How to say goodbye to the stove on the Lunar New Year

What do you say at the Little Year's Resignation of Zaos?

1. Say good things in heaven and keep peace in the lower world!

2. Say good things in heaven, and send good luck back to the palace!

3. We are grateful to the God of the Vesta for taking care of us, and ask the God of the Vesta to bless our family and others with good health and success in the new year.

Why do we sacrifice Zaos on New Year's Day?

The God of the Zaos is the Bodhisattva who blesses the people with "good harvests and prosperity". He has to report to the Jade Emperor every year about the people in the mortal world who offer him incense, so in order to let him speak well of themselves in front of the Jade Emperor, the people give the Zaoshen "favors", and then the Zaoshen went up to the sky. According to folklore, every year on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, the God of the Vesta would tell the Jade Emperor about the good and bad things in the family, so that the Jade Emperor could reward and punish the family. Based on the report of the Vesta God, the Jade Emperor entrusted the development of the fate of the family's property to the Vesta God in the new year. There is a folk custom that "men do not worship the moon, women do not worship the stove". So the worship of the stove is limited to men, which is the ancient belief that the respect for the God of the stove.

What are the precautions to be taken to worship Zaos on the Lunar New Year?

1, first of all, you need to buy a picture of Zaojun, paste it in the north or east of the kitchen, and if you have the conditions, you can add a shrine, lamps and candles and other items.

2, ready to offer fruits, wine and food, as well as incense and candles to be used when offering the stove. The offerings specifically include the six must-have ones like New Year's candy rice cakes, rice cakes, water chestnuts, sugar cane, spinach, and garlic cloves. Other than that, other things like tofu, candies, oranges, etc. are allowed. Generally ten sorts, or no less than ten sorts.

3, the day of the small year the male head of the family will be prepared offerings, incense and candles placed in front of the Zaojun shrine, kneeling on the ground, began to kneel and worship. Do not involve women in the process.

4, with the stove sugar in the Zaojun statue of the mouth smeared some, at the same time praying for Zaojun up to the sky to say more good things.

5, send Zaojun, after worship to send Zaojun ascending to heaven, devoutly invited down the old Zaojun portrait, placed in the stove hearth burned.

6. After New Year's Eve, a new Zaojun portrait is invited and pasted in its original place.

As the saying goes, one luck, two lives, three feng shui, you can see how important luck is for people.