Legend of Kitchen God Who is Kitchen God and how to send him to heaven?

The custom of offering sacrifices to stoves has a long history. Kitchen God, in the Xia Dynasty, has become a respected god. In the Analects of Confucius, which describes Kong Qiu's words and deeds in the Spring and Autumn Period, there is a saying that "it is better to be charming than beautiful". In the pre-Qin period, the sacrifice furnace was one of the "five sacrifices" (the five sacrifices were the five gods of sacrifice furnace, gate, line, household and thunder). Ray is the land god. The other is doors, wells, households, stoves and lightning; Or lines, wells, households, stoves, thunder). When offering sacrifices to the stove, you should establish a spirit and make a sacrifice with rich wine and food. It is necessary to display tripods, arrange water beans, welcome corpses and so on. With obvious traces of primitive fetishism.

Kitchen God himself has long been known as Yan Di and Zhu Rong. Later, many statements were derived. After the prosperity of Taoism in China, the kitchen god was described as the mother god in Jing Shuo. "People's residence. At twelve o'clock, be good at knowing human affairs. Remember good and evil and their merits and demerits every month, remember their severity, play Cao Shen in the middle of the night and set his book. " Later, it developed into grandparents. In different regions, Zhao Jun and his wife are played by different candidates, accompanied by popular local folklore stories.

There are always different opinions on the dates of offering sacrifices to stoves in ancient times, such as the first month, April, May, August and December. In the feudal society of China, various religions coexisted, and the number of gods reached thousands, which was respected by folk customs. Perhaps in order to simplify unity, facilitate memory and operation, the saying that Kitchen God goes to heaven once a month has evolved into going to heaven once a year. And set the time at the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. This day has become a traditional festival for offering sacrifices to stoves.

In the twelfth lunar month, the most important festival is to send the kitchen god. According to legend, Kitchen God is a fairy in the celestial world, in charge of fireworks and daily necessities. Therefore, when people send the Kitchen God in the twelfth lunar month every year, they can be said to be respectful for fear of neglecting the Kitchen God. At the same time, they also hope that Kitchen God can write to God in heaven and add daily necessities and food to their stoves in the coming year.