seven-Star Sword, Shark Sword, Nail Stick, Thorn Ball, and Moon Axe. The so-called manipulation of the five treasures means that the medium uses the instruments to mutilate his own body, showing the power of the gods by not fearing pain under the protection of the gods, and using blood to ward off evil spirits. Usually, the medium mutilates the head and back.
The five treasures represent the five directions of the five camps of the gods, namely east, west, south, north and center. Wielding the five treasures represents the camp that commands the gods.
The most common gods who wield the five treasures are male gods of military type, such as the Third Prince and Xuantian God.
[The Five Sacred Instruments]
There are two types of shaman in Taoist practice: “Wen- Ji and Wu- Ji”. Both types lend their body to the gods as the vessel for the spirits to be presented in the physical world; the one main difference is Wu-Ji would use instruments once the body taken over by the gods but Wen- Ji just uses chanting.
Handling of the five sacred instruments is a Wu-Ji specialty once it's been possessed by the gods.
The Five Sacred Instruments include a seven-star sword, a nail stick (brass rod and wolf tooth stick), a moon ax (moon eyebrow ax, double ax), a nail-studded ball and a Sawfish Sword.
The handling of the five sacred instruments is when the Wu- Ji shaman uses the instruments to self-mutilate him or herself to show that, by being possessed by the gods, the power of
the gods would protect the shaman from injuries and pain. This is to signified the power of the gods, and to suppress evil spirits. Usually the shamans self-mutilation is done on either the back or the head.
The five sacred instruments also signifies the five military camps of the gods from five different directions: east, west, south, north, and center. Therefore the handling of five sacred instruments also means the command of the five military camps.
The gods whom are most commonly seen at the handling of the five sacred instruments are Nuochia and/ or Xuan Tian, both are male military general type gods.
[Handling the 5-year-old Treasure]
Taoism のシャーマン: タンキー（子乩）にはブンキー（文乩）とブキー（武乩）の2 kinds of があり, どちらも神様に体を loan します. Illegal props are used, and illegal props are used.神様が生に下りる时はブキーのみ5つの宝宝を动ります.
5 つの Treasures は神様の法物 と语われ, それぞれ七星剣, シャーク剣, nail バット, Thorn Ball, Moon Ax です.タンキーは5つの宝を使い、自分のBODYを自 hurtします.それは神様に修られていることでpainみをphobicれず神力をshowします.そして、血は悪霊を氪えられると思われています. The area of self-inflicted injury is generally the head and the middle of the back.
The gods led the troops of the five palaces and divided their positions into the east palace, the west palace, the south palace, the north palace, and the middle palace. 5つの宝を动ることは神様が兵队をCommanderするものと思われています. The third prince is the God of Xuantian and the god of martial arts is the body and the body is descending.