What's the point of worshipping the kitchen god at home?

Kitchen God is the god who protects the safety of our family and has the widest mass base, so the Chinese nation has always had the tradition of respecting the kitchen god. Kitchen God has been staying at home to protect his family since last year's Eve. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Kitchen God will report the behavior of this family to the Jade Emperor in the sky. For the sake of happiness and well-being in the coming year, we will send stoves on this day, that is, worship the kitchen god.

1. First, prepare fruits, wine and vegetables, and offer incense and candles.

2. Time: Sacrifice the furnace on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, before 6 o'clock on the 24th night.

3. On the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, wine should be served, but not on the 24th day. Kitchen God is afraid that he will be full of alcohol when reporting.

On the 23rd of the lunar calendar, fishy food can be used as the staple food, and on the 24th, vegetarian food can be used as the staple food.

5. Talk to Kitchen God when offering sacrifices, and let Kitchen God go to his house to say something nice.

Of course, if you rent a house, you don't need a kitchen god, because there is no kitchen god in the rented house.

8. Special reminder: When offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, don't remove the old image of Kitchen God until the 24th or around the Spring Festival, and replace it with a new one, because Kitchen God won't leave your home until around 6 pm on the 24th, riding a horse to the sky and reporting to the sky. If you tear off the image of the old kitchen god at the age of 23, the kitchen god will have no place to stay. Donors can remove the old statue of Kitchen God and replace it with a new one.

In short, Kitchen God used to occupy a great position in people's minds, but now with the development of the times, people's ideas are constantly changing, and fewer and fewer families worship Kitchen God, and this custom has gradually been forgotten by everyone.