in China, there is the custom of offering sacrifices to cookers on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month before the Chinese New Year. This custom has been circulating for a long time since ancient times. The kitchen offering Festival, also known as the lunar new year, is the closest festival to the Spring Festival in a year. Therefore, kitchen offering is also a custom to welcome the Spring Festival. So where did the kitchen sacrifice Festival come from? The small editor of this article will tell you about the origin of sacrificial stoves.
Historical origin of the festival:
The dates of offering sacrifices to cookers in ancient times have always been different, including January, April, may, August, December and so on. In China's feudal society, religions coexisted, and the number of gods was as high as thousands, which was respected by all folk customs. Perhaps for the sake of simplification and unification, easy to remember and easy to implement, the saying that Zaojun reports to heaven once a month has evolved into going to heaven once a year. And fixed the time on December 23. This day has become a traditional festival of offering sacrifices to cookers.
Legend: in ancient times, an old couple had only one son. They loved their son very much. But because his family was poor and had no means of living, he had to bear the pain to let his son go to the coal mine to dig coal.
The old man missed his son for a long time. That day, the old woman asked the old man to go to the coal mine. On the way, the old man met a fellow passer-by with bare feet. They became more and more familiar and got along very well. During the chat, the old man learned that the barefoot film was ordered by the king of hell to recover 100 miners from the mine. The old man was so anxious that he begged for barefoot film to keep his son. The barefoot film generously agreed and told him not to tell others.
Seeing his son, the old man pretended to be ill. His son served around and couldn't go down the well. Soon, there was an accident in the coal mine, and the old man hurried to take his son home.
Three years passed in the twinkling of an eye. On the night of the 22nd December of this year, the old man remembered the risks of that year and couldn't help but say to his wife. Unexpectedly, Zao Jun listened to this. On the 23rd night, Zao Jun went to heaven and told the jade emperor about it. The Jade Emperor became angry and immediately punished the barefoot film and took away the old man's son.
Therefore, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people respect Zao Jun and eat Zao sugar. They hope that after he arrives at the heavenly palace, he will no longer fiddle with human rights and wrongs. Over time, people worship the stove on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.