When is a good time to offer sacrifices to the stove?

Sacrificing stoves is a traditional custom with great influence and wide spread among the people in China. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. People call this god "Chef Master". According to legend, he was named "Chef King of Nine Days East Chef" by the Jade Emperor, who was in charge of the kitchen fires of various families and was worshipped as the head of the family. Kitchen shrines are mostly located in the north or east of the kitchen, with the idol of Kitchen God in the middle. Some people who don't have the niche of the Kitchen King even put the idol directly on the wall. Some gods only draw a kitchen god, while others have two men and women. The goddess is called "Grandma Chef". Kitchen God is the most representative folk god in China, with the widest mass base. It gives the working people in China a beautiful wish, that is, to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck.

How to worship the kitchen god

1. First, prepare fruits, wine and vegetables, and offer incense and candles.

2. Time: Sacrifice the furnace on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, before 6 o'clock on the 24th night.

3. Wine should be served on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, not on the 24th day of the lunar calendar (the kitchen god is afraid to report when he is full of alcohol).

On the 23rd of the lunar calendar, fishy food can be used as the staple food, and on the 24th, vegetarian food can be used as the staple food.

5. When offering sacrifices, you can talk to Kitchen God and let Kitchen God put in a good word for your family.

6. If you rent a house, you don't need a kitchen god, because there is no kitchen god in the rented house.

8. Special reminder: If you worship the kitchen stove on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, don't tear down the old image of the kitchen god until the 24th or around the Spring Festival, and replace it with a new one, because the kitchen god won't leave your house until around 6 pm on the 24th, riding a horse to heaven and reporting the sky. If you tear off the image of the old kitchen god at the age of 23, there will be no place for the kitchen god. Donors can remove the old statue of Kitchen God and replace it with a new one.