Will there be sacrifices during the Little New Year in 2022? What is the food offered to the Kitchen God? What to pay attention to?
Speaking of Little New Year, I believe everyone is familiar with it, but not everyone knows whether sacrifices are needed on Little New Year. So, let’s take a look at whether sacrifices are needed on Little New Year in 2022? What is the food used to worship the Kitchen God? What to pay attention to? "La means connection, the handover between the new and the old, so grand sacrifices are held to reward merits." The twelfth month of the lunar calendar has passed, and the new year has arrived. Click on Mr. Shui Mo's website to learn more about the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2021.Will there be sacrifices during the Little New Year in 2022?Whether it is necessary to offer sacrifices during the Little New Year in 2022, we can analyze it from two perspectives.Angle 1: Lunar calendar taboos The time of the Little New Year in the north and south of my country is different. The Little New Year in the north is on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, while in the south it is on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. The lunar calendar date for the Northern Little New Year in 2022 is the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month in 2021. The lunar calendar for that day is: All things are taboo today, don't do anything important The lunar calendar date for the Southern Little New Year in 2022 is the 24th day of the 12th lunar month in 2021. The lunar calendar auspiciousness and taboos for that day are: Suitable: If you want to offer sacrifices during the Little New Year's Day in 2022, it is recommended that you choose the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month as the time for doing so. Angle 2: Traditional customs According to traditional customs, there is a custom of offering sacrifices on the day of the Little New Year. The main devotion offered on this day is to the Kitchen God. The Little New Year is also called the Kitchen God Festival, and on this day the Kitchen God is worshipped and sent to heaven. According to folk stories, the Kitchen God was originally one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations in the sky. Because he made some mistakes, he was demoted by the Jade Emperor and came to the human world to become the "Eastern Kitchen God". He sits in the middle of the stove in every household, recording how people live and do things. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month every year, the Kitchen God reports the good and evil of each person to the Jade Emperor from heaven for punishment. Summary: It is necessary to worship the Kitchen God on the Little New Year in 2022, because worshiping the Kitchen God is one of the customs of the Little New Year. However, if the local time does not clearly state that the worship must be on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it is recommended to choose to worship the Kitchen God on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. What is the food offered to the Kitchen God?1. Offering candy and soupOn the evening of the Kitchen God Festival, every family makes "Kitchen God soup" with tofu, vermicelli, cabbage, kelp, etc., and offers sesame cakes made of sugar paste or malt syrup in front of the Kitchen God's tablet, "Kitchen God sugar". "The Kitchen God returns to heaven on the last day of the lunar month to report his sins, and during the worship, stick sugar cakes into his mouth to prevent him from speaking." 2. Prepare rice cake In our country, rice cakes also have very good meanings. Rice cakes symbolize getting taller every year. 3. Spinach In some areas, spinach is also prepared for the Kitchen God worship, but you must choose spinach with roots, as the red roots symbolize a prosperous life. The food used to worship the Kitchen God varies in different regions. It is recommended to choose common local food to worship the Kitchen God. What should we pay attention to when offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God?Note 1:Some candies, clean water, beans and hay should be placed in front of the statue of the Kitchen God. The last three are preparations for the Kitchen God's mount for his ascension to heaven. When offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, you would melt Guandong sugar with fire and apply it on the Kitchen God's mouth. In this way, he could not speak ill of him to the Jade Emperor. Note 2: If the local area worships the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, then you must not tear down the old Kitchen God statue. Wait until the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month or around the Spring Festival and then tear it down and replace it with a new Kitchen God statue, because the Kitchen God will not leave your house until around 6 o'clock in the evening of the 24th day, ride his horse to the sky, and report to the Heavenly Palace. If you tear down the old image of the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, the Kitchen God will have no place to stay. On the 24th day of the 12th lunar month, you can take down the old Kitchen God statue and replace it with a new one. Old Kitchen God statues can be burned or disposed of as garbage. Note three: Whether tribute wine is needed for the Kitchen God worship is different at different times. It is recommended to offer wine on the 23rd. Do not offer wine on the 24th day of the lunar calendar when worshiping the Kitchen God, because wine is offered on the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, but not on the 24th day, as the Kitchen God is afraid of having a strong smell of alcohol when reporting. Note 4: Women are not allowed to participate in the Kitchen God worship. Because the Han people have the custom that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the Kitchen God", worshiping the Kitchen God is limited to men. |
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