1. Social etiquette and eating habits

Tea is served to guests in the south, but tea is not produced in the central and northern regions. The tea used by city residents to entertain guests comes from the market.

I bought it online. In rural areas, it is said that guests also drink tea, but in fact they don't drink tea brewed with tea leaves. There is sugar

Some people put some sugar in a bowl and give it to their guests with water. This is called sugar tea. More distinguished or distant guests

People, the host family will soon give (boil) poached eggs to eat, called eggs "tea." This poached egg cannot

Only two, because of the taboo of "two eggs", usually three or five, which is the only way.

Appear friendly to the guests. If you drink tea after a meal, you are also very particular. If you want to continue drinking tea, you should keep the cup.

The host will continue to pour the residual tea into the tea; If the guest doesn't want to drink any more, just pour out the residual tea in the cup, master.

There is no water. The same is true for drinking boiled water on weekdays. Many foreigners are often lewd because they don't know this custom.

You can't drink it.

People in the Central Plains always entertain relatives and friends to prevent weddings. Banquet is very particular about seating, in the seat (that is, the first

Seats should be given to the elderly or the most distinguished guests. Generally, the north is the upper seat, but you have to sit a little, because

True north is God's place. If you want to stay, there are two seats on the east side, and the rest is the next seat. Some people looked at the table.

Seam, horizontal table seam inside for the upper seat, the left side for two. Some people look at the kitchen, and the kitchen door is right.

On the right is the upper seat. There is also the distance between the chair and the wall, the side near the wall is up, the far side is down, and so on.

Before you sit down, put a small handle and chopsticks on the dining table, and put chopsticks on the right side of the small handle. After the guests are seated,

Serve in turn. Every dish should be put in front of the table first, and then turn from the table to the table in turn. prepared food

Usually put into a triangle and finally put into a flower. After the guests move chopsticks on each dish, others can do the same.

Move chopsticks. In southern Henan, when guests put bowls after eating, they must hold chopsticks horizontally with both hands and look around the dining table.

And said, "Please enjoy your meal." Then put chopsticks on the left hand side to show that you are full (it's not big now

Pay attention to the position of chopsticks and use words instead. Accompanying guests must wait until all the guests have finished eating.

Put chopsticks.

The richness and simplicity of banquets in different places depend on specific economic conditions. The central and eastern regions divide mats into

There are "water seats" and "seats". The dining table of the water mat is mostly four meats and four vegetables, with ten bowls of vegetables and one bowl.

Bowls are served one after another. Ten bowls, also called "Top Ten", are generally fish, chicken, cattle, mutton and pork.

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The seats headed by sea cucumber are called "seats", with six kinds of meat and six kinds of vegetables, and as many as a dozen dishes or meals.

More than twenty lanes. Most wedding banquets in southern Henan are decorated with red fans, and fish must be the first course to show good luck.

Ruyi; There are many colorful vermicelli dishes at the funeral banquet, and chicken must be the first bowl to show grief. Regardless of the red and white wedding banquet

The dishes on the seat and table are meatballs, indicating that things are successful. The first course of the wedding banquet in the central region is oil.

Fried sugar packets to show that life is as sweet as honey, and the table-pressing dish is chicken soup. No matter how good the banquet is, eight bowls and seven plates are forbidden.

Singular (it used to be said that only those who play musical instruments eat seven plates and eight bowls). Burning large intestine is not sweet (because it is sweet and "filling"

Homophonic, meaning swearing).

At banquets in Kaifeng and other places, if there are fish, the fish head must point to the elderly or guests when serving. fish

Whoever faces his head will drink three cups, and then everyone can eat fish with chopsticks. In southern Henan and other places, there are "fish don't want"

Let the "custom" at the back. That is to say, at a banquet, the fish's back should not face the guests, but the fish's abdomen should face the guests.

Etiquette is related to a historical story. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Ji Liao of the State of Wu stole the throne, which was known in history.

Liao Wang. He is always worried that Ji Guang (Liao Wang's close brother) will fight for the throne from him, so he always wants to find one.

The chance to get rid of Ji Guang. Ji Guang also saw Liao Wang's evil intentions and always served Liao Wang carefully. table

On the surface, he has great respect for Liao Wang. Secretly tried to kill Liao Wang to replace him. One day, Ji Guang took advantage of Wang.

When Liao's two younger brothers and sons were fighting in Chu, they were invited to his mansion to eat fish. Ji guang's courage to go forward

Zhuan Xu plotted to set sail and hid a dagger in the belly of a fish. Zhuan Xu presented the fish to Liao Wang as a token of his respect.

Don't let Liao Wang see the secrets in the fish's belly, especially to transport the fish back to Liao Wang. When Liao Wang picked up chopsticks to eat,

Zhuan Xu suddenly pulled out a dagger from the belly of the fish and stabbed Liao Wang to death on the spot. From then on, people invited people to eat fish.

Just point the fish belly at the guests to show sincerity.

"After cutting the wheat, the young couple went to see their mother." In rural Henan, after the wheat harvest every year,

Married women should take snacks and go back to their parents' home with their husbands. Middle-aged couples often don't bring snacks, but

Put the snow-white new wheat flour steamed bread in a basket and go back to your mother's house to honor your parents. The average family will send 14 to their parents.

By 16, uncle and uncle each had 2 to 4, indicating that his family had a bumper harvest and did not forget hers.

Relatives. Back, the bride's family also asked her daughter to bring back two or four steamed buns, called "pressing the box", which means going back and forth.

No, both families are rich.

In the rural areas of northern Henan, there is still the custom of "sending sheep". There is a folk proverb called "harvesting wheat"

Let's call it a day, ladies? Go to see your mother with a basket. See your mother not only go to see your mother, but also give your child a sheep. "In this?

In the room, daughter? When steamed bread meets its mother, it means filial piety, and the other is to send sheep to her family. Meide boudoir

After seeing her mother, in June, my uncle will "herd sheep" for my nephew. So, as soon as we entered June, the town

Infernal affairs is lively again, and there are some men and women who send sheep. Baskets, some suitcases, some

Some people walk, some people drive, and laughter keeps on. When we say "send a sheep", we are actually sending a sheep shape.

Spaghetti Sending sheep for the first time after marriage is the most grand. Twenty-four kinds of pasta made of white flour in the shape of sheep (including large,

Eight in the middle, eight in the small), and the number of other small birds and animals varies. Put it in a box, insert flowers and cover it.

Put on red cloth and send it to the man's house. The host family will host three banquets to entertain the "sheep delivery" people. The first meal is eggs and peanuts.

Rice, celery, tofu, wine, etc. (Take the meaning of auspiciousness, health, diligence, happiness and long-term); The second meal has white steamed bread and cold salad.

Dishes; The third meal is jiaozi, eggs and tofu soup.

The origin of the custom of sending sheep is also interesting. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a couple over 500 years old.

I just gave birth to a son, and I am very fond of him. When the son grows up, he is still "full of food and clothes."

Unfaithful and unfilial, the old couple often shed tears. After the child's uncle knew it, he took one.

An old sheep and two lambs came to his house and taught his nephew a lesson by "the lambs knelt down and nursed". After that, the child was not.

Always be filial to parents. The mother is very grateful to her child's uncle. After receiving the wheat, she took the children with her. With a basket full of steamed bread,

After the news of saluting the bride's family spread, people followed suit, and the custom of sending sheep was handed down.

At first, people gave real sheep, and later they gradually replaced gifts with face sheep. In addition to giving the face sheep,

A variety of flour animals, birds, flowers, birds, insects and fish were also added to form a special food worker.

Art. The "sheep delivery" season is a time for women to show their talents and see who can make noodles for their nephews.

"If you don't fail, you can't send the sheep." Over time, many "sheep" appeared in northern Henan.

Skilled craftsmen. They make all kinds of sheep and animals, which are very cute.

2. Marriage customs

The wedding banquet is the biggest banquet, which lasts for three days. On the wedding day, the man will hold a banquet to entertain the woman.

Fujian and "crooked neck" (dowry); Banquet the matchmaker and the giver the next day; On the third day, the bride

Back at the door, the woman will entertain the groom. At the wedding banquet hosted by the man, the woman's main guest (usually the bride's brother)

The people sitting in the seat, regardless of age, are all guests. Put a "seal" on the top of the plate before the banquet begins.

Put it in front of the crooked-necked guests, each with a bag, ranging from 35 yuan to 35 yuan, which is one of the dowry of the man.

The reward of hard work. Fujian, the hostess, also took out the "seal" and gave it to the people who served the food and the chef, as well as

Reward means "cooking ceremony" (on the third day, the groom will also give "cooking ceremony"). diet

On Qi (mostly six meats and six vegetables, plus fruits and vegetables), everyone present stood up and drank the first glass of wine, which was the best among the guests.

Dip the middle finger in wine and put it on the table three times or pour a little wine on the ground to show respect for heaven and earth.

To the ancestors, and then drink it off. The guest is the same as the host. This is called misbehavior, and the guest drinks. Give entertainment to

When playing matchmaker, an essential dish on the dining table is to stir-fry (or steam) carp in sweet and sour, and jump the dragon gate with carp.

The meaning of the door. As the saying goes, the matchmaker eats the fish's tail, and his mouth is quick and his legs are diligent. After three rounds of wine, the bride and groom are emcees.

Lead (the groom holds the hip flask, the bride carries the wine glass, and the MC carries the wine bottle) to "see the dishes". It's called "watching vegetables",

Strong toast. Starting from the elders, everyone has to drink the bride's three glasses of wine, and no one can refuse not to drink. Central Henan province

At the wedding banquet, guests generally don't let the apples finish. Nine times out of ten, the guests will refuse to serve.

Food, as a sign of politeness, is also a kind of "rich enough". If one end is egg soup, the food will be served.

It's done. Egg soup is nicknamed "Fuck off soup" and "Boring soup". When egg soup is served, guests usually don't.

Drink, that is to say, you can't cut off your own money.

There is another interesting thing about holding wedding banquets in Yucheng and other places in eastern Henan: returning to the door on the third day (also known as "recognizing relatives")

After the groom had enough to eat and drink, he stole a pair of chopsticks and a "flower" at the Yue family banquet table while others were unprepared.

"Zi" (a small steamed bun specially prepared by the Yue family for stealing food) is hidden in a sleeve or pocket and taken home. woman

It's just that someone found out and turned a blind eye Chopsticks, that is, get your son's meaning quickly; Hanako is a wish.

It takes a lot of effort to have a baby, whether it's a boy or a girl. This is just a kind of groom or both men and women.

This is just a good wish.

3. Fertility and dietary customs

Maternal diet and taboos: it is an important event for women to have children. The diet is extremely particular and there are many taboos.

Women who are about to give birth should generally eat more meat and eggs to nourish their bodies. Pregnant women are not allowed to eat donkey meat.

Meat. It is said that eating donkey meat will prolong pregnancy, and the children born from eating rabbit meat will be full of gaps. Some places

Fish and peppers are also forbidden. Legend has it that eating fish will give birth to scaly children (python skin); eat

Children will get "rotten pink eye" after eating Chili.

In Yucheng and other places, do pregnant women's mothers want them before giving birth? Give rice, sugar and other gifts to visit the workers.

Our daughter, called "feeding", is actually a comfort to the frightened pregnant woman. such as

If the baby hasn't been born yet, the pregnant woman's mother will visit again. Be sure to bring some this time.

Noodles, cooked by pregnant women, are called "instant noodles".

After the baby landed, the mother ate boiled eggs or poached eggs. In rural areas such as Linxian County, women should also be allowed to drink moxa.

Water, and wash the maternal palm with wormwood. As the saying goes, it can keep out the cold and strengthen the bones and muscles. Eating rice flowers in Nanyang and other places

Add brown sugar to popcorn and eat it after boiling water. Maternal women in Xiangcheng and other places only eat poached eggs, not boiled eggs.

Brown sugar in poached eggs is the staple food in the mother's "moon", and she has to eat five or six meals a day. A woman who just gave birth,

Generally, you should put some rice wine in poached eggs (fermented with millet and distiller's yeast, called electric rice wine, which is popular with women.

Post-pregnancy production), sweet and sour taste, slightly bouquet, can dispel cold and promote blood circulation. Motherly love failure

At the full moon, besides eggs, we also eat some digestible liquid foods, such as porridge (pimples) and noodles. Rural property

In the second month, women fast meat and fruit (everything growing on trees is among the fasting), and they also fast five kinds of spices.

Material and paste porridge. Don't eat rice paste, celery, and pepper, saying that eating it will bring back milk.

In addition, in some parts of northern Henan, if there are pregnant women at home, it is forbidden to burn dry pots and cook with oil for one month.

Stir-fry, thinking that the baby will blister if you do this. If you must cook like this, you can cook on the kitchen table.

There is a bowl of cold water on the table, so it is "broken"

Eating hi noodles and sending rice noodles: the custom of eating hi noodles is mainly popular in the river and in the rain. I used to eat noodles.

The range is limited to relatives and friends, only boys are born, and girls generally don't eat. Now, have a boy.

The girls are all "happy" and have formed the custom of "one family gets the child, and the whole village eats noodles". The baby's birth number

At noon for three days, Children's Home informed all the residents in the village (each household sent one or two people, mostly elderly women).

Eat noodles (with children). Roll out all the noodles, cook them in a big pot, take them out and pull them out with cold water.

Then pour in minced meat (mostly diced radish, diced tofu and diced meat). Whether adults or children, like it.

Just like eating at home, help yourself and take as much as you want. People who eat noodles come in and out, winding.

There are endless explanations, many of which can reach hundreds of people. When you go to eat hi noodles, you can't go empty-handed. You usually bring some brown sugar or

Eggs, clothes, hats, cloth and money for children.

On the day of eating happy noodles, Children's Home will send someone to the children's mother's (grandmother's) home to report the good news.

Bring some oily buns and snacks, and agree on the date of sending rice noodles face to face. The ninth day is usually a boy.

12 that day, the girl's relatives and friends put millet, white flour, eggs, brown sugar, dried noodles, clothes, cloth,

Toys and other things are put in lunch boxes or baskets, pushed by cars, and rice and flour are delivered in a big noise. Dezi home

A banquet will be held for the guests who come to deliver the wooden noodles.

In order to show their "power", some families often take the opportunity to send rice and noodles and follow many people.

Therefore, there is a folk saying that "I can afford a daughter-in-law but I can't afford rice noodles."

People with children in Kaifeng don't eat happy noodles. Sending rice noodles (or other gifts) is on the ninth day.

Commonly known as "doing nine". Neighbors and friends give gifts to pregnant women, and there is no time limit, as long as it is in January.

It's in there. The host should return the boiled eggs to the relatives and friends who gave the gifts. Colour the eggs red to see relatives.

Distance, gift thickness, ranging from 6 to 10, to show happiness, commonly known as "red hi egg" The good news is that

On the day of production, if you want to cook 6 to 8 eggs for the boy (it must be an even number), dye the eggs red and put them on one end.

Painted with black dots, indicating "great joy"; If there is a girl, the eggs are only dyed red, 5 to 7 (must be single

No.), which means "little Xi", was delivered to the father-in-law's house by the son-in-law himself. During Boiling Nine, the Yue family sent raw chickens.

Eggs are black by boys, but not by girls. The rest of the rice, noodles and other gifts must be wrapped in red paper. Dezi home

Give a big banquet to entertain guests and have a good time.

4. Birthday food customs

Children should boil eggs on their birthdays, and the whole family should eat noodles, commonly known as "chewing disaster".

66. A mother eats a piece of meat from her daughter. Birthdays are a way for children to pay tribute to their elders. hope

There are also various ways to celebrate the old people's birthdays and birthday presents. In rural Henan, birthday celebrations are mostly called "doing"

Have a baby. "Since ancient times, all families, rich or poor, should celebrate the birthday of the elderly. Is there anyone?

It is said that you can't celebrate your birthday until you are 60. Every birthday, all members get together except our own.

In addition to birthday parties, the daughter and son-in-law also make birthday peaches and fish with white flour to celebrate. Near noon,

Daughters and daughters-in-law are busy making noodles. People try their best to make dough as smooth as possible. Bamyan

Cut the child into thin and long pieces, cook it, take it out, pour a spoonful of fragrant and soft scorpion, and pass it to the old man with the hands of the younger generation.

People. This wrist surface is called "longevity surface". Then there is a toast, and the children and grandchildren laugh and laugh.

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I usually eat Changchun noodles on my birthday, but my parents are 66, 73 and 84 years old. Birthdays are special. "Six?

Sixteen, the mother eats a piece of meat from her daughter. "Mom's 66th birthday, a birthday present given to her mother by her married daughter, is a gift.

A piece of meat. This piece of meat symbolizes that the daughter is a piece of meat that fell from her mother. When she was in her prime, she was a girl.

The son should repay his mother's kindness and a piece of meat. When you buy this piece of meat, you can't beg from the butcher.

Counteroffer, the second is to cut, how much is how much, don't add, don't care about the weight, but show.

Show sincerity in honoring your mother. Meat sellers also know the local customs, as long as they hear that they are cutting meat for their mothers.

, and then take the initiative to pick the best piece, across the board the next big piece, put it on the scale, ha ha ha laugh.

You can't say no to more things in your basket. How did this custom rise? Legend has it that before

There was a filial girl who married far away and didn't see her mother for many years. Mom's 66th birthday, auntie.

Mother specially cut a piece of meat and rushed back to her family. Seeing that she was so far away, everyone brought a piece of meat for her mother's birthday.

They all praised her for falling meat from her mother, knowing that she loved her mother dearly. All the girls who got married near the distant village know it.

Learn to do the same. "If you eat a piece of meat from a prostitute, you can live to be a hundred years old." Motherly

They are also honored to eat a piece of their daughter's meat.

"Seventy-three, eighty-four, Rebecca didn't ask himself to go." Legend has it that when the old man reaches these two ages, he

This is a "difficult period" and an ominous year. As a result, many old people in Henan are 73 or 84 years old.

Just taboo, deliberately saying 73 years old is 74 years old; To say that 84 is 85 shows that we have overcome the difficulties. do

Children should help the elderly tide over the difficulties. For my parents' birthday, I want to buy a carp for the old people to eat. carp

Good "jump", this jump, even if the old man has passed the difficulties, will be fine. Other birthday purposes "face"

Fish "also has this meaning.

No matter how you celebrate your birthday, you don't eat steamed stuffed bun and jiaozi at the birthday party for fear of getting angry.

Bao ",usually used more at home.

5. Funeral customs

There is a folk saying in Henan that "the old man is safe in the grave", so it is also called "happiness". After death,

Funeral homes pay great attention to the earth-door diet of digging graves. In the countryside, there is a "half ring and a small drink, a spoonful of the first meal"

Rules. In Linxian area, when digging graves, daughters and daughters-in-law should wear heavy filial piety and bring cooking utensils into the ground.

Give geotechnical pancakes to eat. On the day of burial, relatives and friends all went to the funeral, and neighbors also sent a funeral.

At noon, the family of the deceased will hold a funeral banquet to entertain guests and those who come to help. Funeral banquets are generally not as rich as wedding banquets.

The atmosphere is solemn. Although there is also wine, it is generally "boring to drink" and never guesses the rules. Most families,

Except for four meats and four vegetables, meat, cabbage and vermicelli are all put together and cooked in a large pot.

Bowl after bowl, one bowl for each person. As long as eight people sit at a table, they serve food and leave after eating. This is the so-called "flow"

Water mat ". Generally, steamed buns are boiled or steamed buns, and steamed flower cakes are also available. At dinner, the dutiful son is led by an elder.

Then, kowtow to thank you. At this time, the guests should put down their chopsticks and lift their dutiful son with their hands.

In the old society, water seats were specially set up by rich people to show off their wealth and decorate the facade. During the funeral

Sometimes, whether you know it or not, as long as there are eight people sitting, you have to serve wine on the table, and so on.

When the old man dies, the third and tenth anniversaries are big festivals. At this time, mourning is generally rich.

Banquet to entertain guests, and in front of the gods or portraits of the dead decoration for the case (usually steamed bread, melons and fruits,

Snacks, cigarettes, wine, etc. ), burn incense and paper money for sacrifice.

6. Holiday eating habits

On the second day of the second lunar month, it is "Dragon Head-raising Festival" or "Qinglong Festival". On this day, women in rural areas of Henan generally don't move scissors or do needlework, for fear of cutting off the dragon's body with a knife. On this festival, people go to the fields to pick wild vegetables, make jiaozi, fry pancakes, fry soybeans, fry bacon and steam jujube buns to improve their lives.

On February 2nd, people spread pancakes and eat fried beans the most. People believe that this day is the birthday of the Dragon King in the East China Sea, and pancakes are the dragon king's afterbirth. Eating pancakes is to chew the disaster for the dragon king, and throwing pancakes is to bury the dragon king's afterbirth.

Every year, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the "Begging Festival". The custom of begging for cleverness in Xinxiang, Henan Province is that on the sixth night of the seventh lunar month, seven unmarried local girls get together in a group (in order to correspond to the number of Tanabata), and each person exchanges flour and articles to prepare offerings for the Weaver Girl. Someone wants to buy seven kinds of melons and fruits, such as grapes, pomegranates, watermelons, dates and peaches, bake seven steamed buns with oil or sugar, make seven bowls of small jiaozi and make seven bowls of noodle soup. In addition, seven big jiaozi will be packaged separately. Dumpling stuffing is made of seven kinds of vegetables, and there are seven kinds of things made of flour, such as needles, looms, flower hammers, spindles, scissors, garlic cloves or abacus. These seven things should represent the wishes of seven girls. That night, the seven girls put their offerings under the melon shed or in a secluded place, burned incense and lit some paper, knelt under the moon and prayed to the Weaver Girl. After praying, seven girls were given fruit and seven bowls of steamed buns. Then put seven oil cakes and seven big jiaozi in bamboo blue and hang them on the Chinese Toona tree. That night, seven girls kept vigil together, guarding the bamboo basket. This kind of behavior is called "guarding cleverness", and its purpose is to prevent joking boys from stealing cleverness.

On the morning of July 7th, at dawn, seven girls closed their eyes and touched a big jiaozi in the bamboo blue. Whoever finds needles, scissors and other things in jiaozi will become a dab hand in the future.

In northern Henan, Qinyang, Mengxian and other places, there is still the custom of "Tanabata" duet. On Valentine's Day in China, local girls form groups with seven people in each group, or nine or eleven people in each group, depending on the number of people. People pay attention to the number of singers, and there is a saying that "when the list is wrong, the fault lies in the generation." People divide the duet into odd numbers in order to get a "coincidence" and hope that the duet in our village will win.

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as "Ghost Festival". Farmers in the Central Plains also call this day "Cow Festival", and there are many activities to sacrifice cows on this day.

On July 15 in Linxian County, northern Henan Province, every household steamed white bread in the shape of mutton, steamed it at noon, and then set off firecrackers to celebrate the prosperity of the trough head. Every farmer with big animals will stop work for one day, give mutton buns to the big animals, and some will feed the animals with concentrated feed such as beans to show that the Animal Festival is different from usual. In the evening, they will make a pot of rice soup for animals to drink. A folk song says, "Beat 1000 and scold 10000, and have a small meal on July 15th."

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it is the "Festival of Sacrificing Stove". The custom of offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in Henan Province, the first round of firecrackers was set off in urban and rural areas of the Central Plains. City residents are busy buying sesame candy, fire and other food for offering sacrifices to stoves. In the vast rural areas, preparations and grand ceremonies for offering sacrifices to stoves gradually began in the deafening sound of guns.

Ceremonies for offering sacrifices to stoves are mostly held at night. When offering sacrifices to the stove, the people who offer sacrifices to the stove kneel in front of the statue of the stove and hug the rooster. Some people even let children hold chickens and kneel behind adults. It is said that the chicken is the horse on which jujube ascended to heaven, so the chicken is called a horse instead of a chicken. Such as red rooster, commonly known as "red horse" and white cock, commonly known as "white horse".

After ordering the incense table, the cigarettes in the room were filled with mysterious colors. The host poured wine and kowtowed, muttering something. After reading it, the burning lamp shouted "collar"! And then pour the chicken head with wine. If a chicken's head flutters, it means that Grandpa Jujube has been ungrateful. If the head of the chicken doesn't move, it needs to be watered again.

After the ceremony, people began to eat food, such as stove, candy and fire. In some places, they also eat sugar cakes, oil cakes and tofu soup.

In Henan, the typical food for offering sacrifices to stoves should be the first stove candy. Kitchen candy is a kind of maltose that sticks to the mouth and teeth. The reason for offering sugar to the stove is to stick the mouth of the stove owner. Legend has it that Lord Zao is a god sent by the Jade Emperor to supervise good and evil. He has the responsibility to communicate with people, contact the feelings between heaven and earth, and convey the information between fairyland and human beings. In addition to eating stove candy, fire is also a very distinctive seasonal food on the day of sacrifice. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the business of biscuit stalls in the city is booming. In Henan, people regard the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves as a reunion festival after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Anyone who works, does business or goes to school in other places should try to get home before the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. If you can eat the cooking stove cooked at home, you will be protected by the kitchen god and your family will be safe in the coming year.