Worshiping deities and commemorating loved ones

In modern society, the pace of life has accelerated and pressures from work and reality have increased, causing many people to be unable to personally carry out incense burning, paper offerings, deity worship, or memorial activities for loved ones during traditional occasions such as the Qingming Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival.

Burn Paper Money · Burn Incense · Worship Buddha · Worship Deities · Memorial Loved Ones is a command-line-based digital ritual and memorial software designed to provide users with a well-structured, content-rich, and readily accessible symbolic ritual experience when real-world conditions are limited, time is insufficient, or offline participation is inconvenient.

This software does not replace any real-world religious or folk practices; instead, it presents a complete and orderly worship and offering experience through a programmatic process within a computer terminal.

A Complete Deity Worship System

The software includes a comprehensive system of deities and symbolic worship targets spanning multiple cultural and belief systems, with clear categorization and extensive coverage, including but not limited to:

• Buddhism: Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Child-Giving Guanyin, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

• Taoism and Chinese Folk Beliefs: Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun, Queen Mother of the West, Guan Gong, Mazu, God of Wealth, City God, Earth God, Kitchen God, Wenchang Emperor, Matchmaking God (Yuelao)

• Ancient Mythology and Traditional Cultural Figures: Yan Emperor, Yellow Emperor, Chiyou, Nuwa, Houyi

• Confucianism: Confucius, Mencius

• Christianity: God, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, Archangel Gabriel

• Shinto and Japanese Folk Beliefs: Amaterasu, Inari, Susanoo, Maneki-neko

• Korean Folk Beliefs: Mountain Spirit (Sanshin), Seven Star Deity (Chilseong), Ancestral Spirit (Josangshin)

• Nanyang and Southeast Asian Folk Beliefs: Datuk Gong, Thai Four-Faced God, Earth Deity (Phra Phum), Hung Kings of Vietnam (Hung Vuong), Holy Mother Lieu Hanh, General Tran Hung Dao

• Hinduism: Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Hanuman, Ganesha, Goddess Kali

• Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, and other mythological systems

• Underworld and Netherworld-related symbolic figures (for cultural and symbolic expression)

Each deity features its own cultural background, honorific title, and blessing text for users to select during rituals.

Rich and Comprehensive Paper Offering Types

The software provides a complete system of paper offerings and symbolic items, covering a wide range of traditional and modern representations, including:

• Various traditional paper money and spirit currency

• “Underworld currencies” and symbolic wealth from different cultural contexts

• Gold and silver ingots, Heaven Bank and Earth Bank paper money

• Symbolic currencies representing different countries and regions

• Modern symbolic forms such as checks, credit cards, and electronic transfers

Users may select different paper money types and burning quantities to complete the full paper-offering process.

Diverse Worship and Offering Methods

The software supports a variety of common and combinable ritual and offering methods, including:

• Incense offering rituals

• Candle lighting rituals

• Paper money burning rituals

• Offerings of clothing, objects, and daily necessities

• Offerings of residences, vehicles, luxury goods, and wealth

• Food offerings (including Chinese cuisine, halal food, vegetarian dishes, and Western cuisine)

• Flower offerings

• Written messages and textual prayers

• Symbolic offerings such as pets, attendants, and entertainment facilities

All rituals can be added sequentially and executed together in the final stage, forming a complete ceremonial process.

Software Features

• Pure command-line operation with no graphical interface; the software is extremely lightweight at only 12MB

• Clear and complete ritual workflows, avoiding operational confusion

• Broad coverage of deity systems, paper offerings, and ritual content

• Supports three modes: memorializing loved ones, memorializing friends, or worshiping deities

• Multi-language support (Simplified Chinese / Traditional Chinese / English); additional languages may be added in the future upon demand

• Open-source and permitted for commercial derivative use; source code is located in the program root directory

Burn Paper Money · Burn Incense · Worship Buddha · Worship Deities · Memorial Loved Ones provides a structured, private, and controllable digital option for memorial and worship practices in the modern environment.