Time flies quickly, and it is unknowingly that it came to the annual Jishuguan, and the Jishu became a new year's eve. It is a traditional festival of our Han people. After this day, it has truly entered the rhythm of the New Year.
Folk resigning the stove for the new year, the common people rush to prepare the new year's goods
In our rural areas, sacrificing stoves is a very important festival. On this day, people will eat dumplings at noon and give them at night. "Old Kitchen Master" enshrines sesame candies. Some families will also put a few sticks of incense, and then set a fire whip, each person will eat a sesame candies. Of course, there are many sayings in it, but each place has a custom The place is a bit different. For example, in our southern region, there is a saying that , the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month, , has a "small year", and there are even 25 s that have a small year in some places. So the topic I will discuss with you today is: What are the customs of Jizaoguan? Why do some rural areas worship stoves on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month?
Yangjiabu Wooden Board New Year Paintings in Weifang, Shandong (data)
Speaking of this difference, it is probably due to the difference between the cultures of the north and the south, just like the tofu brain in the north is salty, and the tofu brain in the south becomes sweet Yes, let’s say that has been unified? After checking the information on the Internet for a long time, there is no clear result. Some people say that we all had 24 sacrifices to the stove before the Qing Dynasty, but since the Qing Dynasty Yongzheng began to sacrifice the stove on the 23rd, the folks began to follow suit. The twenty-fourth sacrificial stove of the twelfth lunar month was changed to the twenty-third sacrificial stove, and the southern area was less affected by the government, so the twenty-fourth sacrificial stove of the twelfth lunar month was retained.
There is also a saying among the folks that "the official three people, four monks, five", it is believed that the official worship of the stove in , the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, ,The common people worshipped the stove for twenty-five years, while the monks and Taoist priests worshipped the stove at , the twenty-fifth lunar month. In fact, no matter what day it is to worship the stove, it is a folk custom, and it is a kind of people seeking good things. inherited.
There are also many customs about sacrificing stoves. In our northern rural areas, there are also "candy offering stoves. New year comes, girls want flowers, guys want artillery, old men want new hats, old women want new clothes". According to legend, this day was reported by Lord Stove to the Jade Emperor. In order to let Lord Stove speak good deeds and keep him safe in the next session, they would worship and the kitchen god on this day, offering sweets and incense to the kitchen god, and let him go to heaven. Say more good things, and bless the family to be safe and sound in the coming year.
And the day of sacrifice to the stove is also a New Year's reunion day. In some places, there are people who don’t offer sacrifices to the stove. The married girl cannot stay in her natal family on this day. There are many taboos when worshipping the stove, such as folks. "Men don’t worship the moon, and women don’t sacrifice the stove”. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, there are men in the family who offer sacrifices to the stove. If the man is not at home, they can not sacrifice the stove. To avoid suspicion, of course these are some folklore, and there is not much credibility!
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Today is the Festival of Stoves, and the once-a-year Stove Candies are not so attractive anymore. Remember that when I was young, I was always greedy for that sesame. Sugar, the sesame candy after the sacrifice stove at home was basically eaten by myself. However, as I grow older, these delicacies from childhood are no longer greedy. Only the familiar children’s songs are still lingering in my mind. Children, children, don’t be greedy, today is the new year, twenty-three sacrifices to the stove, twenty-four sweep the house,Twenty-five grind tofu, twenty-six stewed pork, twenty-seven steamed buns, twenty-eight to go for a drink, twenty-nine couplets, eat dumplings on New Year's Day, and slap butt on New Year's Day!
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