Custom of offering sacrifices to stoves

The customs of offering sacrifices to stoves include offering stoves, offering candy to stoves, and filling warehouses.

1, oven delivery

When sending stoves, people should put candy, water, boiled beans and grass on the console table in front of the statue of Kitchen God. Among them, the last three can be used as materials for my mount when the kitchen god ascended to heaven.

2. Sacrifice candy

The method of making sacrificial candy is to heat maltose in an iron pot until it becomes soft, add sesame seeds, cut it into 3mm thick with a flour stick, and eat it after the temperature drops. It tastes mellow, crisp but not greasy. According to China folklore, Kitchen God goes to heaven every year to complain to the Jade Emperor. At this time, people give this candy to Kitchen God and stick it on his mouth to prevent him from speaking ill.

Step 3 fill the position

The whole family, old and young, will have dinner together, with candy, cakes and * * *. Eat vegetarian food such as noodles instead of meat for dinner, and pay attention to eating as much as possible. This is called "stuffing".

Brief introduction of sacrificial furnace

Sacrificing stoves is a traditional custom with great influence and wide spread among Han people. Sacrificing a stove is also called sending a stove, because it is said that the next day, the Kitchen King Bodhisattva will report to the Jade Emperor about the "work" of the Kitchen King Bodhisattva and what she has seen and heard in the past year, such as whether food is dumped at home or not, whether fireworks are not cherished and so on.

In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. People call this god "Chef Master". According to legend, he was named "Chef King of Nine Days East Chef" by the Jade Emperor, who was in charge of the kitchen fires of various families and was worshipped as the head of the family.

Kitchen shrines are mostly located in the north or east of the kitchen, with the idol of Kitchen God in the middle. Some people who don't have the niche of the Kitchen King even put the idol directly on the wall. Some gods only draw a kitchen god, while others have two men and women. The goddess is called "Grandma Chef". Kitchen God is the most representative folk god in China, with the widest mass base. It gives the working people in China a beautiful wish, that is, to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Sacrifice Kitchen.