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Chapter 115

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    [1] Nursery Rhymes of "Twenty-Three. Sacrifice to the Stove"

    Ji Xu was explaining the mysteries of "Book of Changes" to Jackson, so Mu Yu went upstairs and called them to the living room for dinner.

    Jackson teased Mu Yu and said, "Xiao Yu, what shall we have for dinner tonight?"

    Mu Yu said: "Eat dumplings."

    "Dumplings?" Jackson said, "Didn't you make so many delicious ones, why eat dumplings?"

    Mu Yu told him, "That's for the Stove Lord, not for you."

    "Send off the dumplings facing the wind." Ji Xu turned around and patted Mu Yu's shoulder, and said, "Dumplings are worse than delicious! Mu Yu, you go down first, Jackson and I will go down after washing our hands."

    Mu Yu bouncing downstairs.

    Jackson asked while washing his hands: "Why, Mr. Zhen wants to send us away?"

    "It's not for us, it's for Lord Stove."

    "Who is the Stove Lord?"

    Ji Xu wiped his face and said, "It's the 'Bodhisattva of Command', we respect him as 'Kitchen Commander of Command'."

    "Commander of the morning army," Jackson asked, "War?"

    "What kind of war are you fighting?" Ji Xu laughed, "He is in charge of managing the stoves of each family, and is the protector of our family."

    "Oh, god~" Jackson nodded, "I know, I know."

    Ji Xu and Jackson went downstairs, "Jade Emperor, you have heard of it!"

    "No, which sweat is he?"

    "It's not Da Khan, he is our Eastern God, who lives in the sky." Ji Xu pointed to the blue sky, "This Stove Lord, he was conferred by the Jade Emperor as the 'Nine Heavens East Cook Siming Stove King's Mansion' and was sent to the world  , to protect and monitor the life of this family.¡±

    "Oh, the porter."

    "It's not the doorkeeper. The doorkeeper is called the door god. This is the kitchen god. Today is the day of worshiping the kitchen stove." Ji Xu said, "There is a saying that 'officials, three peoples, four boats, five', that is, on the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the government  On the 24th of the folk houses, and on the 25th of the Shuishang family, there is a 'sacrifice to the stove'. However, most of them are political centers, with many bureaucrats and officials. In addition, the royal family sits in the capital, and the official atmosphere is very radiated. Therefore,  Regardless of whether they are officials or civilians, they all sacrifice to the stove on the twenty-third day."

    "Why sacrifice the stove?"

    "Because today, Lord Stove is going to ascend to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor the good or bad deeds of this family during the year. He has served your family for a year, why can't you let him go on an empty stomach! So,  Every family set up cups and plates, filled with overcooked pig's head, delicious double carp and soft and sweet bean paste balls"

    "Oh, that bean paste cake is delicious. Qing Wan gave me a piece in the kitchen just now." Jackson smacked his mouth again.

    "Is it sweet?"

    "Sweet, sweet, sweet."

    "Have you ever eaten 'tanggua'?"

    "I haven't eaten that one. I saw Youcai and Mu Yu had it."

    "Tanggua is not only sweet, but also sticky, so it is also called 'tanggua sticky'."

    "Later, I must try it."

    "You know, why we make these things sweet and sticky?"

    "It's delicious!"

    "Yes, that's the only way to stuff the Stove Lord's mouth with sugar, so that he can say good things for us from the Jade Emperor This is also the origin of the word 'prevarication'"

    Jackson grinned.

    Ji Xu asked: "What are you laughing at?"

    Jackson said: "You Orientals, it's really interesting, even the gods are bribed!"

    "How can this be called bribery? This is the 'harmony, harmony' I just mentioned. Therefore, whether you are in the fairy world or in the world, everyone pays attention to the word 'harmony'." Ji Xu told him, ""  The Book of Changes. Xi Ci Zhuan says: "There is a way of heaven, there is a way of human beings, there is a way of authenticity, and the combination of three talents and two of them." This sentence means that there is a way of heaven, there is a way of life, and there is a way of authenticity.  The three worlds of 'heaven, earth and man' must be balanced and combined into one. Why are there two? Because the world is an objective natural environment, and nature must be in harmony with man"

    From a long distance, Mu Yu and Youcai could be heard clapping their hands and singing nursery rhymes:

    "Twenty-three, after offering sacrifices to the stove,

    The child clapped his hands and laughed.

    In another five or six days,

    The new year is coming.

    Evil warding box, playing with walnuts,

    Didi clicked two cannons.

    The fifth son enrolls in a ping-pong ring,

    The fire rose higher than the sky.  "

    Ji Xu said: "Come on, let's go and have a look, ZhenAccording to records, it is probably the source of offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God!  In addition, it may be said that the kitchen god is the "Suiren family" who drilled wood to make fire; or it is the "fire officer" of Shennong family;  Zi Guo There are different opinions.

    Due to the different customs in different places, there are traditional folk activities of "jumping the stove king" and "fighting the stove king".

    (4) Eat dumplings

    The Stove Sacrifice Festival is a folk festival, which means "send off the dumplings facing the wind".  Cakes and buckwheat noodles are eaten more in mountainous areas.  In the southeast of Shanxi Province, it is a popular custom to eat fried corn. There is a saying in the folk proverb, "Twenty-three, don't eat fried corn, and pour it out of the pot one by one on the New Year's Day".

    (5) Eat kitchen candy

    As the old saying goes, "Twenty-three, sticky melons, Master Zao Jun will go to heaven."

    Eat stove candy, stove candy is a kind of maltose, which is very viscous. It is called "Kanto sugar" when it is drawn into a long stick, and it is called "tanggua" when it is drawn into an oblate shape.  Put it outside the house in winter, because of the severe cold weather, the sugar melon is solidified and has some tiny air bubbles inside. It tastes crispy, sweet and crispy, with a unique flavor.  The real Kanto sugar is extremely hard and cannot be broken if you drop it. You must split it with a kitchen knife when eating. The material is very heavy and thin.  The taste is slightly sour, and there is absolutely no honeycomb in the middle. Each piece weighs one tael, two taels, or four taels, and the price is also more expensive.  There are two kinds of candied melons, those with sesame seeds and those without sesame seeds. The candied melons are made of sugar into the shape of melons or pumpkins. The center is hollow and the skin is less than five cents thick.  The ones weighing one or two catties are just used as a cover, and few people buy them.

    Kanto sugar is also known as Zaowang sugar and big lump sugar.  During the year, it is only sold around the New Year's Eve.  Kanto sugar is a sugar product made from malt and millet, and it is used for offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God.  The "Yanjing Years Records" written by the Qing people records: "Kandong sugar" and "sugar cakes" were among the offerings for offering sacrifices to stoves in the Qing Dynasty.  In the rural areas and cities of the Northeast, there are hawkers in the streets and alleys and markets: "Big sugar, big sugar, crispy and fragrant big sugar."  On the plate, it is generally three inches long and one inch wide, flat and in the shape of a thread.  The freshly made large piece of candy, when bitten in the mouth, is crispy, fragrant, sticky, and has a special flavor. It is a kind of candy that is very popular among men, women and children in the Kanto region.  It has come down from the altar of the Stove Lord and is widely enjoyed by the people.

    (6) Local taboos

    In some areas of Hubei, it is forbidden to slaughter in small years.

    In some places in Henan, pounding garlic is taboo, and it is believed that pounding garlic in Xiaonian will make the family poor.

    In Taiwan, pounding rice is taboo. It is said that there is a risk of pounding the god of wind, which may bring wind disasters in the coming year.  ? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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