The custom of sticking to the door god during the Spring Festival

According to traditional customs, every household is busy writing couplets and door gods on the eve of the Spring Festival to pray for the coming year. According to historical records, the activity of "worshipping the door" appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, which was an extremely important ceremony. Among the legends of door gods, the legends of Shen Tu and Lei Yu have been circulated among the people for a long time, and they are recorded in ancient books such as Shan Hai Jing, General Meaning of Customs, Rebuilding the Integration of Weft Books, and Searching for Gods by Three Religions.

Door-keeper, that is, the guard of Simen, is a painting posted on the door during the Lunar New Year. As guardians of folk beliefs, people stick idols on doors to drive away evil spirits and ghosts, defend their homes, maintain peace, help public utilities and bring good luck. It is the beloved patron saint of China people.

There are three people in the Han nationality, one is Cheng qin, and the other two are shentu and Lei Yu. Shencha and Lei Yu brothers specialize in catching kids. They live in Dushuo Mountain. There is a peach tree on the mountain, and the shade is like a cover. Every morning, they will review the ghosts under the tree. If there are evil spirits that harm the world, tie them up and feed them to the tiger to subdue the evil spirits. Committed to defending our homeland and driving away evil spirits. Later, people painted the portraits of Shen Tu and Lei Yu on two mahogany boards and hung them on both sides of the door to ward off evil spirits.