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Religion of Ying - Coggle Diagram
Religion of Ying
Do
- Praying twice a day to show respect to your gods
- Fast once every month for one day
- You are required to help or donate to charity or to those who are underprivileged frequently if you are financially stable.
- Since this religion is polytheistic, followers put up statues of gods they worship in this religion (Yi and Min, and other gods) and pray and give them offerings on festivals or important days
- Decorate shrines and temples for gods on festivals
- Baptise younger children or new followers to the religion to purify their souls and give them admission to temples.
- When praying to gods, you need to kneel down and pray with your head touching the ground three times.
- A daily routine followers have to do is, praying to their god's twice a day. Resting on Thursday and following Ceesh (a certain diet) when eating.
Have
- There are a few books of instructions (the book of yi) for people in this religion to follow
- Every local community has a counselor to help guide and answer any question that is relevant to this belief system
- Shrines and temples to pray in every week, where followers will study the instructions of Yi and Min and learn about their history.
- One festival is called "Day of Those in need" where others will honor Yi and Min by giving to those who are underprivileged
- Have rest days in the middle of the week (Thursday)
- One festival is where we celebrate the birth of Yi and Min, where followers will perform the ritual of Min, where you meditate and pray to the god, give offerings and gifts.
- Have specific diets to follow (Ceesh) where you are only allowed to eat meat that is slaughtered or cleaned a certain way.
- The religion's Ying's symbol (a moon inside a sun) symbolises the connection between two people like the yin yang symbol.
Think
- That if you pray to god, good luck will follow you
- Think that Yi and Min were the start of this religion, and they first started out as normal citizens who helped those in need and underprivileged, even when they didn't have much either. When they eventually passed away, they became gods and many people worship them everyday.
- Followers of this religion believe that if you disobey the book of Yi (instructions) you will be punished
- Yi and Min is believed to come and help people a few times a year in their temples
- Yi and Min have disciples or helpers to help communicate with them and to help others
- In the book of Yi, it is said that Yi and Min were siblings who had helped others their entire life, from sicknesses to poverty.
- Believed if you disobeyed the book of Yi, you will be punished or looked down in the community