Why do you worship the kitchen god in off-year What kind of god is he?

Kitchen god is kitchen god. His duty is not only to take care of people's diet, but also to report the life of his family to the Jade Emperor on February 24th of the lunar calendar/kloc-0. Therefore, people should worship him with delicious food, hoping that he will put in a good word for his family in heaven.

Legend has it that the full name of Kitchen God is "The East Chef is in charge of the Nine Spirits, and Wang Yuan is in charge of the Shen Fu Jun", and his prototypes include Vulcan and Chef. In addition to taking care of the family, he also brought two assistants to record people's good and bad things respectively. By the end of the year, he will report the recorded things to Yuhuan Emperor in the sky. Isn't that a snitch?

What are the consequences of tattling? According to the Jin Dynasty's Bao Puzi, the Kitchen God reported the sin of this family once a month, with the major crime reducing life by 300 days and the minor crime by three days. This legend changed some details in later versions, such as the punishment for petty crimes increased from three days to one hundred days. But the general meaning of each version is the same, that is, the mistake reported by the kitchen god will have the consequences of shortening life.

So the ancients were afraid and thought of a countermeasure, so they used food to "bribe" the gods and worship the kitchen god, which was very common in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and formed many traditions. In the north, people will commemorate him with some sweet and sticky foods, such as honeydew melons, glutinous rice balls and fruits used to sacrifice stoves. Some places will also prepare tables and fruits, hoping that his old man will put in a good word for his family.

The custom in the south is to sacrifice with some vegetarian food, boiled water and candles. Although there are different ways of offering sacrifices in the north and the south, people's good wishes are the same, that is, to seek good fortune and avoid evil and pray for a peaceful and beautiful life in heaven.