Three is for Heaven, Earth and Men.

Five is for Heaven, Earth, Men, Ruler, Relatives and Teacher.

burn joss stick and blame factory for air pollution. Nice Logic

this one got 2nd hand smoker hazard or not?

burn joss stick and blame factory for air pollution. Nice Logic

waiting some detail for this

The number of joss stick varies. When a devotee uses five, the sticks each represent respect for Tian Di Jun Qin Shi (天地君親師), where tian and di denote the realms of heaven and earth; jun the ruler—which could be Guan Shengdi, the prime minister, or another leader; qin the kins and relatives; and shi one's teacher or teachers.

When offered with three joss sticks, each stand for Tian Di Ren (天地人), again tian and di for the two realms, and ren for all humanity as well as those who are deceased. Lastly it can also be practiced with one joss stick, denoting all creation, including both heaven and earth.

Rarer still would one use nine josses which come to denote all of creation and all of heavens.

Where ah stating they complain factory pollution?

Or are you just trying to be a racist piece of shit?

Got 2 and 5 also

Where ah stating they complain factory pollution?

Or are you just trying to be a racist piece of shit?

Where ah stating they complain factory pollution?

Or are you just trying to be a racist piece of shit?

wow...now i know why they pray using 3,5,9 and so on josssticks, hahaa....eye opener indeed..

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why must 3 not 4 not 5 ?

The problem with long history and culture is that we forget many things along the way.

why islam pray to rooftop, why christian pray to nudity??

why must 3 not 4 not 5 ?

why islam pray to rooftop, why christian pray to nudity??

what do u mean by rooftop?

this is......
my contribution to global warming

Sound the Alarm!!!! Troll!! Trooollll...!!!

hope mod dont lock this thread because of ID10T ppl like him...

why islam pray to rooftop, why christian pray to nudity??

that TS has to answer me what is 3 sticks 1st 

i asking politely nia, out of curiousity like TS does

polite..? i doubt..
ur trolling....
and TS question, i dont see anything wrong...
i hope ur not the equavalent of islamic extremist....
most cinisi here are pretty open about ppl questioning their religion....
eh wait..buddhism and taoisting are ALL about questioning... u must be practising shinto...

that TS has to answer me what is 3 sticks 1st 

it depend ...what i know is ..2 is pray for dai ppl 1 ...

1 3 is pray for god and buddha

5 is for landlord(地主公)

7 is for dato gong (because dato gong is refer to 7 general?)

if got big event(like 1st of the month or 15th) = 9 or 36

my mom tell me like this lar ..so i just follow lo

Is there any other way for chinese to pray without burning the joss stick ??

the faq? landlord also must pray?  

Is there any other way for chinese to pray without burning the joss stick ??

the faq? landlord also must pray?  

ok my bad, i dun find u openly accepting my questions anyway, i'm just a curious cave man 

Is there any other way for chinese to pray without burning the joss stick ??

errr ... depend what agama they are lo ...
chinese = race .. 

and the smell...eww

I'm curious - what do people do with the offerings placed at the altars?

Back in my old neighbourhood, me and my family do most of our grocery shopping at a local shop run by a Chinese family. I always see them placing oranges and maybe sort other sort of food at altars inside and outside the house.

But after that, what happens to the food? Will the family eat it? Throw it out? Burn it? Give it to the poor? I'm always curious about that, but am too scared to ask them.

maybe it's the way how you construct ur sentence..
kinda like insulting....i am sure they are many better ways to ask them..
but then again...i might be wrong...jst dont feel the need for such tension coz this thread's bringing me knowldge and info...wouldnt want to see it locked/deleted...

I'm curious - what do people do with the offerings placed at the altars?

Back in my old neighbourhood, me and my family do most of our grocery shopping at a local shop run by a Chinese family. I always see them placing oranges and maybe sort other sort of food at altars inside and outside the house.

But after that, what happens to the food? Will the family eat it? Throw it out? Burn it? Give it to the poor? I'm always curious about that, but am too scared to ask them.

The buddist i mean =)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingxiang
This is for Taoism, btw.

why must 3 not 4 not 5 ?

it depend ...what i know is ..2 is pray for dai ppl 1 ...

1 3 is pray for god and buddha

5 is for landlord(地主公)

7 is for dato gong (because dato gong is refer to 7 general?)

if got big event(like 1st of the month or 15th) = 9 or 36

my mom tell me like this lar ..so i just follow lo

this is......
my contribution to global warming

why TS cannot differentiate between race and religion

it depend ...what i know is ..2 is pray for dai ppl 1 ...

1 3 is pray for god and buddha

5 is for landlord(地主公)

7 is for dato gong (because dato gong is refer to 7 general?)

if got big event(like 1st of the month or 15th) = 9 or 36

my mom tell me like this lar ..so i just follow lo

this is Taosim, not Chinese. You don't see Christian pray with joss stick

Wrong.

This is NOT taoism.

Usually josticks = taoism

That is wrong.

Taoism has never been associated with josstick.

This is a common misconception. Taoism is not even a religion to begin with.

Well i did ask the same question to my Greek friend long ago, face to face, mouth to mouth, why their God Zeus are naked, and they lol. 

OP is racist as f***. Assuming all cainis must pray with 3 sticks.

I don't even know what the f*** that is. have never prayed throughout my entire life.

the faq? landlord also must pray?  

That is wrong.

Taoism has never been associated with josstick.

This is a common misconception. Taoism is not even a religion to begin with.

issit?...  i didn't know... me usually put 1 on each altar as in if that place got 5 altar, i use 5 for 1 on each of em...

anyway, Inb4 i go there seriously 'bai bai' the gods... but as i saw some gals wear sexy-sexy now i go there cuci mata before & after 'bai-bai'. Unfortunately the smoke there was...HNNGGGHH damn kacau... end up cuci mata with my tears instead 

how to say ..when u enter some chinese/buddhist/Taoism  house ..their main altar ..u can see god/ang gong lo ..then at the floor there ..got another 1 ..that 1 lo ...that mean is that land punya guardian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_Di_Gong

rooftop 

What does the text say?

And are those real peacock feathers?

Taoism started out as a way of life long time ago, somewhere in between then and now, people used joss sticks.

Then what religion is it? In TS's picture?

No.

Taoism in essence is Lao Tze's philosophy. The only reference you need to study is Dao De Jing. The rest is pure bullshit. Dao De Jing has no gods, no ghosts, no nothing.

Religion in TS's picture is in its own a religion itself. A superstitious "i-believe-anything" religion. It has no name, and often varies according to where you are and who you learnt it from.

I would coin it "superstitious native religion". Almost akin to animism.

No.

Taoism in essence is Lao Tze's philosophy. The only reference you need to study is Dao De Jing. The rest is pure bullshit. Dao De Jing has no gods, no ghosts, no nothing.

Religion in TS's picture is in its own a religion itself. A superstitious "i-believe-anything" religion. It has no name, and often varies according to where you are and who you learnt it from.

I would coin it "superstitious native religion". Almost akin to animism.

why do this sort of weird gestures? its not like gold bars will magically appear in front of you

why do this sort of weird gestures? its not like gold bars will magically appear in front of you

why do this sort of weird gestures? its not like gold bars will magically appear in front of you