The implication of eating sesame candy on the 23 rd of the twelfth lunar month

Eating sesame candy on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month has two meanings. One is to stick to your family's mouth and not say anything unlucky. The other is to stick to the mouth of the kitchen god and hope that the new year will be safe and fruitful.

In the past, every household would worship the kitchen god. The location of the kitchen god is generally in the north or east of the kitchen, and the idol of the kitchen god is in the middle of the kitchen king niche. Or you can directly paste the portrait of the kitchen god on the wall, some are a kitchen god, some are portraits of the kitchen god and "Grandma Kitchen King" to show your identity as a kitchen god.

On this day, every family made their own or went to the streets to buy sesame candy, and at night they went to the kitchen stove to offer sacrifices. On this day, they eat sesame candy so that Kitchen God can put in a good word for his family. Kitchen god wants to say something bad, sesame candy sticks to his mouth, and he can't say it if he wants to.

Children regard this day as a prelude and "rehearsal" for the Spring Festival. Set off firecrackers as soon as it gets dark. In the sound of firecrackers, the host put a plate of honeydew melon and a bowl of green tea in front of the kitchen god statue, lit candles and incense, prayed and saluted, then took the kitchen god statue off the wall and burned it, then poured tea on the paper ash, and the honeydew melon was eaten by the children.

The custom of the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in China;

1, do dust removal

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger. In order to celebrate the New Year neatly, every household is busy cleaning, dusting and updating to welcome the New Year. Because "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, meaning beauty, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. In other words, the old and the bad are all swept away. I hope everything will go well and life will be beautiful in the new year.

Step 2 cut the window grilles

Stick grilles is also preparing for the Chinese New Year by cutting window grilles, so there is a saying that "cutting window grilles gives birth to spring breeze with one knife". On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the old people at home will cut out vivid window grilles, cut out New Year's greetings and stick them in their clean homes to welcome the Spring Festival with joy.

3, taboo to give people steamed bread

Don't send steamed bread during the off-year period. People think that steamed stuffed buns in the early years are used to worship the heavens and ancestors and are not suitable for giving away.