Time:
The most popular day is "Jingzhe", and other times include the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth day of each month in the lunar calendar or the "Expiration Day" recorded in the almanac. According to folklore, "Jingzhe" is the day when all dormant things are awakened by spring thunder. Therefore, all kinds of slanderous creatures, including villains, white tiger stars, etc., also start to move. Therefore, it is necessary to beat villains at this time to prevent villains from harming them. The "Six" day and the "Chu" day are Yin numbers and Yin days in traditional Chinese cosmology, so they are also the day to eliminate villains on this day.
Location:
Batting villains is usually done in dark places, such as under bridges.
Ritual:
The entire villain-beating ceremony can be divided into eight parts:
Serving the gods: using simple incense candles to worship the gods of heaven and earth.
Report: Write the client’s name, birthday, etc. on the Baijie Talisman. If you want to hit a specific villain, write or place on the villain paper the name, birthday, photo, clothing and other things that can represent the identity of the specific villain.
Hitting the villain: Using various symbols such as the shoes of the client or the caster, religious symbolic weapons, or even incense sticks or cigarettes to beat and injure the villain. The paper figurines are divided into figurine paper, man paper, woman paper, five ghost paper, etc.
Sacrifice the white tiger: If you beat a villain on the Day of Waking of Insects, you must sacrifice the white tiger. The white tiger is represented by a yellow paper tiger. The body of the paper is painted with black markings and the corners of the paper are painted with a pair of fangs. Sacrifice usually involves using small pieces of raw pork dipped in pig blood and putting them into the mouth of a paper white tiger (feeding the paper tiger). When the tiger is full, it will no longer hurt people. The worshipers will also smear the mouth of the paper tiger with fatty pork to fill the paper tiger's mouth with oil and water, so that it can no longer open its mouth to hurt others. In some places, after the white tiger is sacrificed, the paper white tiger is burned or its head is cut off with a copper sword.