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Who is the kitchen god?
The way to invite the kitchen god
The origin of kitchen god
Worship the attention of the kitchen god
The position and taboo of kitchen god
Who is the kitchen god?
Kitchen god is kitchen god.
Kitchen God is the most common god in traditional folk beliefs in China, and almost all ethnic groups worship it. According to records, the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves was popular in the pre-Qin period. China is the god in charge of diet in ancient mythology. In the old days, people had a wide belief in the kitchen god, and the statue of the kitchen god was enshrined on the stove.
Every year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God reports the merits and demerits to the world, which will determine people's fate. Therefore, the north is used to offering sacrifices and burning incense to the Kitchen God on the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month. The custom in the south is to offer sacrifices to the kitchen owner and burn incense on the evening of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. In the old days, there was also a difference between the gentry's family sending stoves on the 23rd and the common people's family sending stoves on the 24th.
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The way to invite the kitchen god
1 First of all, we usually worship the kitchen at night, and the whole family goes to the kitchen to worship the kitchen god and offer honeydew melons made of sugar and flour. The reason why caramel is used to worship the Kitchen God is to make his old man's mouth sweeter and put in a good word for his family in front of the Jade Emperor. In some places, sugar is even sprinkled around the Kitchen God's mouth. In other places, sesame stalks and pine branches are piled in the yard at night and burned with paper horses and horse fodder. The whole yard is brightly lit and looks very sacred. At this time, the family kowtowed around the fire to see the Kitchen God off and begged the Kitchen God to put in a good word for themselves in order to be happy and healthy in the coming year.
2. Sacrificing stoves is a traditional custom with great influence among the people in China. In the past, there was a kitchen god in almost every household's kitchen. Some people use the kitchen shrine for the kitchen god, usually located in the north or east of the kitchen, with the idol of the kitchen god in the middle, and some people paste the paper image of the kitchen god directly to pray for their families.
In a word, Kitchen God occupied a great position in people's hearts in the past. Now with the development of the times, people's ideas are constantly changing, and fewer and fewer families respect the kitchen god. This custom is gradually forgotten by everyone.
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There are three theories about the origin of Kitchen God.
It is said that Emperor Yan became a kitchen god after his death. Inflammation is fire, which belongs to the virtue of fire, and the furnace cannot be separated from fire. Moreover, Emperor Yan is Shennong, the ancestor who taught the people to farm, grow grain and provide food for the people.
It is said that the Yellow Emperor became a kitchen god after his death. Yellow is soil, which belongs to Tude, and it is indispensable to build a stove. A stove consists of fire and earth. Yanhuang is an ancestor, and later generations are descendants of Yanhuang. Worshipping Yanhuang as the kitchen god is like worshipping ancestors in the kitchen, and worshipping the kitchen means worshipping ancestors, which has double meanings.
Zhu Rong became a kitchen god after his death. Zhu Rong is the star of the fire in the sky, and the fire is in charge of the stove, which is the guarantee of peace. Moreover, Zhu Rong was originally the son of Emperor Zhuan Xu in the period of Three Emperors and Five Emperors. His name was Li, and he was also the ancestor of later generations.
You can choose one of the three theories, and the three theories can coexist, because all three are the ancestors of Chinese people. So in the past, every household had to worship the kitchen god, calling him "grandfather" and Ninghai "grandfather".
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What's the point of worshipping the kitchen god?
1, you need to wash your hands before incense.
Burning incense is the most direct way for us to communicate with the gods, so we must wash our hands before giving incense to Kitchen God, and take a bath if possible, so that our soul will be clearer, which will not only help us to communicate with the gods better, but also help Kitchen God to better protect the peace of our family, so that parents and members can have a prosperous life and everything goes well.
Step 2 choose natural spices
Most of the sacrificial incense on the market is chemical incense or inferior incense, and cigarettes can be described as the food of the kitchen god. It is tantamount to disrespect to choose this incense to worship. Therefore, in order to show our sincere respect, when choosing the types of incense, we should also give priority to natural incense, which will make the kitchen god feel happy and better bless the prosperity of the family and the owner.
3, three groups of incense
When we burn incense for Kitchen God, we should not light three incense sticks at a time, but three incense sticks at a time. When the first incense stick is finished quickly, we should light the second incense stick, and so on. Only in this way can we fully show our awe, and Kitchen God will naturally be in a good mood after eating and drinking enough, thus promoting the feng shui atmosphere at home and making the family prosperous and rich.
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The position and taboo of kitchen god
The stove is the' refuge' of the kitchen god, and it is of course best to worship the kitchen god on the stove. If there is no place to worship above the stove, you can worship the kitchen god in the south of the kitchen. The five elements of Kitchen God belong to fire, which is just suitable for southerners to worship fire. However, the biggest taboo of sticking a kitchen elephant is not to stick it too high, generally not more than 1 meter. Many people don't understand this now. It is wrong to hold an elephant high for the sake of beauty.
Kitchen God is attached to the wall next to the cooker, facing the bellows. Most of the couplets on both sides are "Heaven speaks well, the lower bound is safe", and some of the couplets at the bottom are also written "Go back to the palace for good luck". In the middle is the idol of the husband and wife in the kitchen, and two horses are often painted next to the idol as mounts. When offering sacrifices to the stove, offerings should be displayed, the most prominent of which is honeydew melon. Used in the north of Shanxi, it is the primary product of sesame sugar, which is particularly sticky. Now collectively referred to as sesame sugar. There is a folk proverb "Twenty-three, eat a plate". Foods such as sugar and preserves are sweet and sticky.
I ate carefully, but I couldn't speak. Yesterday, my mouth was blocked and I was not allowed to make trouble. A few eggs should also be put in the offering, which are snacks for foxes and weasels. It is said that they are all subordinates of Kitchen God, and we have to take care of them. When offering sacrifices to the stove, in addition to offering incense and wine, it is especially necessary to sprinkle horse material for the mount of the kitchen god, from the front of the stove to the outside of the stove. After these ceremonies, the Kitchen God will be taken down and burned. Wait until New Year's Eve to set up a new idol.
Sitting in the east and west, the full name of Kitchen God is "Kitchen God who commands the nine spirits of the East Kitchen", commonly known as "Kitchen God", "Kitchen God who commands the true king", "Smoke Lord of the East Kitchen for nine days", "House God" or "Kitchen King". In the north, he is called "Kitchen God", and Luanmen is regarded as one of the three benefactors, that is, Kitchen God. The origin of the Kitchen God was very early, and the Shang Dynasty began to offer sacrifices among the people. Zhou Li, the son of Xu Suo, was regarded as the Kitchen God. Before Qin and Han Dynasties, it was listed as one of the five major sacrifices.
With the five gods * * *, namely the door god, the well god, Ce Shen and the slippers, the safe kitchen god who is in charge of the family is respected because the kitchen god's duty is not only to take charge of people's diet and give convenience to life, but also to be an official sent by the Jade Emperor to inspect the good and evil of a family. Kitchen God accompanied the two gods, holding a "good jar" and a "bad jar", recording the family's behavior in the jar at any time, and then reporting it to the Jade Emperor God after the end of the year.
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