Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional stories - Why can't we offer sacrifices to stoves in off-year years? What is the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves?

Why can't we offer sacrifices to stoves in off-year years? What is the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves?

1, according to the custom, off-year is the day to offer sacrifices to the kitchen, because it is the day to offer sacrifices to the kitchen.

It is said that the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven. Therefore, there are "twenty-three, the day of offering sacrifices to the stove" and "Heaven speaks well and returns to the palace for good luck; Go on the 23rd and come back on New Year's Eve. On this day or in advance, every household went to the streets to buy corn and millet, and sacrificed stoves at night, indicating that the mouth of the kitchen god was burned, so don't report it indiscriminately. At the same time, whip it and send it to the furnace god. Cooking candy for the stove is usually held with fried rattan and distributed to children and adults at home.