Because the change of the Big Dipper in the sky can be regarded as the "wind vane" of human change, its phenomenon has been regarded as dominating national luck since ancient times, and it is also considered to be related to everyone's own destiny. People even use Bao Gong and Di Qing series.
As a legend, it is compared to the reincarnation of a star in the Big Dipper, or to the Big Dipper of other national heroes. This belief in the stars is the national image of the Chinese nation in religious beliefs.
1) The popularity of the nine emperors' birthdays actually represents people's inheritance of national history and culture, and represents everyone's hope of turning evil into good every year in their lives.
Because Beidou is in charge of human destiny, praying to Beidou is a way to change life. Although the Big Dipper can't be seen in Malaysia in the south of Chinese mainland, this belief has crossed Hainan and developed more widely with people's cultural mentality and belief tradition.
2) For nine days in a row, many individuals in the whole society have carried out the behaviors of not killing, being vegetarian, cleaning their mouths and abstinence.
For an individual, this is an adjustment of physical health, a training of psychological self-control, and also a day for a person to reflect and repent to the Nine Emperors of Beidou, who dominate his personal destiny. In fact, this custom helps individuals consciously improve their moral realm and practice a simple life before the end of the year, and use religious rituals to strengthen their hearts and turn over a new leaf.
If you just insist, but never change your mouth and heart, and don't experience the simple life of that day, you won't fully practice your faith.
3) The holding of temple fairs in various districts, in which many families and individuals participated in collective behaviors, helped social collectives realize the existence of their own religious culture; And activities to identify with one's own religious culture. This has also played a regulatory role in helping the community economy.
4) It is a folk activity to hold a parade around the gods when they bid farewell, and it is also a "boundary line" to show the community where the gods are located, representing the will to "purify" the community.
When the marching gods arrive at every place, they greet each other and burn incense with the temples and altars they pass by. In fact, it is a symbolic act to show and consolidate the ties between different communities and people through ceremonies.
Question 1:( 1) Good at, good at? Stay, pass
Question 2:B
Question 3:( 1) Be studious; (2) Be brave in introspection.
Question 4:C