开光点眼
kāi​guāng​diǎn​yǎn

consecration ceremony

  • created sense approved 开光点眼/開光點眼 · kāi​guāng​diǎn​yǎn · consecration ceremony — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    开光点眼 / 開光點眼

    kāi​guāng​diǎn​yǎn

    consecration ceremony

    A religious ritual in folk belief used to endow a newly made statue of a deity with spiritual power. Led by a priest, the ceremony involves chanting spells and using a brush dipped in cinnabar or rooster blood to dot the eyes and other parts of the statue, inviting the spirit to reside within it.

    开光 (literal) → 开光/開光 · kāi​guāng · to consecrate 点眼 (literal) → 点眼/點眼 · diǎn​yǎn · to paint eyes

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