Why do you ask someone to cook?

Cooking stoves is called "cooking stoves" by Hakkas and "cooking stoves" by kitchens. Stove occupies a very heavy weight in the hearts of Hakkas and is very particular about it. It is said to be a "great event" related to the rise and fall of a family.

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Since ancient times, Hakkas have worshipped the stove, believing that the stove is in charge of the family's food, clothing and well-being, and that the prosperity of the stove means the prosperity of life and family business. Therefore, almost every household puts a shrine on the kitchen table, or sticks a portrait of the kitchen god, or puts a tablet of "commanding the kitchen god" to offer sacrifices on holidays to protect the kitchen god.

Therefore, before cooking the stove, you should not only ask Mr. Feng Shui to pick an auspicious day, but also pay strict attention to the direction of the stove. People think: "people who face the west and the sea will spread their wealth;" To the south, the main tongue, war; To the north, the main disease; In the East, God is blessed. People who have made progress in the past will have a prosperous family business and auspicious children and grandchildren. However, although the direction is' auspicious', if the stove door is facing the gate (that is, the person who can see the stove door outside the gate), it will be extremely fierce.

The kitchen door is not good for the kitchen door, and there are many sayings in the main family. The stove door is also fierce to the altar, because yang is to yin, just as water is to fire. The stove door is opposite to the well, which means that fire and water are in harmony, and there are many strange disasters in the main family, people born with disfigurement, or civil strife between men and women. "

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With a good stove, you will choose an auspicious day to move. It is necessary to "enter the fire" (that is, turn on the stove) in strict accordance with the preselected time. Otherwise, all previous efforts will be in vain.

It is precisely because the Hakkas have a special plot about the stove that "cooking stove" (cooking stove and building stove) is a great event for the Hakkas, and it is very particular. If there are always disasters at home and everything goes wrong, Hakka people will think that there is something wrong with the kitchen stove, and they will be angry with the kitchen god, and then tear down the kitchen stove and rebuild it, hoping to change the situation and regain happiness.

When building a new house, the stove was built last. The other structures of the house have been built, and the host family will be filled with joy and invite skilled masters to "cook the stove". Hakka people attach great importance to cooking stoves. They should not only ask Mr. Feng Shui to choose an auspicious day, but also pay strict attention to the orientation of the cooking stove. People think: "people who face the west and the sea will spread their wealth;" To the south, the main tongue, war; To the north, the main disease; In the East, God is blessed. People who have made progress in the past will have a prosperous family business and auspicious children and grandchildren. Besides orientation, there are some taboos that can't be touched. For example, the kitchen door can't face the kitchen door, which will bring bad luck; If there is a well at home, the oven door can't face the well, because water and fire are incompatible, and so on.

After the new house is built, the host family should choose an auspicious day to officially "enter the fire" (that is, open the stove). "Entering the fire" requires choosing the auspicious time in advance. According to the strict and complete ceremony, the ceremony will be different in different places. The general procedure is as follows: at dawn, the elders walk in front with lanterns or torches, the male host picks the rice cooker or rice jar in the back, the housewife picks the rice cooker in the kitchen, and the children take what they need in the back. The whole family marched in procession and shot at the house.

If the stove rises well, it will be delicious. The number of Hakka stoves varies, and some stoves only have a big stove door and a big pot; Some have two stoves, one big and one small pot, and some big families have three stoves, with big, medium and three pots arranged in turn. Speaking of cauldron, it evokes old memories of many Hakkas. In the old society, there was no water heater. People used firewood to burn a large pot of water for the whole family to take a bath.

On holidays, the cauldron makes children the happiest moment, because at this time, Hakka women will make all kinds of hairpins with their own skillful hands, such as hairpins, wheat hairpins, sweet hairpins and radish hairpins. A cauldron is burning firewood, accompanied by smoke, and the children are waiting to taste it in this attractive fragrance.

On holidays or festive days, cauldrons are also heroes who entertain relatives and friends. A pot of "Dongpo Meat" is freshly baked and put on the dining table for friends and relatives to taste. It is full of weight and heat and can be taken home after eating. It is full of excitement and joy. Eat atmosphere and friendship!