When is the date of sacrifice?

According to the lunar calendar, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, that is, off-year.

The New Year Festival is a traditional festival of Han nationality in China, also known as Xie Zao, Zao Zao Festival, Zao Wang Festival and Zao Zao Festival. This date varies in different places, on the 23rd, 24th or15th of the twelfth lunar month.

It is a common custom from north to south to offer sacrifices to stoves in the New Year. In the past, until today, people still worship the kitchen god and his grandmother on the wall next to the kitchen pot.

Legend of offering sacrifices to stoves in off-year

According to legend, on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva went to the Jade Emperor to report the bad things and good deeds that the family had done in the past year, especially when the hostess cursed in the kitchen.

The Kitchen God Bodhisattva will go to the Jade Emperor to tell the truth. In order to pray that the Kitchen God Bodhisattva can offer a kind word to the Jade Emperor, she will sacrifice the kitchen stove on this day, praying that the Kitchen God Bodhisattva will forgive her master and bless a year without disease and disaster, peace and happiness.