Why do you want to stick the stove in the kitchen?

First, due to its lack of diet, it gives people convenience in life and is closely related to people's lives; On the other hand, because he is a heavenly official sent by the Jade Emperor to the world to investigate the good and evil of a family. The Lord of the Stove stated to the Jade Emperor that the people should live 300 days less for the serious ones and 100 days less for the minor ones. Therefore, people must be careful and cautious about this great god who can bring good luck and evil, so it should be posted in the kitchen for the king of the stove to eat and drink well, and to say good things during the New Year.

The period of Xie Zao is also divided into classes, and there are so-called officials in the people about when Xie Zao.

3. The people. Fourth, the fifth of the Deng family, the official refers to the official gentry and the magnates, and is accustomed to the twenty-third year of Xie Zao. The people refer to the ordinary people, who will be held on the twenty-fourth day of the year, and the Deng family, which refers to the water people, will be held on the twenty-fifth day of the year. However, most of the people will choose to thank the stove for the twenty-third year of the year, hoping to have luxury and take their intentions.

The offerings to the god of the stove are generally made with some sweet and sticky things such as sugar melons, glutinous rice balls, maltose, pig blood cakes, etc., in short, with these sticky and sweet things, the purpose is to stuff the mouth of the god of the stove, so that he can say more good things when he goes back to heaven, the so-called eat sweet, say good words, good words spread to the sky, bad words aside.

In addition, sticking to the mouth of the god of the stove makes it difficult for him to speak ill of him. Some people also use sake lees to smear the stove king and call it drunken Si Ming, which means to get the god of the stove drunk, make him drunk and dizzy, and his mind is not clear, so that he can make fewer small reports. Therefore, the sacrifice to the god of the stove symbolizes the meaning of praying for the blessing chain to be spared.

At the time of the sacrifice of the stove king, all the offerings, incense and worship, and then the first wine, at this time to the stove king sincere prayer, after the completion of the second wine, after the third wine, the old stove king statue is torn off, together with the horse and the wealth of the silk burned, on behalf of the stove king to heaven, the ceremony will be successfully completed. And the burning of a horse with papier-manger is used as a mount for the god of the stove, and a little soybeans and hay should be prepared as dry food and forage for the long journey of the god of the stove and the horse.

In addition, they should burn incense, kowtow, and grab a few handfuls of straw ashes in the stove pit, scatter them on the ground in front of the stove, and mutter: God says good things, return to the palace to bring peace and so on, the purpose is to pray that the king of the stove will report all kinds of good deeds of this family in the past year to the Jade Emperor God, and not to speak ill. After sending off the gods, don't forget to bring back the gods on the fourth day of the first lunar month (Chinese New Year's Eve), which is called receiving the stove or receiving the gods.

The ritual of receiving the god of the stove is very simple, just re-attach a new god to the stove.

First, because it specializes in food, it gives people convenience in life and is closely related to people's lives; On the other hand, because he is a heavenly official sent by the Jade Emperor to the world to investigate the good and evil of a family. The Lord of the Stove stated to the Jade Emperor that the people should live 300 days less for the serious ones and 100 days less for the minor ones. Therefore, people must be careful and cautious about this great god who can bring good luck and evil, so it should be posted in the kitchen for the king of the stove to eat and drink well, and to say good things during the New Year.

The period of Xie Zao is also divided into classes, and there are so-called officials in the people about when Xie Zao.

3. The people. Fourth, the fifth of the Deng family, the official refers to the official gentry and the magnates, and is accustomed to the twenty-third year of Xie Zao. The people refer to the ordinary people, who will be held on the twenty-fourth day of the year, and the Deng family, which refers to the water people, will be held on the twenty-fifth day of the year. However, most of the people will choose to thank the stove for the twenty-third year of the year, hoping to have luxury and take their intentions.

The offerings to the god of the stove are generally made with some sweet and sticky things such as sugar melons, glutinous rice balls, maltose, pig blood cakes, etc., in short, with these sticky and sweet things, the purpose is to stuff the mouth of the god of the stove, so that he can say more good things when he goes back to heaven, the so-called eat sweet, say good words, good words spread to the sky, bad words aside.

In addition, sticking to the mouth of the god of the stove makes it difficult for him to speak ill of him. Some people also use sake lees to smear the stove king and call it drunken Si Ming, which means to get the god of the stove drunk, make him drunk and dizzy, and his mind is not clear, so that he can make fewer small reports. Therefore, the sacrifice to the god of the stove symbolizes the meaning of praying for blessings and avoiding disasters.

At the time of sacrificing to the stove king, all the offerings are placed, incense is burned, and then the first time to enter the wine, at this time, it is necessary to pray sincerely to the stove king, and then carry out the second wine after the completion, after the third wine, the old stove king statue is torn off, and burned together with the horse and the treasure, which represents the sending of the stove king to heaven, and the ceremony is successfully completed. And the burning of a horse with papier-manger is used as a mount for the god of the stove, and a little soybeans and hay should be prepared as dry food and forage for the long journey of the god of the stove and the horse.

In addition, they should burn incense, kowtow, and grab a few handfuls of straw ashes in the stove pit, scatter them on the ground in front of the stove, and mutter: God says good things, return to the palace to bring peace and so on, the purpose is to pray that the king of the stove will report all kinds of good deeds of this family in the past year to the Jade Emperor God, and not to speak ill. After sending off the gods, don't forget to bring back the gods on the fourth day of the first lunar month (Chinese New Year's Eve), which is called receiving the stove or receiving the gods.

The ritual of receiving the god of the stove is very simple, just re-attach a new god to the stove.

Folklore has it that the god of the stove was originally a very kind person who died of poverty; The Jade Emperor took pity on him, named him the "Nine Heavens East Kitchen Si Ming Stove Wangfu Jun", and sent him to the world to be the god of goodness, responsible for managing the social fire of each family. Every year on the evening of December 23, the heavens report and return to the world on Chinese New Year's Eve. Lord Zao had stayed at home since Chinese New Year's Eve the previous year to protect and monitor the family; Therefore, the folk attach the most importance to the origin of the Stove King, and it is the God of the Jade Emperor sent to the world to supervise good and evil, and every year on the 24th day of the lunar month, he has to go to the Jade Emperor to report the good and evil words and deeds of the household, and the Jade Emperor according to the report of the Stove Prince, and then hand over the fate of the good fortune and misfortune that this family should get in the new year to the Stove Prince.

One of the traditional Chinese customs, because the kitchen is a place where a fire is lit, is prone to danger, and the king of the stove, the god of the stove, is sacrificed to keep safe.