The Manchu sacrifice lasted for three days, and three days before the sacrifice, the sacrifices and sacrificial utensils had to be prepared.
Among the sacrifices are rice cakes made from yellow rice and soybeans, and rice wine or sake made from yellow rice or glutinous rice.
The most important sacrifice is the pig used for sacrifice, so the sacrifice is also called the "calling pig" or "the peace pig".
The requirements for the pigs used are very strict. They must be home-raised boars that are all black and have no stray hairs.
The sacrificial utensils mainly include the table, large and small plates and bowls, wine pots and cups, chopsticks, knives, troughs and basins for holding pig blood and pork, and large pots for cooking meat, etc. These must be cleaned up in advance.
Among the offerings, the most distinctive one is the "incense saucer", the material and size of which are clearly stipulated.
The incense burned in the incense dish is commonly known as "Dazi incense". It is made from the flowers and leaves of Dazi on the mountain. It is picked on July 7 or September 9 every year, dried in the shade, and ground into flour for later use.
As for Yun Shu, she doesn’t have to worry about any of this. People like Mr. Tong and his generation have already experienced at least four or five shamans in their lives because Grandpa Alin has awakened his bloodline spirituality and became a shaman. For the second major ceremony, I was already familiar with the process of the major ceremony.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, before dawn, Yun Shu, dressed in the costumes of eight pure girls, arrived at the fourth entrance of the Jin family's ancestral home.
The banned bamboo forest hot spring here has been demolished and the cabins on it have been reused.
Four sixteen large screens surrounded the hot spring pool in the bamboo forest, and the outside of the hot spring pool was re-paved with blue stone slabs.
Where the stone slabs connect, gaps are deliberately exposed and lush orchids are planted, as if they originally grew here.
The hot spring is as blue as the sky. Yun Shu needs to bathe and change clothes here to cleanse his body and mind.
To be honest, she felt that this hot spring was not as comfortable as the hot spring in the cave at the top of the west mountain. It was mainly because eight girls were waiting on the side. It was so shameful!
But after bathing and starting to wear Manchu sacrificial clothes, Yun Shu finally understood the role of these eight girls.
Shaman sacrifices require a complete set of clothing including a sacred hat, sacred skirt, sacred clothes, belt, sacred shoes, and sacred gloves.
Each part has strict regulations, and no object can be disposed of casually.
There are many types of sacred hats, and on the Changbai Shaman's sacred hat, various kinds of condor Hai Dongqing are carved on the brim of the sacred hat, either spreading their wings high, or standing with their heads raised, or flying into the clouds, or Dive and touch the sea.
This kind of high-level shaman hat uses the number of headdresses to represent the shaman's divine power, age and power.
There are as many as 27 divine eagles on Yun Shu's sacred hat, which means that he is the most powerful great shaman.
In addition to the condor on the brim of the helmet, there is also a bronze mirror in the center of the front of the helmet, which represents the April stars and also plays a protective role. It is called a heart mirror and can illuminate the way for the shaman when he enters the lower realm.
The sacred hat must also be equipped with ribbons, including cloth ribbons and leather belts. They symbolize the flying wings of the sacred bird, and the number also represents the level of the shaman.
In addition to these, there are also small bells on the hat.
The situation of the divine skirt and divine hat is similar, and the number of accessories on it depends on the shaman's level.
As the highest-level great shaman, Yun Shu made the sacred skirt for him weighing more than a hundred pounds.
This is also the reason why there are eight pure girls practicing martial arts serving him.
Such sacrificial robes cannot be worn by one person.
As for Yun Shu, he was about to carry more than a hundred kilograms of clothing and preside over the sacrifice for three full days, from morning to night.
Thinking about it, when the sacrifice is over, no one will doubt her strength anymore.
And everything is ready, and the big ceremony is about to begin.
As the great shaman who presides over the grand ceremony, Yun Shu also needs to make a shining debut.
Behind the ancestral home of the Jin family, in front of the ancestral hall dedicated to the ancestors of the nine surnames, thousands of clan members, old and young, stood in the broad square.
They all wore their best clothes and the most expensive and meaningful accessories.
These tribesmen were all silent, but stretched their necks, as if they were looking forward to something.
And some children who have never experienced the big sacrifice do not dare to play or talk due to the exaggeration of their parents and relatives. The overall atmosphere is solemn and solemn.
The sun slowly emerged from a mountain peak, and the entire square in front of the ancestral hall was within the scope of the sunlight.
At this time, "Ding... ring ring ring... ding..." the crisp sound of the bells sounded from far to near. This sound seemed to go straight to people's hearts, just like suddenly eating a piece of mint candy, making everyone's brain feel unprecedented. Sober and uplifted.
Along with the ringing sound, a figure came from behind.
People couldn't see her appearance, but the figure coming from the wind made everyone lower their heads, put their right hands on their left breasts, and said, "Greetings to the shaman."
If there were still some people who followed the trend when Yun Shu came to Changbai Village for the first time, then this time, even those with ulterior motives were impressed by Yun Shu's demeanor and ability.
Da Zhuang, who was standing with Tong Jianye's son, hugged his younger brother tightly. He raised his neck and looked at his sister floating down from the sky. The excitement in his heart could not calm down for a long time.
Although based on his understanding of his sister, such a cool appearance at this moment definitely does not conform to the specific process. After all, the sorrow in Ah Hui's eyes following her is too obvious.
But I have to say that this way of appearing is much cooler than riding a donkey.
And, look, the white feather coat on her body shone in the sun, and the condor on her hat seemed to come alive, flapping its wings. At this moment, Yun Shu was a walking god on the earth.
Ni Chuhe had a complicated face. At this moment, she couldn't even perfectly hide the unwillingness, resentment and doubts in her heart.
If the "Jin family" are really blasphemers, as the mountain god said, then what does the glory at this moment mean?
This "foreign soul" has grown to this point in a short period of time, which has exceeded her expectations!
And Nichukhe thought of the roar of the beasts and the lightning and thunder that day (Chapter 111), and she couldn't help but shudder, how did this variable come about!
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The first day of the big sacrifice is ancestor worship, which is held at the ancestral home of the Jin family. They are the cake god sacrifice, pig god sacrifice and back lamp sacrifice; the second day is the sky sacrifice, also known as the Sauron pole sacrifice; the third day is the star sacrifice.
In Changbai Village, after worshiping ancestors on the first day, there is also a need to worship gods, such as the mountain gods of Changbai Mountain.
After Yun Shu experienced such a real sacrificial ceremony, looking at the clansmen who were tired but satisfied, he finally understood that the reason why such sacrificial rituals have not disappeared is because they were originally meant to give people You see, it brings the whole tribe together.
In Changbai Village, the family sacrifice has another important meaning.
Yun Shu looked at the shaman's witchcraft power and the small colorful light spots that suddenly increased more than ten times in her consciousness, and finally understood why every shaman who succeeded to the throne had to devote all the efforts of the whole clan to carry out the ceremony. It’s a big festival.
Sure enough, a horse will not be fat without night grass, and a person will not be rich without windfall.
