Does anyone know about the Aobao Ceremony held on June 13th in the lunar calendar in Keshiketeng Banner, Inner Mongolia? Please introduce it in detail. Thank you! bye

For hundreds of years, local herdsmen have always respected and worshiped Aobao inherited by their family or tribe. The multi-level Aobao community festival is held every year on the grassland.

Since ancient times, the Mongolian nation has inherited and carried forward the moral concept of harmony between man and nature through the annual grand sacrifice to the "god" of Obo, further unifying and standardizing people's ecological and moral awareness, and making everyone We regard reverence for life, cherishing ecology, and harmonious nature as our bounden duty.

The "Gegen Chagan Aobao" worshiped in the tourist center originally belonged to the ancient tribe Zhasak Aobao worshiped by local herdsmen. It was once consecrated by a Bojiao (shamanism) master. Later Buddhist monks paid tribute to this Aobao is integrated with talismans, and it is truly an authentic Aobao with "spirituality". In order to fully display the charm of ancient Aobao culture, the tourism center was expanded according to the Aobao rules formed during the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, that is, with the old Aobao as the core, it consists of 12 unified small Aobao, distributed on a regular circumferential line, surrounding the main body Aobao. The Mongolian people have always admired the number "13", believing that this number is not only the starting point of success, but also a symbol of everything going well. This kind of Aobao composed of "13" has a profound meaning. "10" is an integer, which means integration. "3" is a whole number, which represents the unity of heaven, earth and man, and symbolizes the perfection. The power of heaven. The Bojiao originated from ancient times. According to its theory of Changshengtian, "there are 99 heavens in the sky, and there are 99 heavens in the sky, and the human world exists harmoniously in the cycle of the year". The stone wall of the main body of Aobao is engraved with 99 lamps to commemorate the Changshengtian. The pedestal embodies the perfection of its three-dimensional structure and the style and power of the authentic Aobao in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.

Every year on the 13th day of the fifth lunar month, this is a long-standing large-scale sacrificial day in Aobao. The entire sacrificial ceremony is still carried out according to traditional etiquette. On the first day, the Obo must be fully decorated, and all the decorations such as the Sulu ingot (horse hair in Mongolian) symbolizing the soul of the Obo, fresh branches on the top of the Obo, and colorful zippers must be updated. On the day of the festival, the herdsmen who have worshiped this Aobao for generations dressed in festive costumes, supported the old and the young, came from all directions early in the morning, and placed cooked whole sheep and dairy products brought from home on the sacrificial platform. The head of each household burns incense, raises a lamp, and ties a hada on a colorful zipper, expressing his longing for beauty and auspiciousness, which means reporting to the god Aobao.

After the sacrificial ceremony began, the Bo Jiao masters played drums and jumped on the stage, singing the heaven-sacrifice poems inherited by Bo Jiao, praying for the blessings of immortality on the earth, prosperity, vitality, and freedom from evil, while the lamas played music and chanted. His Buddhist scripture "Namuda Kelsang" prays for peace and happiness in the world. At this moment, the herdsmen prayed extremely devoutly to the gods of heaven and earth for good weather and prosperity for people and animals. They frequently raised the blessing buckets or alternative foods in their hands, shook them clockwise, and shouted "Huruai" (God-given good fortune and blessings to patronize them). To you, me, him and all living things in the world).

At the end of the sacrificial ceremony, all the people held the blessing buckets, continued to shout "Huruai", and circled Aobao three times in a clockwise direction, which meant that the gods of Aobao enabled them to achieve spiritual harmony with heaven and earth. Communicate, get close to nature again, and express your gratitude.

The Mongolian people, known as the "horseback people", have been dependent on horses for generations. The magical horses once made the Mongolian people famous and glorious. Horses are the spiritual sustenance of the Mongolian nation. There is a white cloud horse in Nagegen Chagan Aobao that converted to divinity. It usually travels alone in the depths of the grassland. There was a legend: the divine horse protected by the god Aobao had the ability to soar into the clouds, ride on the mist, and travel thousands of miles into the air. On the day of worshiping Aobao, the "Tianma" is invited to Mount Aobao. While the herdsmen pray to the gods of Aobao for peace and peace, they also pay homage to the sacred horse in their hearts, hoping that the sacred horse will bring good luck to the grassland and the nation. . (Mandumai Fu Lei Contemporary)