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What is "冥诞 (Ming Dan)"?
What is “冥诞 (Ming Dan)”?
Do we need to pray? “冥诞 (Ming Dan)” what we referred to the last birthday after a person passed away. In the past, it is common among the people to perform prayer for the last birthday of the deceased. This can be used to express grief and filial piety to the deceased, and at the same time, it can also allow the family to accept the fact that the family and the deceased are separated from each other, and the last birthday prayer can only be done once. The last birthday for the deceased is simple and grand. On this day, in addition to the fruits and foods that the deceased used to like to eat, the family can also prepare noodles, eggs and a cake for the birthday of the deceased (Without the wording “Happy Birthday” or candles). After the offerings are placed, family members will take turns offering incense according to their seniority to inform the deceased that they have completed their last birthday prayer and wish the deceased a peaceful journey to the Pure Land. Remember that you can only do this once, and moving forward will be replaced with the death anniversary of the deceased.
Do we need to pray? “冥诞 (Ming Dan)” what we referred to the last birthday after a person passed away. In the past, it is common among the people to perform prayer for the last birthday of the deceased. This can be used to express grief and filial piety to the deceased, and at the same time, it can also allow the family to accept the fact that the family and the deceased are separated from each other, and the last birthday prayer can only be done once. The last birthday for the deceased is simple and grand. On this day, in addition to the fruits and foods that the deceased used to like to eat, the family can also prepare noodles, eggs and a cake for the birthday of the deceased (Without the wording “Happy Birthday” or candles). After the offerings are placed, family members will take turns offering incense according to their seniority to inform the deceased that they have completed their last birthday prayer and wish the deceased a peaceful journey to the Pure Land. Remember that you can only do this once, and moving forward will be replaced with the death anniversary of the deceased.
什么是【冥诞】？
需要拜拜吗？
“生日”一般指生者的出生年纪念日。“生日”一般指生者的出生年纪念日。
“冥诞”一般用于已去世的人，中文一般称生忌，尊称“冥诞”，人往生后的最后一个生日。
以事死如事生的观念来说，民间流传着为逝者的最后一个生日来进行祭祀仪式。
如此可以借此对逝者表示哀思与孝念，同时也得以让家人们接受家人与逝者已阴阳两隔的事实，而冥诞祭祀只限做一次而已。
冥诞的祭祀仪式简单且隆重，在这一天家人们除了可以准备逝者生前喜欢吃的水果和食物以外，还可准备冥诞用的面线、鸡蛋（不染红）和蛋糕（不要写生日快乐、不插蜡烛）。有没有请師父诵经都可以。 供品摆放好后家人们就会按照辈份轮流上香告知逝者将为其做完最后一个生日的祭祀，并祝福逝者安心上路往生净土。要记得冥诞只能够做一次，接下来的日子就只是为逝者做忌日的祭祀仪式了。