I'm a priest in North America, and I'm my own god.

James made an appointment with some of his old friends in town, but he didn't invite them to the church, as that would have seemed too formal.

Instead, he started his first sermon outside a coffee shop like a gathering of old friends, which made people more relaxed and accepting.

We all know what this means!

Among the countless generations in between, as long as one link is removed, everyone below will cease to exist.

Moreover, in the distant past, after giving birth to one's own offspring, one had to raise the offspring.

What's more, it takes at least ten years to raise the offspring until they reach adulthood, so that the children have the ability to live and continue the next generation.

It takes more than ten years to grow up, more than ten years to raise children, at least thirty years of difficult survival, and it is really not easy to continue for thousands of years.

Therefore, in Eastern culture, we must be grateful to our ancestors for all their contributions to the continuation of the bloodline.

In order to commemorate their ancestors, they will enshrine their ancestors' spiritual tablets.

When James said this, he also noticed a car stopped on the roadside to listen to his sermon.

He was so happy that he spoke louder.

“Moreover, in the earliest Eastern cultures, ancestors did not immediately enter hell after death.

But because of the offerings of future generations, the power of incense opened up a small world in the underworld.

Every year during festivals, descendants will offer incense to their ancestors, and the ancestors will also give luck and blessings to their descendants while receiving incense to enhance their strength.

So in the East, they know how to unite. The more they know how to unite, the happier the family will be.

And the most important thing is that if the ancestors are strong, they can protect their descendants from being invaded by devils.

This is the oriental ancestor worship culture!

When James said this, he saw the back seat window of the car rolled down, revealing the face of a young, elegant and beautiful woman.

He sighed inwardly. It's a pity that young people nowadays don't like to believe in religion very much.

So he turned around and continued to speak to his old friend beside him.

“In Eastern legends, if future generations offer enough incense to themselves, it is not ruled out that their ancestors can become gods-like beings.

In the East, this type of soul is called ghosts and gods. It is said that if you do enough good deeds and are loved by others, you can even get an official position among ghosts and gods!

This is one of the reasons why in Eastern customs, when the Tomb-Sweeping Day comes, many people go to worship their ancestors.

Qingming, what kind of festival is it?

Why must we worship our ancestors on that day?

The person who asked the question was not James' old friend, but the young and elegant woman who got out of the car.

Although James was curious about how such a young girl liked to listen to these stories, he was also happy to have one more person to listen to his sermon.

“Qingming Festival and Double Ninth Festival, in Eastern customs, both have the habit of worshiping ancestors.

However, the Double Ninth Festival is more about climbing and reunion, and basically only people in the east and north have this habit.

In the south, it’s usually during the Qingming Festival!

Because in addition to offering incense to the ancestors' memorial tablets in the clan ancestral hall, they also need to go to the cemetery every year to help the ancestors weed and burn some paper money for the ancestors to use in the underworld, so that they have money to spend in the underworld.

When the ancestors below become wealthy, more blessings will naturally be passed back to future generations.

So a fire is needed.

But ancestral graves in the south are usually near mountains and forests.

Therefore, this festival of visiting graves and burning paper cannot be chosen in winter and autumn, when everything is bleak.

Everything is desolate and the ground is covered with dry grass, which can easily cause fires.

Even in summer, wildfires may continue due to the sun being too strong and the weather being dry.

Only during the Qingming Festival, when spring is the wettest and everything grows, it is more difficult to cause wildfires, weeding and burning paper on ancestral graves.

This will prevent things like fire from happening!

This is the wisdom of the ancients in the East!

The gypsy witch nodded and thought it made sense. She became more and more curious about this priest who brought Eastern customs and legends.

She had just heard Agent Frank say in the car that the old white man in front of her was one of the followers of the Eastern priest in the church, and he was an extremely devout believer.

Now that I am talking about this, maybe I want to help that Eastern priest preach?

And it makes sense.

The most important thing is that the legend of being able to become a ghost is very attractive.

Can ghosts also become gods?

The gods of the East...are they so worthless?

In the Eastern world, are there really those sects of immortals and warriors in the famous mountains and rivers that my college classmates told me?

She suddenly wanted to see this priest from the East and ask him if he could fly with a sword.

After all, as a Gypsy witch who has been awakened for more than five years after being inspired by the gods believed by the Gypsies, if she can have magical abilities, then others must also have them.

not to mention.

This is the East where civilization has never been cut off, and it is even more impossible to be without these magical beings.

Although her classmates told her that this was just a story, this was a scientific world with no gods and no immortals.

There may be various beliefs, but they are just spiritual sustenance.

But the gypsy witch herself possesses magical powers. How can she believe that this is a society with only modern science, because she knows that there are myths.

Therefore, after she demonstrated the magical power possessed by the Gypsy witch, even her classmates from the East, who originally believed that there were no gods in the world, began to frantically collect myths and legends from their own country for research.

The wisdom spoken by James just now fascinated her.

Mr. James, may I ask, is Father Ryan from the East in the church?

I want to go and visit!

The gypsy witch knew that Orientals valued politeness, so she asked politely.

According to one of her Dongfangnan classmates, one has to be polite even when eating at home.

The parents do not serve the table and do not allow the children to use chopsticks.

When the meal begins, their habit is not to pray, but for the children to invite their parents to dinner, and to do so one by one.

Such as parents, brothers and sisters.

You have to ask dad to eat, mom to eat, brother to eat, sister to eat.

After finishing the meal, one by one, we should invite relatives who have not finished eating and eat slowly.

According to this classmate, this is a habit they have developed over hundreds of years of fighting, and it is a life-saving habit.

It is said.

Especially when guests come, you need to address them one by one so that you can understand who the other person is, and also let the other person understand who you are.

Commonly known as recognizing people.

For example, uncle, nephew, cousin, cousin, cousin, etc.

If there is a conflict at the market, others will see you and know that you are their relative, and they will help you.

Or when villagers are fighting with each other, if they happen to meet one day, they will not attack if they know that they are their relatives, and they will even protect them.

This is a habit of maintaining relationships and a Hakka survival habit.

Of course, as a gypsy, she didn't understand these habits very well.

But I understand that these are the ancient wisdom of Eastern people's survival. Just like what old James said just now, even the days for worshiping ancestors must be chosen at the right time.

It's the same, it's all wisdom for survival.

“You’re... oh, from the FBI.

Sorry, Father Ryan is very busy!

James was a little confused at first, but this foreign girl directly asked for Father Ryan.

But when the car on the roadside happened to lower its window, revealing Otter King's slightly arrogant face, he knew the identity of the girl in front of him.