The fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as Ci Zao .. What's the significance?

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is a day for people to say goodbye, which is called "Happy New Year" and "New Year". "Give the stove" is also called "send grandpa to cook the king". According to folklore, on this day, Kitchen God will ascend to heaven to report the merits and demerits of the family to the Jade Emperor, and quitting the kitchen is to see Kitchen God off. People are very pious and respectful to this god who lives at home. When cooking, such as jiaozi, they must first propose a bowl to respect him. Some families also burn incense and paper for him on the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, hoping that he will bless the whole family. But this time, it was embarrassing to send him to heaven to report the family affairs to the Jade Emperor. Although he is usually very kind to him and let him speak well from the sky, he really doesn't repay evil with good, and he has no bottom in his heart. So, when I sent Kitchen God away, I served him in a different way. People use persimmons, peanuts, melon seeds, snacks and other offerings to worship the stove, which means that the kitchen god will be sweet after eating it, and God will only say good things, not bad things. When offering sacrifices to Kitchen God, most people will present a honey melon made of maltose in front of the statue of Kitchen God, and want to stick the mouth of Kitchen God with this honey melon with sticky teeth and sticky mouth. It's hard to say, lest he talk nonsense in heaven and make trouble. Prepare the offerings, put them in front of Grandpa Kitchen King, put paper and gold ingots folded with tin foil, and put some paper money bags and food bags (for Kitchen King to return fashion money and food from the sky). Wait a minute, burn it on the fire with the "kitchen horse" (cut from the head of the kitchen horse or painted by yourself). The person who presided over the sacrifice of the stove repeatedly asked: "Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and Grandpa Kitchen God is going to the Western Heaven. Less gossip, more food and more money. Stay for seven days and go home for the New Year. " The paper was reduced to ashes, and the "libation of wine" (actually water) was poured out from the "libation of wine" and sprinkled horizontally, and the family man kowtowed to the kitchen god. After the ceremony, we will share the offerings.

3 I+ L: {2 x L Yinan No.1 online community! & ltbr & gt7 V' h, Z' p "a Yinan forum, as its name implies, resigned from the Chef King. There is a simple and exquisite set. As the saying goes, "official word three, people word four", in the choice of time, the time for the butler's kitchen god to "report to the sky" is the twelfth lunar month, the people.