金門瓊林蔡氏家族齊聚徑林祖墳祭祀合食

瓊林蔡氏家族齊聚徑林祖墳祭祀合食

2012/4/4

記者張建騰/金湖報導

   每年農曆「清明」節氣的前一日，瓊林蔡氏家族在太武山麓的「徑林祖墳」，按例都有「掛墓紙」的墓祭習俗，然後合族合食於祖墳旁，俗稱為「皇帝做，乞丐吃」！
  「皇帝做，乞丐吃」的場面，昨天又在太武山麓瓊林五世祖的墓旁呈現。雖然「皇帝做，乞丐吃」的形式略有調整，但基本的精神還在－總共有數百個瓊林裔孫，從金門各地，從臺灣、海外、大陸匯集於此。
  蔡氏子弟蔡志鴻說：家鄉是一個再忙、再遠都想回來的地方；祭祖是一個「美麗的束縛」－「祂」把鄉親及親情緊緊綁住了。他說：我喜歡－這個「美麗的束縛」！
  瓊林蔡氏是金門的「文武世家」，明清兩代曾出過七個進士、八個舉人、十五個貢生、六個武將、二十七個國子監生、八十個生員；到現在還是人才輩出的地方。
  據族人蔡青木表示，由於出仕的人多，對於祭祀的禮儀非常講究，用於祭祀的餚饌卻很樸實；因此被稱為「皇帝做，乞丐吃」。
  根據族人蔡福祿、蔡顯清、蔡顯明等人的說明，墓祭及合食所用的供品及餚饌律定為麵線盤、白斬雞、蒸魚、蒜仔肉、清蒸芋頭與湯類，在概念上都是一些家常菜餚而非珍貴美味。
  「皇帝做，乞丐吃」有被人揶揄的成分，也有被人尊敬的美德。瓊林蔡氏宗親會董事長蔡是民表示，蔡家是鼓勵子弟求功名的，但是前提是要能夠清廉！
  瓊林蔡氏的五世祖蔡靜山是真正開廓基業的「不祧之祖」；因為有他，所以有後來的文武世家。蔡是民表示，五世祖的墓不立文字，卻有一個光芒四射的太陽石刻，意思是有太陽光的地方，就有瓊林子孫！
  過去，瓊林蔡家舉辦墓祭時，要挑柴，挑灶，挑水上山煮食，席地而食，不用桌子，不用椅子－這樣的做法，有崇尚節儉及戒絕「囂掰」（囂張）的蘊意。
  隨著時空遞嬗，鋪地為席的做法已經成為過去式；如今，合食時，為上有棚蔭，中有桌有面，甚至於下有座椅。棚與椅都是金防部體恤族人中老者居多，因此而代為準備的。
  昨天參加墓祭的蔡氏家族，大多仍是立食合食，甚至有一桌中壯者仍把桌面置於地面，為的是原始反終，回味昔時席地合食的傳統－他們是蔡其城、蔡阿明（瓊林保護廟下檀爺乩童）、蔡滄能、蔡在水（瓊林保護廟金王爺乩童）、蔡忠仁、蔡金豪等。
  他們說，以前無棚無桌，在清明時節雨紛紛的情況下，狼狽萬分，不知該怎麼下嚥；加上軍管時代，動輒受限；如今，軍方反而成了蔡氏家族的志工，給了全面的服務，實在是不可同日而語。
  參加了「皇帝做，乞丐吃」的瓊林墓祭與合食，瓊林子弟蔡顯鑫、蔡志雄表示：這是臺灣社會及資本主義社會消失的文化與道德傳統；慎終追遠是道德也是文化，在祭祀時，子孫要感恩祖先的庇蔭，向祖先報告自己將如何做一個好人，又或是努力揚眉吐氣，以求光宗耀祖。
  蔡顯鑫說：一個地方、一個國家能夠偉大，靠的是文化，而不是資本主義！

King Lam Chua family gathered diameter the Tsu grave worship together food

2012/4/4

Zhang Teng / Jinhu reported

   The annual Lunar New Year "Qingming" solar terms of the previous day, King Lam Chua family Taiwu Mountain foot diameter Tsu-grave ", as a rule have to" hang the tomb paper Muji customs, and then close the family together to eat on the graves next to, commonly known as "The Emperor do eat a beggar!""The Emperor do, beggars eat," the scene yesterday, showing next to the tomb of Taiwu Mountain Lu took three days to five-generation ancestor. Although the emperor to do, beggars eat "in the form of a slight adjustment, but the basic spirit is still - a total of hundreds of King Lam Yi Sun, gathered here from Taiwan and overseas, the mainland across from the Golden Gate.Chua children Cai Zhihong said: home is a busy, and then far, want to come back; worship is a "beautiful bondage" - "He tied closely to the folks and family.He said: I like - the "beautiful bondage".King Lam Chua the Kinmen civil and military family, "Ming and Qing dynasties have seven Scholars, eight lifts, 15 Gong Health, six generals, 27 Imperial College Health, 80 a hygienist; now or talented people.According to the tribe, said Cai Aoki, the official career of many people for the sacrificial ritual is very particular about, for ritual Yaozhuan very simple; known as the "Emperor do, beggars to eat".Used according to the instructions of the tribe of Caifu Lu, Cai Xianqing, Cai Xianming, Muji and co-food offerings and Yaozhuan law given for the surface coil, sliced ​​cold chicken, steamed fish, garlic, Aberdeen, meat, steamed taro and soups, in concept are homemade dishes rather than a delicacy."The Emperor do, beggars eat" have been teasing the ingredients, but also to be respected virtues. Tsai, chairman of King Lam Chua clan will China said, caijia, is to encourage children to fame or fortune, but the premise is to be able to clean!Cai Jing San, King Lam Chua's five-generation ancestor is truly open profile of the Foundation "is not the ancestral hall of the ancestors"; because of him, so the later civil and military family. Cai is China, said the five-generation ancestor's tomb can not stand the text, there is a radiant sun stone, meaning sunlight, it took three days to children and grandchildren!In the past, King Lam caijia organized by Muji to pick firewood, pick kitchen, carrying water up the mountain cooking, on the grounds of the water, not the table without a chair - this approach, the thrifty and abstain from "the clamor broke off" (arrogance) of Meaning.With the space-time Evolution, floor-seats approach has become the past; now, eat together, for the last shed the shadow of, the tables have surfaces, even under the seat. Old man in the shed and chairs are gold Defense compassionate tribe mostly so on behalf of the preparations.Muji the Chua family yesterday to participate in most of the remains is legislation eat together eat, and even a table in the strong who are still the desktop, placed in the ground, as the original anti-final, memorable tradition of yore on the grounds of co-Fresh's - they is Cai their city, Cai Amin (Joan Tan Ye forest protection Temple shamans), Cai Cang can, Cai water (took three days to protect the temple gold Royal Highness shamans), Cai Zhongren, Cai Jinhao.They said that no studio desk, in the Ching Ming Festival, the rain have embarrassed extreme, do not know how to swallow; coupled with the era of military control, and frequently limited; now, the military has become the Chua family of volunteers, to comprehensive range of services, it is quite different.Muji and cooperation of participated in "The Emperor do, beggars eat Chiunglin food, took three days to children Caixian Xin Cai Zhixiong said: This is the disappearance of cultural and moral traditions of Taiwanese society and capitalist society; reverence for his ancestors, moral culture, in ritual , children and grandchildren to be grateful shade of the ancestors, how they will do a good report to the ancestors, or the effort to stand tall in order to glorify their ancestors.Caixian Xin said: a place, a country great, rely on a cultural, rather than a capitalist!