What is the origin of the festival?

There are many traditional festivals in China, some of which are often heard and celebrated in people's daily life. For example: New Year's Day, Spring Festival and so on. However, some smaller festivals gradually began to pop up people's ideas. The origin of each festival has its own legend and the story behind it. First, what is the traditional festival "Festival of Sacrificing Kitchen Stove" in China? What is the origin of this festival? Let's have a look.

What is the origin of the festival?

What is the festival of offering sacrifices to the stove? The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, which is also called "Chinese New Year", "Chinese New Year" and "Chinese New Year". On this night, every household will have a ceremony of "offering sacrifices to the kitchen god". The kitchen god is one of the five major sacrifices in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It was first held in summer, and later it was held in La Worship. In ancient times, there was a saying that "Emperor Yan died with fire as the stove". The date of offering sacrifices to stoves in ancient times is said to be "official sacrifice three, people sacrifice four, turtle sacrifice five and turtle sacrifice six". At this time, people can't help but welcome the joy of the New Year, stop all kinds of work in their hands, and are busy with the sacrificial activities of offering sacrifices to the gods years ago. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the first round of firecrackers was set off in urban and rural areas of the Central Plains. City residents are busy buying sesame candy, fire and other food for offering sacrifices to stoves. In the vast rural areas, preparations and grand ceremonies for offering sacrifices to stoves gradually began in the deafening sound of guns.

According to the traditional custom of Han nationality in China, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is called "off-year". I'm afraid it's so called because in a few days, the Spring Festival, as the "New Year's Day", is coming. So it can also be said that "off-year" is a prelude or overture to "off-year"! It is a common custom to offer sacrifices to stoves in the off-year period. In the past, on this day, people would worship the kitchen god and grandmother on the wall near the kitchen table. On both sides of the shrine of the Buddha, a pair of couplets will be affixed. The first one reads "Heaven performs good deeds", the second one reads "Peace in the lower bound" or "Auspicious return to the palace", and the banner reads "Head of the family". The ancients said that "food is the most important thing for the people", so it is completely understandable that people respect the kitchen god as the head of the family.

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