Offering sacrifices to the kitchen god refers to the folk custom of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god. Cooking candy refers to the sugar offered to the kitchen god when offering sacrifices to the kitchen god, which is a kind of sacrificial food.
In the old days, almost every kitchen had a "kitchen god" god. People call this god "the Bodhisattva who commands the life" or "the kitchen master commands the life". It is said that he is the "Nine-day East Chef who commands the kitchen palace" sealed by the Jade Emperor, who is responsible for managing the kitchen fires of various families and is worshipped as the protector of a family.
The Kitchen God has been staying at home since last year's New Year's Eve to protect and supervise the family. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God will ascend to heaven to report the good deeds or evil deeds of the family. The ceremony of sending the Kitchen God is called "sending the kitchen stove" or "resigning the kitchen stove".
Fan Chengda in the Song Dynasty said in his poem "Poem of Sacrificing a Kitchen": "In ancient times, on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen ruler spoke to the sky. Clouds, cars, and horses linger, and there are cups and plates at home. The pig's head is rotten and hot, the fish is fresh, and the bean paste is Gan Song powder bait. When a man offers his daughter to avoid, he drinks and burns money. You don't smell the servant's struggle, and you don't feel angry at the cat and dog's horns; I will send you to the Tianmen Gate drunk and full, and if you are long and short, don't go back to the clouds, begging for points from the market. "
invite the kitchen god to eat and drink, bribe the kitchen god, and let him get drunk. Don't talk about the shortcomings of the world. When you come back, you'd better bring some money to share. Sacrificing the kitchen is not only to avoid disasters, but more importantly, to pray.
Cooking candy is an important part of it. When offering sacrifices to the kitchen, you should melt it with fire and put it on the mouth of the Kitchen God, so that he can't speak ill of the Jade Emperor.
offering sacrifices to stoves is a traditional custom that has great influence and spread widely among Han people. Sacrificing kitchen stoves has a history of thousands of years in China, and the belief in kitchen god is a reflection of China people's dream of "having enough food and clothing". Traditionally, the day of offering sacrifices to stoves is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of celebrating the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained.
The specific process of offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove: Because every family usually sticks a portrait of the kitchen god near the kitchen stove, sometimes accompanied by a portrait of the grandmother of the kitchen king, after a year of smoky fire, the portrait is old and dark.
To remove the old image, stick a grass horse for Kitchen God with straw, and bribe him to "say good things in heaven and return to the palace for good luck", stick a sticky candied melon or cake on his mouth, so that he can only say good things, and then burn it with the grass horse. This process is called ci Zao.
Buy a new portrait after the New Year, and please post the Kitchen God back.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia entry-offering sacrifices to stoves.