What does Kuixing bless?

What does Kuixing bless: being the first.

There is a legend among the people about Kuixing Wen: it is said that Kuixing Wen is ugly. How ugly is he? His face was covered with black spots and he was lame in one foot.

However, Lord Kuixing simply ignored the ridicule of others. He was ambitious and studied very hard, and finally won the first prize in high school.

The emperor was surprised to see that this year's champion was such a poor man, so he asked him, "Why are there so many spots on your face?" He answered unhurriedly, "Ma's face is full of stars." The emperor asked again, "Then why is your foot lame?" He replied haughtily, "Hop on one foot." The emperor smiled and was very satisfied with his answer.

Although Lord Kuixing is ugly and lame, the portraits created by the people are very vivid and interesting: a turtle fish is standing on his right foot, a star is lame on his left foot, a pen is held in his right hand, and a bucket is held in his left hand, which means to circle who wins with a brush, which is called "Kuixing Temple Fight". Kuixing, with its lovely shape, is very dynamic and incorporates people's good wishes of "winning the championship in one fell swoop and leading the championship".

The legend of Kuixing:

In ancient times, there were not only Kuixing, but also Wenchang Emperor, Wenheng Emperor (Guan Gong), Fu You Emperor (Lv Dongbin) and yi zhu. These five people are collectively called "Five Wenchang". People think that offering sacrifices to Lord Kuixing can protect them from winning the first prize, so many scholars offer statues or portraits of Lord Kuixing in the hall at home. On the one hand, they pray for Lord Kuixing to bless themselves, on the other hand, they can brag to others that I am a scholarly family.

In ancient times, Kuixinglou and Kuixingge were built all over the country. On the seventh birthday of Kuixing in July, many literati came here to worship Kuixing. The ceremony of worshipping Kuixing is very particular: first, prepare a star map of Kui Zhang, or paste a paper map, and also prepare a horned sheep's head made of flour (representing "Xie"), wrap the two horns in red paper and put them on a plate in front of Kuixing's statue.

Besides, there are many things to prepare: tea, wine, firecrackers, gold paper and three plates of dried fruits. These three plates of dried fruits are longan, walnut and peanut, which symbolize champion, second place and flower exploration respectively, and then worship in the direction of the Big Dipper. After the worship, we should burn the golden paper and Kuixing map together, and then set off firecrackers.

Scholars should eat some dried fruits for good luck. There will be a big banquet in the evening, which is called "Kuixing Banquet". In addition, the teacher will lead his disciples to offer sacrifices to Kuixing, which is called Kuixing Club.

In ancient times, the word "kui" and the word "frog" were the same word, so there was a folk custom: releasing frogs to celebrate Kuixing's birthday. Moreover, candidates who take part in the imperial examination must not eat frog meat, so as not to offend Kuixing.