The Jade Emperor is called the old God, from the people's worship of the ancient Emperor of Heaven, the folk will be the Jade Emperor and the Emperor of Heaven into one, and crowned with the surname Zhang, called Zhang Yuhuang, is the highest god worshiped by the whole people.

The portrait of the Jade Emperor is dressed in nine chapters, wearing a crown of twelve beads, holding a jade wat in his hand, and serving the golden boy and jade girl beside him, which is completely the dress of the emperors of the Qin and Han dynasties.

According to the tradition here, every Spring Festival, every household places a portrait of the Lord of Heaven on the east wall of the door of the hall, and at noon on Chinese New Year's Eve, they make offerings to the Lord of Heaven, burn incense, burn paper money, kowtow, and pray.

People believe that God has the supreme authority, can call the wind and rain, control drought and flood, determine the quality of the year, and have infinite respect for God.

On both sides of the portrait of the Heavenly Lord, a red couplet is pasted: "Respect the Emperor every year, keep safe every year", and the horizontal batch is "The wind and rain are smooth".

The God of Wealth is the expectation of people to pursue a happy and prosperous life, and is divided into the God of Literature and Wealth and the God of Martial Wealth. The gods of literature and wealth are Bigan and Fan Li, and the gods of martial arts are Guan Gong and Zhao Gongming.

The god of wealth that people here worship is Guan Gong, the god of martial arts, and the god of literature and wealth, who sit up and down, commonly known as "Shangguan and Xiacai". It means that there is a way to take money, and not to take ill-gotten gains.

The couplet of the God of Wealth is: The cash cow is constantly gold and silver, and the cornucopia is immortal. The horizontal batch is: Amplify the God of Wealth.

On the fifteenth day of the first month of each month, housewives can burn incense and bow to ask the God of Wealth to bless the source of wealth and prosperity.

The Lord of the Stove, also known as the Emperor of the Stove, is the god in charge of people's diet, and is also responsible for collecting the privacy of each family's "violation of law and discipline" and reporting to the Jade Emperor.

Every year on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the Lord of the Stove returns to the Heavenly Palace to report to the Jade Emperor about the affairs of the world.

People are afraid and hateful of the stove, so they have to offer sticky and sweet maltose on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, sticking to the mouth of the stove king, he can't say bad things about each family, even if he says it, it is sweet words.

The couplet of the Lord of the Stove is: The heavens say good things, and the lower world keeps peace. Horizontal batch: the head of the family.

In people's minds, the door god is one of the most popular secular gods with various functions such as exorcism, guarding the house, keeping peace and helping utilitarianism, and descending auspiciousness.

The door god is a big family, and the martial gods include Qin Qiong and Yu Chi Jingde, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, Meng Liang and Jiao Zan, and the second general Hum Ha.

Wenmen God and Fumen God are paired with two teams, such as Tianguan and Sending Son Niangniang, Fortune Boy and Wuzi Dengke, Burning Lamp Dao and Zhao Gongming.

Fumen God is engraved with some mascots, mostly using homophony, in order to borrow the meaning of double entendre. Such as jue, deer, bat, lizard, horse, treasure, bottle, saddle, meaning: Jue Lu is happy, and the horse is safe.

The god of sticking to the door is also particular, the god of martial arts is pasted on the door of the street, the god of Wenmen is pasted on the door of the hall, the mother of the child is pasted on the door of the young couple, and the five sons of Dengke are pasted on the door of the children.

Under the door frame, a pair of incense burners are placed, not only to incense, but also to light red candles on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve and the morning of New Year.

As soon as my aunt and uncle had pasted the door, my aunt came with a bundle of sesame stalks and sprinkled a layer in the cleaned yard. And he found a wooden stick and stopped at the gate.

It is also important to sprinkle sesame sticks and put barricades, one is to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters, and the other is to sacrifice ancestors and gods.

Sprinkle sesame rods, and step on them to produce a popping sound, so sprinkling sesame rods does have the effect of preventing thieves.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the doors of each house should always be open, and with the sesame stalk, thieves dare not enter the hospital, and people can gather together to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind.

The main purpose of the barricade is to block the evil spirits, and then to block the outflow of wealth. People here have a custom that when the Chinese New Year is pasted on the door god, the door stick is put down, and the debt is no longer repaid.

Therefore, people who owe a lot of debts, in order to avoid repaying their debts, posted the door god early in the New Year, and some people put the door god on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.

The children were fascinated by what they heard, asked this and that curiously, and praised it from the bottom of their hearts: "This is the charm of traditional culture, broad and profound." ”

When my aunt heard Youyou's words, she was happy and said to Zhigang: "Your sister Youyou is as old as you, and she understands more than you." Hear it, this is traditional culture, not feudal superstition. ”

Zhiyuan gave a thumbs up to Youyou, and Zhigang said to Youyou unconvinced: "You can really pull it, and you are hooked with traditional culture." ”

My aunt and grandmother put the gods in place, and then went to prepare the offerings, and Yoyo hurriedly followed.

There are 10 dishes on offer: two bowls of braised pork, crispy pork, long balls, garden balls, yams, cabbage, kelp, vermicelli, and steamed buns.

These dishes don't need to be cooked, they are served in a bowl, and a few sprigs of coriander are placed on top of the dish as a garnish.

Ten dishes are put on the small dining table, and then a pot of wine and two wine cups are put on the table, and they are all alive.

Grandma used a large clean wrapper to cover the table where the dishes were placed. The eldest uncle and the second uncle came over and went to the uncle's house first with the food. The children chattered behind and went to see the excitement.

The yard of my uncle's house was cleaned and sprinkled with sesame stalks, and everyone stepped on it, making a "crackling" sound.

The uncle entered the house, took out a plate of 500 red firecrackers, and handed it to Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan wrapped the firecracker around a high bamboo pole, took a lit incense stick from his aunt's hand, and lit the firecracker.

In the crackling sound, the red shredded paper fell in the courtyard, which was particularly red and festive.

Worship God first, and my aunt and uncle put the statue of God pasted in her home and stand on the back of a high chair on the east side of the hall door.

There is an incense burner on the chair, and there is a handful of incense offerings in it, and the incense offerings are burning, and a pine fragrance wafts out, which smells good.

After lighting incense, my aunt and uncle then took out the gold and silver paper ingots that had been folded in advance from a shoulder basket and put them into the brazier on the ground and lit them.

The old man stood at the offering table, took the cup, poured the wine into the brazier, and prayed with words in her mouth.

There was a straw mat in front of the offering table, and my uncle and grandfather took three uncles to lie on the ground and kowtow respectfully.

Worshipping God and kowtowing is also exquisite, and there are three ghosts and four people. After the uncle and grandfather finished worshipping, the uncle and grandmother said to the children: "Come and kowtow to God, and bless you with a smooth and safe new year, and all the best." ”

Zhiyuan, as the biggest boy, immediately responded: "Line up, follow me and kowtow." The boys knelt on the straw mats, and kowtowed respectfully as adults.

Zhigang said loudly: "God bless, let me win the first place in this year's military training." ”

When my aunt heard this, her expression darkened, and she sighed heavily, but she didn't say anything.

After worshipping God, then worshiping the Lord of the Stove is the same as worshiping God. Worship the God of Wealth, and finally worship the God of Door. There is no need to kowtow to worship the gods, only the prayers of the aunt and grandmother.