Xie Zao was also divided into classes. As for when to thank the stove, there were so-called officials, people and Deng in the folk. Officials refer to officials, gentry and dignitaries, and they are used to thanking the stove on the 23rd. People refer to ordinary people, who will give up cooking stoves on 24th, 2008. The Deng family refers to people on the water, and it will be held on 25th, 2008. But most people will choose 23-year-old Xie Zao, hoping that it will be more expensive and take its meaning. Generally, some sweet and sticky things such as honeydew melon, glutinous rice balls, maltose and pig blood cake are used as the offerings of the kitchen god. In short, the purpose of using these sticky and sweet things is to shut the kitchen god up and let him say something nice in the next day. The so-called popular, say good, pass the good to the sky, and throw away the bad.
In addition, sticking to the mouth of Kitchen God makes it difficult for him to speak ill. Some people use distiller's grains to paint the kitchen god, which means to get him drunk and make him dizzy, so as to underreport. Therefore, the kitchen god symbolizes the meaning of praying for blessings and avoiding disasters. When offering sacrifices to Zhao Jun, you should make offerings, burn incense and worship, and then drink wine for the first time. At this time, you should sincerely pray to Zao Jun, and then enter the wine for the second time. After drinking for the third time, it is necessary to tear off the old image of Zhao Jun and burn it with the armor, horses and money, which means that Zhao Jun will be sent to heaven, and the ceremony will be successfully completed. Burning a horse with paper paste is to make a mount for the kitchen god. You should prepare some soybeans and hay as dry food and forage for the kitchen god and the horse to travel long distances.
In addition, we should burn incense and kowtow, grab a few handfuls of straw ashes in the kitchen pit, spread them on the ground in front of the kitchen, and whisper, "God speaks well and goes back to the palace safely, so as to pray that the kitchen god will report all kinds of good things in this family to the Jade Emperor God in the past year, and don't speak ill." After seeing God off, don't forget to take God back on the fourth day of the first month (on New Year's Eve). This is called closing the kitchen or closing the mind. The ceremony of picking up the kitchen god is very simple. Just stick a new god on the kitchen stove.