Dragon's luck. happy new year
Not the slightest bit of defense.
Eyes closed and opened.
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is here.
I wish you well.
The dragon and the tiger leap are in good spirits.
The house is full of gold and jade, rich and long.
Celebrate the family reunion with joy.
All the best, no borders.
Do you think that the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
What's the matter?
Remind everyone.
There is one important thing.
Be sure to do it today.
That's Ying! Kitchen range! God!
I'm afraid that some friends will be stunned immediately.
What is the god of the hearth? Why do you want to welcome the god of the hearth?
How to welcome? Today, I will popularize science for you
The origin of the god of the hearth.
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The "God of the Stove", also known as the King of the Stove, the King of the Stove, and the Lord of the Stove, is the god of food in ancient Chinese mythology and legends, and it can be regarded as one of the most complex gods in the ancient Chinese mythological system. The ancients' sacrifice to the "stove" originated from the "five rituals" and "seven rituals" in the pre-Qin classics. This custom has been passed down for two or three thousand years, and there are too many sayings about the god of the stove in the ancient books. I'll give you a few examples today.
The Western Han Dynasty classic "Huainanzi Pan Treatise" has a very humane description of the sacrifice, saying that people at that time would sacrifice stoves, door panels, brooms and other things, which should not be superstition, but should be regarded as the ancients in these hard-working furniture to express gratitude. Of course, people will also be grateful to those who have blessed us. For example, some people say that Emperor Yan invented fire, so people should worship him by the stove where the fire was made for cooking.
The first edition of the four series photocopied Liu Mao's shadow and wrote the Song book "Huainanzi".
Source: The Paper).
If you want to talk about the god of fire, the ancients also arranged it. For example, the Eastern Han Dynasty scholar Ying Shao's "Customs and General Principles" volume 8 "Rituals and Stove Gods" quoted the statement "Zhou Li" said: "The Zhuan clan has a son called Li, which is Zhu Rong. Worship the god of the hearth. ”
In addition to lighting a fire, the stove also needs to cook. Since ancient times, the people who have worked hard by the stove are often women, so the gods of the stove imagined by the ancients are often women. For example, the great poet Du Mu's grandfather Du You said in the "General Dictionary" that some people think that "the god of the stove is to sacrifice to the old woman, and the righteousness of the first cooking". "Xian Cook" refers to the person who invented the art of cooking, and here she is said to be an old woman. "Zhuangzi, Outer Chapters, Dasheng" records that "the stove has a bun". Lu Deming's "Classic Commentary" quoted Sima Biao of the Jin Dynasty as saying: "Bun, the god of the stove, dressed in red, like a beauty", said that she was a beautiful goddess wearing fiery red clothes.
Some people regard the god of the stove as the god of cooking, and some people regard the god of the stove as the god who presides over the good fortune and evil fortune of the family. In ancient societies, the latter had to be a man in such a powerful role. As a result, the image of the god of the stove is becoming more and more masculine, some people say that his name is Su Jili, some people say that he is called Zhang Dan; Some people also say that the god of the stove was originally "Chen's old mother", "practiced for thousands of years, and left a treasure to be a mortal", and finally "the Jade Emperor personally re-sealed it" and "the woman was named a man" and became a man.
Among these stove god allusions, the most popular is the legend of "Zhang Lang divorced his wife". There are different variations of this legend in various places, and in general, the god of the stove in the story was originally a young man (surnamed Zhang in most versions, and some studies have guessed that the surname of the god of the stove may be related to Zhang Jiao), who left his wife to go out to take the exam or do business, won fame and fortune, and then turned his face and did not recognize people, divorced his wife and did not climb the high branches. A few years later, the man became a beggar, occasionally knocking on the door of a house to beg, only to find that the hostess who opened the door was his wife. The woman did not remember the old evils, but invited him to eat and drink. The man rushed into the stove in shame and killed himself. This incident soon spread all over the world, and also alarmed the Jade Emperor in the sky, in order to warn people to accept Zhang Lang's lesson, he named Zhang Lang as the stove prince that every household and every day.
Why do you want to welcome the god of the hearth?
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In folklore, the Lord of the Stove is in charge of the family's diet and stove fire, and is believed to be able to influence the fortune and well-being of the family. Legend has it that every stove will have a stove god secretly watching.
On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month every year, the Lord of the Stove will leave the world, and the heavens will report to the Jade Emperor the good and evil deeds of each family in the past year, and decide whether the new year will be a disaster or a blessing according to the situation. Worried that the god of the stove would make a "small report" to the Jade Emperor, people placed an offering table under the statue and "bribed" him with a variety of delicious food, hoping that the god of the stove would "say good things to heaven and return to the palace to bring good fortune". Oh yes, I advise you to withdraw your little hands that are testing back and forth on the edge of the plate, otherwise I won't know that you are greedy, and the Jade Emperor can hide it
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it is necessary to welcome the god of the stove back to the people, hoping that the king of the stove can bring good luck and happiness to the family. If you hadn't done anything bad last year, the god of the stove might be able to make you become everyone's best "koi" in the new year!
Source: Xinhua News Agency).
How to greet the god of the hearth?
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The custom of welcoming the god of the stove is not only a kind of respect and greeting to the god of the stove, but also carries people's good wishes for happiness, health and wealth in the new year. In some areas, there is a saying that "send God early, receive God late", which means that the delivery should be done early in the morning, and the delivery should be done in the afternoon or evening. Therefore, on the day of welcoming the god of the hearth, family members usually stay at home to welcome the arrival of the god of the hearth.
Offerings to the god of the stove usually include three animals (such as cows, sheep, pigs), fruits, wine and vegetables, etc., and incense, gold paper, and firecrackers are set off to welcome you. For example, the statue of the god of the stove is generally attached to the side of the stove, and it needs to be pasted with specific couplets or couplets, such as "the heavens say good things, and the lower world keeps peace".
Source: The Paper).
In addition, in some places, there is a saying that the king of the stove wants to check the household registration. Therefore, people avoid going out on the fourth day of the first lunar month to show their greetings to the king of the stove.
In addition to the big event of welcoming the god of the stove.
On the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
Generally, merchants will also accept the God of Wealth.
The market opens on the fifth day of the first month to be auspicious.
Source: Picture Worm Creative).
In some places, you also have to eat "folding baskets".
The so-called "folding basket".
It's just to put together the leftover meals from the previous days.
Make a hodgepodge to clean up the New Year's goods.
Source: Guangming Network).
Some rural areas remain.
tied to the god of fire".
People tied wheat or corn stalks to sticks.
And send the lit sticks to the river.
Pray in this way.
In the new year, the home is away from fire.
Source: Guangming Network).
These traditional folklore.
Contains the Chinese.
A good wish to pray for blessings and avoid misfortune.
and a good expectation of life.
Finally wishing everyone who saw this tweet.
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Full of blessings and good luck!
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