As soon as it arrives in the wax moon, every household is full of joy, all of a sudden it is full of festive atmosphere, of course, before the biggest thing of the New Year, there is a very important day that can not be ignored, it is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the common people call it the "sacrificial stove festival". Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt this time, everyone has to stop all kinds of work in their hands and busily carry out the ritual ritual of the previous year.

Early in the morning, Zhang Zhaohua excitedly ran to the backyard, dragged out the firecrackers stacked under the corner, crackled and set off, there are too many varieties of fireworks and firecrackers sold in the city, not to mention the color and size of the difference, only from the production materials and forms to distinguish: the one wrapped in mud is called "casserole"; the one wrapped in paper is called "flower tube"; the one wrapped in a basket is called "flower pot"; the one that only makes a sound is called "cannon"; the one that can fly into the sky is called "fire"; Those that make a sound after flying into the sky are called "third-level waves", and those that spin on the ground are called "ground mice".

Zhang Zhaohua likes the "ground mouse" that can circle on the ground. This kind of firecracker is small but full of sparks, burning like a mouse that has been bitten by the tail and jumping up and down, in the past, every New Year's Festival, Zhang Qi brought back a few, but they were all taken away by Zhang Sheng, but this year there was no Zhang Sheng to grab it, Zhang Zhaohua was happy to order one after another.

Since the morning, Wang has been busy making pot cakes, which is called pot cakes in Yongcheng, but after Zhang Zhaohua ate it, he felt that this was actually a dough wrap, fried in shallow oil in a frying pan, and it was filled with pork. Moreover, the pot cakes made by Wang's are almost the same size, both sides are fully cooked and there is no paste, and the meat is tender and crispy, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it is.

Of course, this pot cake has other uses besides eating, because it is first used for sacrificial stoves.

Two days before the festival, the business of the baked cake stalls in Yeongseong Castle is very prosperous. Everyone is vying to buy sacrificial stove pot cakes, of course, they are all bought by the rich, and most of the ordinary people in the countryside make their own noodles, and the family is lively and lively, and it has the taste of a small year.

In addition to the pot cake, there is also stove sugar. Stove sugar is maltose that sticks to the mouth and teeth. Although Zhang Zhaohua loves sugar, she doesn't like to eat this kind of maltose, it tastes like a lot of impurities, and a piece of sweet people's teeth trembles, and she is afraid that the teeth that she began to change her teeth will become caries, so she doesn't move a piece.

It is also sold in the city, and the stove sugar has various names such as red balls, white balls, hemp balls, oil fruits, inch gold, foot bones, white cross-cutting, black cross-cutting, etc., but in essence, they are all made of maltose, but the red balls are added with red dates, and the inch gold is added with tangerine, and the white cross-cut is added with white sesame seeds, and the black cross-cut is just added with black sesame seeds.

Zhang Zhaohua thought that the reason for offering sugar to the stove was to stick to the mouth of the stove master. But Wang said that it was not to deal with the Lord of the Stove, but to deal with the Grandma of the King of the Stove, the Lord of the Stove had an honest mouth and did not talk much, but the grandmother of the King of the Stove had a broken mouth and loved to gossip, and she knew everything in the family, so she used maltose to paste her mouth in order to deal with her - so Zhang Zhaohua felt that these gods in the countryside were no longer the majestic and noble appearance in the temple, as if they were living figures, and they were also people with selfish desires.

The ritual is carried out in the evening, and of course the king of the stove and the grandmother of the stove king must be invited before it begins. In this era, every household worships the king of the stove, but the specifications of the sacrifice are different, there are special shrines, like this kind of shrine of the king of the stove are mostly located in the north or east of the stove room, and the statue of the king of the stove is offered in the middle. There are also people who do not have a shrine for the king of the stove, so they stick the idol directly on the wall.

Zhang Zhaohua does not have a shrine of the king of the stove at home, but there is a statue of the god of the stove king, so he should invite the old statue of the king of the stove to come, put it in the courtyard, and then hang the new portrait on it. At the beginning of the evening sacrificial stove, the Zhang family was in front of the statue of the king of the stove, Zhang Qi and the Wang family offered sacrifices, and Zhang Zhaohua knelt behind and hugged a big rooster.

It is said that this chicken is the horse that the king of the stove rode when he ascended to heaven, so the Wang family repeatedly told that in the ceremony of sacrificing the stove, the word "chicken" cannot be said, and it was changed to "horse".

It is said that before the Song Dynasty, men sacrificed to the stove and women worshiped the moon, but now women can also sacrifice to the stove, because even the king of the stove has a wife, so it is even more time for women to sacrifice it.

After burning the cigarette, Zhang Qi poured wine and kowtowed, and there were words in his mouth. Zhang Zhaohua listened carefully, nothing more than hoping that the king of the stove would bless the whole family with abundant food and clothing, and that life would be better, and that next year would indeed be a good year, because there was already a prosperous atmosphere.

Although the weather was very cold, he didn't kneel for long, Zhang Chang stood up and took the wine jar and poured the chicken head. There is skill in how to pour it, because if the chicken's head flutters, it means that the stove master has appreciated it. If the chicken head does not move at all, it needs to be poured again. In order to avoid the occurrence of the situation that the chicken head cannot be poured, it is necessary for Zhang Chang to hold the wine jar, and the first half of the jar is slowly poured down, and the chicken head will become hard when it is drenched and frozen, and when the second half of the jar is poured down quickly, the chicken head will make a "click" sound like breaking icicles, so that the king of the stove has enjoyed the sacrifice.

Zhang Chang watered the ground without any difference, and finally made a "click" sound as he wished, and Zhang Qi was overjoyed and said: "Children and grandchildren are blessed, and the melons are extended!"

Zhang Chang's face quickly turned red, because in the past, when he sacrificed to the stove, Zhang Qi's last words were generally "happy family", "good luck", "family and everything is prosperous", but this year, he said that his children and grandchildren are extended, and he was obviously talking about Zhang Chang's marriage.

Wang also rejoiced, and said: "Since the bride was hired, everything has gone smoothly in the family, even the flowers of the lamps and candles are much bigger than usual, it seems that my daughter-in-law here is coming with joy and blessing, our family must be prosperous, I have nothing else to ask for, and I will wait to enjoy the blessings of my children and grandchildren in the future!"

Zhang Zhaohua pursed his mouth and smiled on the side, and originally wanted to make a few jokes, but seeing Zhang Chang's embarrassed appearance, he didn't say anything, and only held the rooster in his arms and patted it, and the rooster crowed "Oh", and Zhang Zhaohua followed: "Send the stove master to ride a horse to heaven-"

The meat pot cake of the sacrificial stove can not be eaten tonight, so that there is a pot of vegetarian pot cake to eat, the whole family will enjoy the sacrificial stove sugar and pot cake together, Wang cooked a pot of noodles, steamed a basket of steamed buns out, the night of the sacrificial stove is to eat a full place, it is said that this is called "filling the warehouse".

After the festival, it is time for each household to clean up, and there is a special day to do "dust cleaning day" to clean the room and clean up the garbage. Wang and Zhang Zhaohua contracted the cleaning work of the house, leaving only one job for Zhang Qi and Zhang Chang to carry the chairs and sundries and clean up the cellar. In addition, all sheets, covers, clothes, etc., in the house, should be washed until they are clean.

There is no problem with sweeping the floor and wiping the table, but when it comes to whether to clean the dust on the beams, Wang and Zhang Qi have a disagreement. Zhang Qi felt that the dust everywhere was not dust, and that it should be cleaned up, but Wang said that the dust coming out of places like the beams and corners of the house was a treasure with gold and jade, and it could not be easily swept out.

Seeing that such a small thing could be shouted, Zhang Zhaohua had no choice but to walk out of his room with a broom and said, "Since it's a baby, let's put this thing together, don't shovel it outside, just bury it in our yard." ”

Now Wang was satisfied, Zhang Qi didn't call anymore, and praised his daughter's clever brain, Wang snorted when he heard it: "My family is naturally smart and clever, and she will be blessed in the future, you see that when she sweeps the floor, she spontaneously sweeps things into her arms, and I haven't taught her, she knows that she has to sweep from the outside to the inside, and she doesn't miss a little blessing out——"

Zhang Qi knew that Wang's nagging would not be finished for half an hour, so he hurriedly threw away the knife in his hand and jumped into the cellar.