"The Stove Lord's real surname is Zhang, and he lives in Zhanggezhuang, Jingdong." As we all know, the "Stove Lord" is a well-known folklore figure in our country. It is the embodiment of our country's working people's optimistic attitude towards life and their longing for a better future.

Legend has it that a battle between cattle and tigers took place on the Red Mountain southeast of Jiajiawazi in Zhang Town, Shunyi.

Later, thunder and lightning from the sky caused wildfires, and both the cows and tigers were burned to death.

Several people who passed by this place by chance had cooked food for the first time.

The delicious taste of cooked food inspired one of them to save the fire so that he could use it to burn the food he found in the future.

So, in order to keep the fire, they dug a pit and led the remaining fire into the pit, thus forming the world's first "stove".

The person who proposed to keep the fire naturally took on the important task of taking care of the fire. He was later known as the "Kitchen King".

So why is the Stove Lord named Zhang?

Because this man was tall and long and good at archery, he used "Zhang", which is a combination of bow and length.

So what is the name of the Kitchen God?

The Stove Lord’s name is Zhang Dan, whose courtesy name is Zi Guo.

The name on the list is because he tried to save the fire alone; the name Ziguo means that the people on Hongniu Mountain are the people of the "Kitchen King".

Later, the Jade Emperor personally named Zhang Ziguo the "Kitchen God".

The legend of the "Kitchen Lord" in Zhang Town, Shunyi District was included in the second batch of Beijing's intangible cultural heritage folklore list in 2007. The tradition of worshiping the stove has been passed down in Zhang Town, Shunyi to this day.

Folk custom "On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God goes to heaven"?

Do you know what the folk say about the surname of the Kitchen God?

Before I went to study in the north, I always thought that the Spring Festival was celebrated on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Because the custom here is to celebrate the Little New Year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God will go to heaven to say good things.

So in order to make the Kitchen God say good things, some delicacies will be placed in front of the Stove God’s statue on the day of the meeting for the Kitchen God to taste.

When I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that this was to "bribe" the Stove Lord, after all, he would be soft-spoken.

At that time, I also asked who is the Stove Lord?

There are also various opinions among the people, and no one can explain it clearly.

The farmer remembered that his grandfather said at that time that there are many versions of the Stove Lord in folklore. Some say that the Stove Lord is Emperor Yan, and some say that he is Zhu Rong. He is the son of Zhuanxu, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and is the God of Fire.

Some say they are emperors. Judging from these folklore, these kitchen gods all have great backgrounds.

However, there is another version among the people, that is, the Kitchen God was originally an ordinary citizen, which is also a more accepted version.

Folks often say that the Kitchen God was originally an annoying person named Zhang Wanchang, and he married a daughter-in-law named Guo Dingxiang.

But after several years of marriage, his wife never became pregnant with a child.

So Zhang Wanchang divorced Guo Dingxiang and married another daughter-in-law.

Then she decided not to conceive a child, and because of Zhang Wanchang's habit of spending time and drinking, he quickly lost all his family property and became a beggar, relying on begging for a living.

One day he went begging to a house and found that it was his ex-wife's house.

I learned that my ex-wife chose to commit suicide after being divorced, but luckily she was saved by a woodcutter who cut wood.

Moreover, Guo Dingxiang also married a woodcutter, leaving a son and a daughter, and lived a very happy life.

Seeing that his ex-wife was living such a prosperous life, Zhang Wanchang was so ashamed that he immediately got into the stove and ended his life.

After the Jade Emperor knew about this, he felt that Zhang Wanchang had changed his mind and was burned to death in the stove again, so he named him the Kitchen God, who specially guarded the stove door and was in charge of food and beverage matters.

Therefore, judging from this legend, the Kitchen God is a male, and his nature has the same surname as the Jade Emperor, both of whom have long bows.

Folk custom "On the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God goes to heaven"?

Do you know what the folk say about the surname of the Kitchen God?

Time flies so fast, and it’s the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month again in the blink of an eye.

This day is the traditional Little New Year day in Jiaodong rural areas. Every household bids farewell to the stove and prepares for the arrival of the Spring Festival.

There is a saying in the countryside that "On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God goes to heaven." It means that on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God, who has been supervising the human world for a year, will return to the Heavenly Palace to report the work of the past year to the Jade Emperor.

Do a year-end summary.

The Jade Emperor will decide the rewards for each household based on the report of the Kitchen God.

So who is the surname of the Kitchen God that the people call him?

In our rural areas in Jiaodong, we hear that the Stove Lord’s surname is Zhang, and his given name is Ziguo.

Why do you say this?

There are folk songs in Jiaodong as evidence, "Grandpa Stove King, whose real surname is Zhang, rides a horse, carries a gun, goes to heaven to say good things, and returns to the palace to bring good luck." Since the official position of Stove Prince is very small in the heaven, he is popular among the people all the year round.

For worship, especially on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people prepare sugar melons in order to stick the Stove Lord's mouth and make him say more good things when reporting on his work, so as to receive God's gift.

According to legend, Zhang Ziguo was born into a wealthy family, and his parents ordered him to marry his wife Ding Xiang through a matchmaker.

Ding Xiang was very hard-working, but Zhang Ziguo didn't like her. Later, after Zhang Ziguo's parents passed away, under the instigation of a group of friends, Ding Xiang was divorced with a divorce letter.

Later, he married a wife named Haitang. The two of them were very happy, they were both good at eating and lazy in cooking. It was true that "a load carried to the Bohai Sea would not weigh too much".