Hearth is the habitat of Zao Shen, and the location of enshrining Zao Shen is of course the best place to be on top of the hearth. If there is no place for enshrinement above the stove, then the god of the stove can be enshrined in the south side of the kitchen. Vesta is a fire god, so it is suitable to be enshrined in the south, which is a fire god. But paste the stove king elephant has a big taboo is not stick too high, generally do not stick more than 1 meter position. Now many people do not understand this, in order to look good, the elephant posted very high, this is wrong.

Zaojun statue, posted in the pot next to the stove is facing the wall of the wind box. On both sides of the couplets are "good words in heaven, the lower world to protect the peace", the next couplet is also written as "back to the Palace of descending auspicious". In the center is the statue of Zaojun and his wife, and two horses are often painted next to the statue as mounts. Offerings are made at the time of Zaosai, the most prominent of which are sugar melons. Molasses is used in the northern part of the country, which is the `primary product' of jaggery, especially sticky, and is now collectively known as jaggery. There is a folk proverb that says, "Eat molasses on the twenty-third day of the month". Sugar, molasses and other foods are both sweet and sticky.

The intention is that Zaojun Gu Gu eat, Gu can not talk, after the sky mouth is molasses sticky, to avoid the birth of the right and wrong. In the offerings, there are also a few eggs, which are snacks for foxes and weasels. It is said that they are all Zaojun's subordinates, can not help but to take care of it. In addition to offering incense and wine, Zaogun's horse should be sprinkled with horse feed, from the front of the stove to the kitchen door. After these rituals, the statue of Zaojun should be taken down and burned. The new idol will be set up again on New Year's Eve.

The full title of the Zao Shen sitting in the east and west is "East Kitchen Sifu Jiuling Yuanwang Dingfu Shenjun", commonly known as "Zaojun", or "Zaojun Gong", "Sifu Zhenjun", "Nine Days East Kitchen Smoke Lord", "Protecting the House of Heavenly Honors", or "Zao Wang", the north called him "Zao Wangzhi", Luanmen honored as one of the three Lord of the Grace, which is the kitchen of the God. The origin of the god Zao is very early, it has been worshipped in folklore since the Shang Dynasty, and in the Zhou Dynasty, the god Zao was the son of Yu Zao, and so on. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was even listed as one of the main five rituals.

And the door god, well god, toilet god and in the slippery god five deities *** with responsible for the family's peace of the stove god is respected, in addition to the people in charge of food and drink, give the convenience of life, the stove god's duties, the Jade Emperor God sent to the earth to examine the family of good and evil duties of the official. The God of Zao was accompanied by two gods, one holding a "good jar" and the other an "evil jar", who kept a record of the family's behavior in the jar at all times, and then reported to the God of Jade at the end of the year after totaling up the records.

How to Invite the God of the Stove

First, invite the God of the Stove to set up the stove and start a meal. To make the ritual, you need to burn three sticks of incense and one pair of candles. Three cups of tea and three cups of wine. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have the right kind of money to pay for it.

Stove worship process:

1, listing incense burners, sacred candles, Shufen, tributes equal to the front of the god. (No God can be set in the kitchen to the east or north of the temporary God case, really environmental constraints, directly in front of the stove case can also be)

2, in front of the God of the stove to light the God candle.

3, light three cones of incense, with the left hand on the incense. Taoism says that the left hand is the good hand and the right hand is the bad hand, and the gods are worshipped with the left hand. To the right in the order of the left incense. The incense should be inserted straight and the flame should be flat. The distance between the three cones is not more than an inch. Commonly known as "over an inch of God do not believe"

4, the ceremony to invite Zaojun high on the throne, enjoy the offerings. (can be three said that the holy name or three recite the treasure enjoin) Taoist worship gods are to hold the fist arching hands (left to hold the right) salute please, bowing salute.

5, tea offering.

6. Wine offering.

7, read out the text, thank you for the blessings of the year, for the unintentional sins committed to ask for forgiveness, and pray for the next year's blessings.

8, the thin. Inside the incense burner with paper money sent to the melting, pay attention to the first incineration of the text of the first text.

9, the consecration of gold, silver, paper money, thanks.

10, to be full of incense, bowing and worship after the ritual is completed and withdrawn