Is it good to worship ancestors on December 23, 2020? What offerings should be used to worship the Kitchen God?
Introduction: Whether a day is suitable for ancestor worship is usually determined by consulting the almanac. So [Is December 23, 2020 a good day for ancestor worship? What offerings should be used to worship the Kitchen God?] Please follow the editor to learn more about it! The arrival of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2020 heralds the approach of the New Year. Every day has different good and bad omen. Follow Mr. Shui Mo to learn about the good and bad omen of each day.Is it okay to worship ancestors on December 23, 2020?Lunar calendar: December 23, 2020 Gregorian calendar: February 4, 2021, Thursday, Aquarius ☆Suitable for today/Day of the month★ Repair graves, fasting and offering sacrifices, receiving money, taking office, seeking offspring, planting, seeking medical treatment, breaking down houses, building stoves, taking medicine, sailing, recruiting sons-in-law, signing contracts ☆Taboo for today/Day of the month★Opening the market, traveling, seeking money, building, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, burial, moving coffins, breaking ground, starting drilling, burial, receiving betrothal gifts, marrying, moving into a new home, installing doors, separating, breaking ground, installing beds, closing tents, putting on the crown, raising beams, erecting pillars, building houses, buying property, releasing water, receiving livestock, migrating——According to the old almanac, since today is a day with a broken moon, December 23, 2020 is not suitable for ancestor worship! What offerings are used to worship the Kitchen God?Offerings to the Kitchen God: Kitchen God FruitSending off the Kitchen God is usually held at dusk. The family first goes to the kitchen, sets the table, burns incense to the Kitchen God in the shrine on the stove wall, and offers sacrificial fruits. The fruits for offering sacrifice to the Kitchen God include red balls, white balls, sesame balls, oil fruits, Cunjin candy, foot bone candy, white cross-cut, black cross-cut, etc., either in 8 colors or 12 colors, and they are all sweet and sticky when eaten. After the offering, the statue of "Jiu Tian Dong Chu Siming Zaojun" that has been pasted for a year will be burned together with the paper horse, and people will pray that he will do more good things in front of the Jade Emperor and bless the family with peace. The sacrificial fruit will be shared by family members, mainly children, and "after eating the sacrificial fruit, the feet bones will be healthy." Offerings to the Kitchen God: Kitchen God soup, Kitchen God candy On the night of the Kitchen God Festival, every household in Henan makes "Kitchen God Soup" with tofu, vermicelli, cabbage, kelp, etc., and offers sesame cakes made of sugar paste or malt syrup, which is "Kitchen God Sugar", in front of the Kitchen God's tablet. The ancients said: "The Kitchen God returns to heaven on the dark day to report his sins. During the sacrifice, stick sugar cakes into his mouth to prevent him from speaking." At the same time, eighteen fire cakes are baked, and a rooster is clamped by its wings and placed in front of the Kitchen God, with some grass and beans placed aside to "feed the god". The main priest first sprinkles wine on the cock's comb, lights incense and candles in front of the altar, sets off firecrackers, and recites prayers with a variety of contents, all of which are words of help and blessings. Take down the Kitchen God statue from the wall, smear its mouth lightly with kitchen sugar, burn it on a paper horse, shout "Send the Kitchen God on horseback to heaven", and the sacrifice is over. Offerings to the Kitchen God during the Tang and Song Dynasties Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda's "Sacrifice to the Kitchen God" gave a very vivid description of the folk worship of the Kitchen God at that time: "According to ancient legend, on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God looks up to the sky to speak. The cloud chariot and wind horse linger for a while, and every family has cups and plates for the rich offering. The pig's head is well-cooked, the two fish are fresh, and the bait is round with red bean paste, sweet pine and rice. Men offer wine and women avoid it. Pour wine and burn money to please the Kitchen God. Don't listen to the maids' quarrels, and don't be angry at the cats and dogs for getting dirty. I will send you drunk and full to the gate of heaven. Don't say whether the spoon is long or short. I will ask for the profit and share it when I return." The Origin and Evolution of the Kitchen God SacrificeAccording to the local customs and features book Fengtu Ji written by Zhou Chu, a famous person in Jin Dynasty, “On the night of the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, people worship the Kitchen God. It is said that the Kitchen God will go to heaven the next day to report the affairs of the year, so they worship him the day before.”Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty said in his "Poems for Offering Sacrifice to the Kitchen God": "According to ancient legend, on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month , the Kitchen God looks up to the sky to speak. The cloud chariot and wind horse linger for a while, and every family has cups and plates for offering sacrifices. The pig's head is cooked and hot, the two fish are fresh, and the red bean paste and sweet pine flour are used as bait. Men offer wine and women avoid it. Pour wine and burn money to please the Kitchen God. Don't listen to the maids' quarrels, don't be angry at the cats and dogs' dirty horns; I send you drunk and full to the gate of heaven, don't say whether the ladle is long or short, beg for the profit and share it when you return." In the early and middle Qing Dynasty, the Kitchen God worship was always held on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. And at least until the Qianlong period, sacrifices were held on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. "Records of Qing Jia" Volume 12 "December: The Fourth Night of Nian, Sending Off the Kitchen God": "Common people call the twenty-fourth night of the twelfth lunar month the fourth night of Nian, and this is the night to send off the Kitchen God." "A Grand View of Qing Dynasty Unofficial History: Remaining Stories of Qing Palaces" says that during the Qianlong period, the Kitchen God was worshipped in the Kunning Palace on the twenty-fourth night of the twelfth lunar month every year. Starting from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the imperial family held a ceremony to worship the heaven on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month . In order to "save money", they also worshipped the Kitchen God. Therefore, most northern regions celebrate the Little New Year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of celebrating the Little New Year on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained. The eight characters can be used to calculate when your marriage will begin and the depth of your past life love in this life. Please click on the "Excellent Calculation" below to make predictions in advance. I wish you find your soulmate soon! |
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