《丁酉歲末。答謝當境城隍與土地神祇》

《丁酉歲末。答謝當境城隍與土地神祇》

尾牙做牙，

答謝城隍土地。

明春開春，

喜迎富貴黃金。

Thanksgiving to Lord Cheng Huang & Tu Di for Ding You Rooster Year

Its again the Official Thanksgiving Period for the Taoists & Chinese.

This also marks an End to the Old Lunar Year and the Taoists/Chinese will be ushering in the New Lunar Year in a short period.

For Taoists, before we conduct the main Thanksgiving Ceremony dedicated to the High Authority Deities or Home Deities, we will need to conduct a simple Thanksgiving Ceremony dedicated to the City Deity aka Cheng Huang (當境城隍) & Earth Deity aka Tu Di (此間土地) on the 2^nd Day of Lunar 12 Month (農曆臘月初二日) till 16^th Day of Lunar 12 Month (至農曆臘月十六日).

Once the Thanksgiving Ceremony is conducted to the City & Earth Deities, then the Official Thanksgiving Ceremony dedicated to the High or Home Deities will be able to conduct smoothly & “effectively”.

For Ding You Rooster Year (丁酉雞年), 2^nd Day of Lunar 12 Month falls on 18 Jan 2018.

For those who are conducting the Thanksgiving Ceremony dedicated to City & Earth Deities in Temples or Home, the Auspicious timing starts from 0900 hrs till before 1900 hrs (吉時為巳至酉時).