Legend of the origin of Kitchen God during the Spring Festival of 2022

Time for offering sacrifices to stoves during the Spring Festival in 2022

The specific time is February 4, 202 1 year in Gregorian calendar, that is, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the time for every household to spend the next year sweeping dust and also the day to send the kitchen king to heaven to report his work. It is said that if you say a good word in front of the Jade Emperor, your family will be very lucky in the coming year, so everyone will prepare offerings very carefully.

What are the traditional customs?

1. On the so-called windward side of sending jiaozi, jiaozi is a very good sacrifice to the Kitchen God, which can be shared by the whole family or given to relatives and friends after the ceremony.

3. In addition to preparing offerings, you should also post a pair of couplets on both sides of the sitting statue of Kitchen God. The first couplet says that God does good deeds, and the second couplet says that when you return to the palace, the boundary is safe or auspicious, and the banner is the head of the family. Before the kitchen king goes to heaven, be careful not to get a new one, or there will be no place to live.

What is the main origin?

It is said that there was a scholar named Zhang Sheng in ancient times. After marriage, he was lazy every day, and finally dissipated his family wealth and divorced his wife. Lonely after divorce, begging for a living every day, one day I saw my ex-wife, I was ashamed of what I had done before, and I plunged into the burning stove. Later, the Jade Emperor knew that he would eventually repent and named him the Kitchen God, in charge of the kitchen affairs on earth. People worship him every year and pray for food and clothing in the coming year.