What are the customs of greeting the kitchen god on the fourth day of the fourth lunar month?

Kitchen God, also known as kitchen king, kitchen god and kitchen god, is the kitchen god in traditional culture and the god of food in ancient Chinese myths and legends. Since human beings did not invent fire food, with the development of social production, the relationship between stove and human life is getting closer and closer, and the worship of kitchen god has gradually become an important part of many activities. According to folklore, on the fourth day of the fourth lunar month, Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, so every household should stay at home, prepare fruit, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers to congratulate. Most people in China will worship the Kitchen God at home, and entrust the happiness and good wishes of the working people to the Kitchen God in this way. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, people will welcome Kitchen God in a special way in a happy New Year atmosphere.

In the traditional customs of China, the fourth day of the fourth lunar month is the day when the gods descend to earth. So? Meet the kitchen god? Has become a special ceremony on this day. Generally, on the fourth night, I invite the five-way god of wealth, and on the fifth day, I open the light for good luck. There is a proverb that says, "Send God early, and receive God later"? So according to the custom, it is necessary to send it to God early in the morning, but it will not be received until around 16:00. In the past, every household had to prepare fruits and vegetables for livestock to enjoy, burn incense, burn gold paper and set off firecrackers. The tribute to Kitchen God is quite exquisite. Among them, the most prominent is the candy represented by melon. This dessert is sweet and sticky. People will put them in the kitchen god's mouth and imagine that his mouth will be stuck after eating them, so that he can go to heaven and talk less ill.

The preparations for meeting the Kitchen God began at 3 pm on the fourth day of the same day and ended at 9 pm on 10. Set the table first. Generally, you can set two square tables first. Tables filled with fruits, such as oranges and sugar cane, imply rich wealth and sweet life; Contains cake, meaning promotion and evergreen. The second table is pig, chicken, fish and silver ingot soup. Half of the table is rice, noodles and vegetables. Green onions are inserted into a bowl of rice, and Millennium red is inserted into a tube, which means good luck every year. Everyone has the hope of getting rich. I hope the gods will take these treasures home and make a fortune in the new year.

Greeting the kitchen god is one of the important folk customs, which embodies people's hope for a beautiful new year's life and prays for a good weather in the coming year. At present, the traditional festivals in China are decreasing. If we can inherit the festival culture, restore the festival folk customs, and let children experience the traditional festivals and folk customs in China from an early age, then the traditional festivals in China will be full of the vitality of the times and will be passed down forever!