In ancient times, there were temporary Buddha's feet, and now there are temporary worship of Confucius. Every time the college entrance examination, the Confucius statues on campuses around the world are dazzling, and many students will choose to go to the Confucius statue to worship and express their respect and expectations in the most simple way, hoping that they can get an ideal result. After all, Confucius is a master of all worlds, worship Confucius, I hope he can give himself a little more inspiration in the examination room.
The worship of college entrance examination students is very interesting: this is the spontaneous spiritual sustenance of people, regardless of age. Different adults worship, and because of the school environment, many college entrance examination students put snacks, fruits, drinks, etc. in front of the statue of Confucius to show their sincerity.
In fact, you see that people's sacrifices are based on their own needs to decide the sacrifices: ancient people felt that meat was rare, so they sacrificed meat, and felt that the aroma of burning incense could float to the nine clouds together with their desire to pray, so that the gods could hear it, so that the burning incense was also handed down. Some people like gold, so they burn gold paper ingots for the gods, and the students' sacrifices are made with their favorite food.
The immortal is omnipotent, what does he want and can't get it? People also know that immortals do not need gold and food, what immortals need is their sincerity, and giving their favorite things to the immortals means that they express their sincerity to the immortals.
However, at this juncture, students may have worshiped the wrong gods: Confucius was the founder of Confucianism, the grandfather of the teaching profession.
Individual parents of candidates who are well versed in the way of sacrifice, especially some aunts and grandmothers, will worship another more important immortal at this point of the college entrance examination: Emperor Wenchang
Emperor Wenchang is the god of examination
"Life and death belong to Dongyue, merit belongs to Wenchang", in ancient times, Wenchang Emperor is a god that readers must worship, if you pay attention to it, you will find that the statue of Wenchang Emperor is generally holding a pen in one hand and holding a book in the other.
Everyone knows that the Wenqu star generally symbolizes talent, but it is actually only the fourth star among the Big Dipper. Next to the Big Dipper, there is also a Wenchang Star, Wenchang Star is actually a constellation composed of six stars, in the shape of a half-moon, these six stars are Admiral, Second General, Noble Minister, Si Ming, Si Zhong and Si Lu. Obviously, the content contained in Wen Changxing is more focused on merit and fame. The ancient imperial examination system is directly related to the meritorious name, and you can enter the rank after passing the exam, so ancient readers are more inclined to worship Wen Changxing.
Under the emotional sustenance of people, slowly, Wenchangxing derived a more immortal entity, coupled with ancient Taoism and the emperor's consecration, and finally formed the image of Wenchang Emperor. Lao Tao noticed early on that in the Taoist temple, there were parents who would specially buy that kind of large candle next to the statue of Emperor Wenchang, with prayers written on it, and it was said that someone would attach a copy of the child's admission card to worship before the exam.
But worship and worship, the main thing to learn is still in the candidates themselves, don't think that if you worship the immortals to learn, you don't have to work hard, when the time comes, blame the gods for the mistakes, because you didn't become a top student, didn't pass the exam, didn't get the results you wanted, you can blame the gods, do you think this logic is smooth?
Do you think a candle or a bottle of Coke or a package of bread can buy a fairy, what has become a fairy?
In fact, what kind of god to worship, the key is still in people, a good way to make a wish is to expect, a wrong way to make a wish is to ask for what you want, what you ask from the gods.