禳 Stroke Order

禳 [ráng] <动> 1. 祈祷消除灾殃。 [English] To pray for the elimination of disasters. - 禳解 (to pray for the removal of disasters) - 禳灾 (to eliminate calamities) 2. 祭名。祈祷消除灾殃、去邪除恶之祭。 [English] A name for a sacrifice, offered to exorcise evils and eliminate disasters. 引： 1. 《仪礼·聘礼》：禳乃入。 注:“祭名也。” [English] From "The Etiquette of Rituals": "Rang is the entry; it is a name for the sacrifice." 2. 《左传·昭公二十六年》：齐有彗星，齐侯使禳之。 [English] From "The Zuo Tradition": "There was a comet in Qi, and the Duke of Qi sent to perform a rang to deal with it." 例： - 禳灾 (to eliminate disasters) - 禳星 (to eliminate inauspicious stars) - 禳解 (to pray to the deities for the removal of disasters) - 禳保 (sacrificing to deities for protection and the removal of evils) - 禳除 (a sacrifice to eliminate disasters) - 禳避 (sacrificing to deities to avoid calamity) - 禳祷 (sacrificing to the deities to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings) 2. 去除。 [English] To drive off. 引： 1. 梁宗懔《荆楚岁时记》：﹝en#：[五月五日]采艾以为人，悬门户上，以禳毒气。 [English] From Liang Zonglian's "Records of Seasonal Customs in Jingchu": "On the fifth day of the fifth month, collect mugwort and hang it at the door to drive off poisonous gases."