What’s the point of worshiping the Kitchen God at home?

What are the specialties for worshiping the Kitchen God at home?

What are the specialties for worshiping the Kitchen God at home? The Kitchen God is the god of the kitchen. Worshiping the Kitchen God is a traditional custom that has been spread among Chinese people for a long time. In the past, almost every kitchen had a "Kitchen Lord" statue in the kitchen. There are many customs and customs in worshiping the Kitchen God. What are the specialties in worshiping the Kitchen God at home? Let’s find out together. What are the details of worshiping the Kitchen God at home? 1

The location and taboos of the Kitchen God. The stove is the home of the Kitchen God. Of course, the best place to worship the Kitchen God is above the stove. If there is no place for worship above the stove, the Kitchen God can be worshiped on the south side of the kitchen. The five elements of the Kitchen God belong to fire, which is suitable for worship in the south where fire belongs. But the biggest taboo when attaching the Stove King Elephant is that it cannot be attached too high. Generally, it should not exceed 1 meter. Nowadays, many people don't understand this. In order to look good, they stick the elephant very high. This is wrong.

The statue of Kitchen God is posted on the wall next to the stove and opposite to the wind box. Most of the couplets on both sides are "God speaks good things, and the lower world ensures peace", and the second couplet also says "Return to the palace to bring good luck". In the middle is the statue of the Kitchen King and his wife. Two horses are often painted next to the statues as mounts. When offering sacrifices to the stove, offerings should be displayed, the most prominent of which are sugar melons. It is customary to use glutinous rice in the northern Shanxi area. It is the primary product of sesame candy and is very sticky. It is now collectively called sesame candy. There is a folk proverb that goes "Twenty-three, eat rice noodles". Foods such as sugar and glutinous rice are both sweet and sticky. It means that Zao Lord was too busy eating and not talking. After going to heaven, his mouth was stuck with glutinous rice to avoid trouble. There are also a few eggs placed in the offerings as snacks for foxes, weasels and the like. It is said that they are all subordinates of Lord Zao and must be taken care of. When offering sacrifices to the stove, in addition to offering incense and wine, it is especially important to scatter horse feed for the Stove King's mount, from in front of the stove to outside the kitchen door.

After these rituals are completed, the statue of the Kitchen God must be taken down and burned. Wait until New Year's Eve to set up a new statue. Sitting east and facing the West Kitchen God, the full title is "East Kitchen Si Ming Jiuling Yuan Wang Dingfu God Lord", commonly known as "Kuo Lord", or "Kuo Lord", "Si Ming Zhenjun", "Nine Heavens East Kitchen Smoker", "Zhaizhu Tianzun" or "Kitchen King" is called "Kitchen King" in the north. Luanmen Zun is regarded as one of the three benefactors, that is, the god of the kitchen. The origin of the Kitchen God is very early. In the Shang Dynasty, people began to worship it, and in the Zhou rites, Li, the son of Yusuo, was regarded as the Kitchen God. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was listed as one of the main five sacrifices. Together with the five gods of Door God, Well God, Toilet God and Zhongliu God, the Kitchen God is responsible for the safety of the family. The reason why the Kitchen God is respected is that in addition to being in charge of people's diet and providing convenience in life, the Kitchen God's responsibility is to jade. An official sent by the Emperor to the human world to investigate the good and evil of a family. The Kitchen God is accompanied by two gods, one holding a "good jar" and the other an "evil jar". He keeps records of the family's behavior in the jars at any time, and reports them to the Jade Emperor after summarizing them at the end of the year. What are the details of worshiping the Kitchen God at home? 2

How to invite the Kitchen God? First ask the Kitchen God to set up the kitchen and start the cooking.

What is needed to worship the stove: three sticks of incense sticks and a pair of sacred candles. Three cups of tea and three cups of fine wine. Essays, tributes, gold and silver paper money.

The process of worshiping the stove:

1. List the incense burner, sacred candles, essays and tributes in front of the god's throne. (If there is no god seat, a temporary god table can be set up in the east or north direction of the kitchen. If the environment is limited, it can also be set up directly in front of the stove.)

2. Light the sacred candle in front of the kitchen god table.

3. Light three sticks of incense sticks and use your left hand to add incense. Taoism calls the left hand the good hand and the right hand the evil hand. When worshiping gods, the left hand is used to offer incense. Burn the incense in order from right to left. The incense should be inserted straight and the fire head should be flat. The distance between the three sticks is no more than an inch. As the saying goes, "You can't believe the god if you go too far."

4. Please politely invite the Stove King to ascend the throne and enjoy the sacrifices. (You can recite the holy name three times or recite the imperial edict three times.) When Taoists worship gods, they hold their fists and cup their hands (left and right) to greet them, and perform a salute.

5. Tea offering.

6. Drinking wine.

7. Read out the essay, express gratitude for the blessings of the past year, ask for forgiveness for the sins committed unintentionally, and pray for blessings in the coming year.

8. Removing sparseness. Use paper money in the incense burner to burn the first part of the incense.

9. Offer gold, silver, paper money, and rewards.

10. When the incense is finished, bow and bow, then the ceremony is completed and the case is dismissed.