What is the sacrificial stove like, and what does the sacrificial stove mean

The sacrificial stove is a custom that has a great influence on the people of our country and spreads widely. In the old days, almost every stove was equipped with a "stove king" shrine. Known as the "Bodhisattva of the Heavens" or "Stove Commander Commander", it is said that he was the Jade Emperor's title of the "Nine Heavens East Kitchen Commander Stove Wangfu Jun", who was responsible for managing the stove fires of each family, and was worshipped as the protector of the family.

Most of the shrines of the stove king are located in the north or east of the stove room, and the statue of the king of the stove is offered in the middle. There are also people who do not have a shrine for the king of the stove, and there are also people who stick the idol directly on the wall. Some gods only depict the king of the stove, while others have two men and women, and the goddess is called "grandma of the king of the stove".

This is probably an imitation of the image of a human couple.

Many years ago:

At dusk on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, prepare incense candles, paper horses--- paper tie color people, cars, horses, knives, guns, candles, incense, sugar melons, etc.;

Peel off the portrait of the "Lord of the Stove", pile it together with the above-mentioned incense, candles, paper and horses, and put it outside the door, the person kneels in the threshold, lights it with fire, and mutters in his mouth: "The Lord of the Stove, whose surname is Zhang, rides a horse, carries a gun, goes up, sees the Jade Emperor, says a lot of good things, and doesn't say anything!" "Three kowtows, salute.

At dusk on Chinese New Year's Eve, the portrait of the newly invited King of the Stove was pasted in the shrine. It is also necessary to paste a "hanging flag" to cover the "jade face" of the Lord of the Stove and the grandmother of the King of the Stove; A couplet, the upper one is "Heaven says good things", the lower one is "the lower world keeps peace", and the horizontal batch is "the head of the family". On the table:

A pair of red candles, two glasses of wine, three pillars of incense, and four colors of fruits, the whole family is chattering: Please go home for the New Year! "Three kowtows, salute.

Beginning. First, the beginning.

Second, the third day of the first month, three kowtows in the morning and dusk, and a burn of incense in the morning and evening.

After that, incense is offered on the fifteenth day of the first month.

The sacrificial stove refers to the worship of the god of the stove who is in charge of the kitchen stove in the world, which is a traditional custom that is widely spread among Chinese folk. The traditional day of the stove sacrifice is the 24th day of the lunar month, in which people will sweep away the dust, make offerings, and pray for the blessing of the god of the stove. Folklore has it that the god of the stove was responsible for the fire and the food, which was later expanded to investigate the good and evil in the world in order to bring blessings and misfortunes.

It entrusts the working people of the Han nationality with a kind of good wish to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, welcome auspiciousness and blessings. <

The sacrificial stove refers to the worship of the god of the stove who is in charge of the kitchen stove in the world, which is a traditional custom that is widely spread among Chinese folk. The traditional day of the folk stove sacrifice is the 24th day of the lunar month, on this day, the people of Datan will sweep away the dust, sacrifice tribute, and pray for the blessing of the stove god. Folklore has it that the god of the stove was responsible for the fire and the food, which was later expanded to investigate the good and evil in the world in order to bring blessings and misfortunes.

It entrusts the working people of the Han nationality with a kind of good wish to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters and welcome auspicious blessings.

What does the sacrificial stove mean?

The sacrificial stove is a traditional custom that has a great influence on the Han people and spreads widely. The folk sacrificial stove originated from the ancient people's custom of worshipping fire.

The sacrificial stove is also called the sending stove, because according to folklore, the next day the Stove King Bodhisattva has to report to the Jade Emperor Zhima about the "work" of the Stove King Bodhisattva for a year and what he has seen and heard, such as whether the family is dumping food indiscriminately, whether it does not cherish fireworks and other fierce oak buckets, etc.

According to the local customs and customs of the Jin Dynasty celebrities in our country, the "Wind and Soil Records" recorded: "On the twenty-fourth day and night of the lunar month, the stove is worshipped, and the god of the stove goes to heaven the next day, and it is a white one-year-old thing, so it is worshiped one day first."

Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty said in his "Poem of the Sacrifice to the Stove": "In ancient times, on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the king of the stove wanted to talk about things. The cloud car wind horse is small and stays, and the family has a cup and plate ceremony.

The pig's head is rotten and hot double fish fresh, and the bean paste is sweet pine powder bait. The man sacrifices his daughter as quickly as he avoids, and he drinks and burns money. The servant fights against the king, and the cat and dog horns are filthy; Send the king drunk and full to the gate of heaven, the long ladle and the short ladle do not return to the clouds, and beg for the return of the city.

Interpretation: "Stove." Create, create, create, food.

The duty of the god of the stove was to take charge of the fire and manage the diet, which was later expanded to investigate the good and evil in the world in order to bring blessings and misfortunes. The sacrificial stove has a history of thousands of years in Chinese folk, and the belief in the god of the stove is a reflection of the Chinese people's pursuit of the dream of "having more food and clothing".

The traditional day of the folk sacrifice stove is the 24th day of the lunar month, and most of the southern regions still maintain the ancient tradition of celebrating the 24th lunar month. From the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a ceremony to worship the sky on the 23rd day of the lunar month, in order to "save expenses", by the way, the king of the stove also worshipped, so the northern region mostly celebrated the New Year on the 23rd of the lunar month.

Jing Zao's explanation.

Sacrifice to the god of the hearth. Nie Xuanwu "How to Be a Mother": During the Chinese New Year, there is only one thing that is not good about Brother Fan's family, that is, there are many taboos. Death can't be said, ghosts can't be said ......Especially when it comes to 'respecting the stove' and 'going out of the sky'. ”

Word decomposition Interpretation of respect respect respect, respect, treat politely: respect. Salute.

Respect (恘 ). Beloved. Revere.

Respectful. Honorifics. Respectfully.

Sincerely. A gift to pay respect: Rejoice.

Shou Jing. Politely send it up: a toast.

Incense. Prudence, not slackening and envy: cautious from the beginning to the end (cautious from beginning to end).

Explanation of the stove stove (stove) à a device for cooking with a fire made of masonry: pot stove. Stove.

Focal process (chimney on foci). Refers to the "stove king" (Chinese folk sacrifice god near the pot stove): sacrificial stove.

Radical : Fire.