The Legend of Kitchen God 1 "Do you know? My family has a kitchen god with big eyes! " If I were the little girl in the book, I would be proud to tell you. Unfortunately, I'm not. Well, I guess I just have to appreciate it.
The kitchen god in the book is a little old man with big eyes and two long beards, but he is a little different. He's stuck on the table. This chef wears red clothes every day, stares at big eyes and has a standard smile-looking at everyone. The kitchen god is really in charge of the kitchen! Cook good meals for everyone every day.
He stares at his big eyes every day and looks at home. Hey, I was just about to steal it! Kitchen God just stared at me, making me embarrassed, let alone stealing food.
Grandparents quarrel here, and the kitchen god looks around. He seems to know everything, and his eyebrows are getting old!
Once our family did something wrong, the kitchen god raised his chubby hand, frowned his thin eyebrows and said "no" irregularly. Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw the serious appearance of the chef.
When eating, I eat with my grandparents and the kitchen god. Kitchen God is still staring, but he is laughing! Grandma came step by step with a plate of potatoes. It seems that grandparents are old, and the Kitchen God may be old, but he is still the urchin: his eyes are fixed on the boss, and there are two red stains on his face that will never be erased.
I feel like the chubby little girl inside. Everyone's family is having a good time. Me, my grandparents, Kitchen God, pigs and dogs are all having a good time. The Spring Festival is coming, and Kitchen God will go to heaven for a while. Everyone gave him honeydew melons to eat and told him not to talk nonsense in front of the Jade Emperor. However, I don't think Kitchen God will talk nonsense without honeydew melon, because in his heart, he will always love our family.
In life, there are many "kitchen gods" around us. For example, parents, grandparents, grandparents stare at us all the time and love us. We are all the happiest people, because someone is in charge of us every day. They love us from the bottom of their hearts and hope that we will grow up soon.
When I opened the book, Kitchen God still stared at my big eyes and smiled slightly. He seems to be saying to me, "son, cherish those who are kind to you." Yes, you must know how much those who take care of you love you!
There is a saying in Kitchen God Legend 2 that "men don't Yue Bai, women don't sacrifice stoves". It is said that Chang 'e in the middle of the month is like Snow White, and the Kitchen God is like Prince Charming. China is known as "men and women don't give and receive". People are afraid of men's Yue Bai and women's offering sacrifices to stoves, which is "suspected of men and women". Therefore, women are forbidden to offer sacrifices to stoves in some places.
Chef king has a long history. Among the gods of the Chinese nation, the kitchen god is the oldest. As early as the Xia Dynasty, Kitchen God was already a great god worshipped by the people. According to the ancient book Book of Rites, Confucius said, "The son of Zhuan Xu was named Li and Zhu Rong, and he was worshipped as the kitchen god." "Zhuangzi" Shengda also recorded: "The stove has a bun." Sima Biao commented: "bun, kitchen god, dressed in red, looks like a beautiful woman." "Bao Puzi" also records in the micro chapter: "On a dark and windy night, the kitchen god also tells the white people in heaven." These records are probably the source of Kitchen God. Also, or the kitchen god is a "suiren" who drills wood to make a fire; Or Shennong's "fire official"; Or "Su Liji" in "The Yellow Emperor Cooking Ren"; Or the kitchen god surnamed Zhang, the famous list, and the word Guo. Opinions vary. As far as gods are concerned, Kitchen God is the most humane god respected by thousands of families. There are also quite interesting stories about the origin of Kitchen God among the people, which are now sorted out for readers.
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A long time ago, there was a family named Zhang in this defeated village. There are two brothers. My brother's name is Zhang De, a bricklayer, and my brother's name is Zhang Cai, a painter. Zhang De's best job is cooking pots and pans. He was invited by East Street and West Square, and they all praised him as a master of cooking stoves. Zhang Cai's paintings, whether immortal figures, flowers and animals, are lifelike. Over time, our paintings are well known, and people are respectfully called "Zhang Painter"; Zhang's pots and pans are famous far and wide, and he is honored as "the king of a hundred miles". Wang has a "quirk", that is, he likes to meddle. No matter who he goes to, if his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have conflicts, he will persuade them. If a daughter-in-law does not honor her in-laws, she will say, "All virtues and filial piety come first, you honor your in-laws, and your children will honor you in the future. This is called tit for tat. " Speaking out loud, the daughter-in-law nodded frequently, smiled and treated her mother-in-law like a mother; If a fierce mother-in-law mistreats her daughter-in-law, she urges, "The elder should behave like the elder, and you should understand the hardships of the younger generation. Otherwise, don't be different from the younger generation. Have something to say, don't hurt your feelings. As the saying goes,' home and everything are prosperous'. " Mother-in-law was convinced by her words and treated her daughter-in-law as a daughter-in-law from now on. Therefore, neighbors, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or have difficult problems, are willing to consult with Wang to solve them.
In the winter when Wang was seventy years old, he occasionally felt cold and bedridden. Unexpectedly, he died late at night on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. After the death of the king, the Zhang family fell into chaos. When Zhang Zaowang was alive, he was the head of the family, and everything in the family was in his charge. Adults and children obey his orders. Now that Zhang Zaowang has passed away, Zhang Cai can only paint and write poems. Although he is well dressed, he knows nothing about managing housework. At this time, Zhang Cai's daughters-in-law clamored for separation. Zhang Cai is at his wit's end, pulling a long face all day, and living like a year.
Suddenly one day, Zhang Cai finally came up with a good idea. The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the anniversary of the death of the king. Late at night, Zhang Cai suddenly got up and shouted in the yard. He woke up the whole family and said, "Big Brother has appeared". When his son, daughter-in-law and grandson came to the yard, he took them to the kitchen. In the flickering candlelight, children and grandchildren saw the beautiful faces of the king and his late wife looming on the dark wall of the kitchen, and the whole family was shocked.
Zhang Cai went on to say, "Tonight, I had a dream that my eldest brother and eldest sister-in-law became immortals. The Jade Emperor named the eldest brother the' Nine Days East Chef' and the eldest sister-in-law the' Grandma Chef King'. You are usually lazy, your sister-in-law is at odds, you don't respect the old and love the young, and you make your family restless. Big Brother was very angry when he learned that you were going to split up again. He was going to tell the Jade Emperor that he would punish you on New Year's Eve this year. "
Hearing Zhang Cai's remarks, children and grandchildren were terrified and trembling. They immediately fell to their knees and kowtowed to the kitchen god repeatedly, begging him to forgive them and never to make trouble again. They hurried to bring the sweet food that the king loved to burn the stove, burned incense and kowtowed, begging the kitchen god not to be as knowledgeable as the king.
Since the king of the people in Zhang Cai, quarreling uncles and brothers and sisters have never dared to look for them. The whole family live in harmony, respect the old and love the young, and live a happy life. This incident was quickly learned by neighbors, and the news spread like wildfire. People in baili go to find a picture to know the truth.
In fact, the kitchen god and grandma on the kitchen wall on the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month were painted in advance by artists. He used the illusion of his eldest brother to scare his descendants. He never thought that this method would be so effective. So when the neighbors came to the painter's house to inquire about the situation, he had to pretend and distribute the kitchen god drawn in advance to the neighbors. In this way, the appearance of the kitchen god soon spread all over the country, and the kitchen of every household was labeled with the image of the kitchen god. Over time, the custom of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, sending him to heaven, welcoming him home on New Year's Eve, and praying for the kitchen god to protect the family's safety has continued to this day.
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Kitchen God and Grandma Kitchen God have another beautiful legend among the people.
According to legend, in ancient times, there was a Zhang Sheng in the Central Plains who married Guo Dingxiang. Guo Dingxiang has fine features, looks like a fairy, has a gentle temperament, fastes and recites Buddha, and is charitable. Everyone envies Zhang Sheng for having a virtuous wife, and the husband and wife have deep feelings. Guo Dingxiang is not only beautiful, but also well managed. She grows cotton, defends herself and weaves; Planting mulberry, sericulture and brocade, from the midnight of the fifth watch, went to the rain in the wind, scrimped and saved, and the family business soon flourished and became a well-known rich household. Zhang's family is rich in grain and countless treasures. He lives a rich and happy life, and everyone envies him.
Who knows that after Zhang Jiafu became rich, he forgot his roots, indulged in pleasure, idled around all day, and was more fond of philandering, liking the new and hating the old. Soon, in the name of Guo Dingxiang's infertility, he married a beautiful young daughter-in-law Li Haitang. Although Li Haitang is beautiful, he is treacherous and lazy. He is jealous of Lilac soon after he goes through the door, and often makes trouble at home. Later, Haitang forced Zhang Sheng to put away the lilacs.
Guo Dingxiang left the Zhang family with tears in his eyes and went to the wilderness. She murmured, "My chicken flies with me and my dog walks with me." So the chickens and dogs at home followed. Then she read it again: "Ask me for food, ask me for gold and silver." From then on, Guo Dingxiang settled down here and soon lived a comfortable life.
Since Zhang Sheng and Guo Dingxiang divorced, he and Haitang have been eating, drinking and having fun all day. In less than two years, they sold all their wealth. Zhang Sheng and Haitang have no choice but to beg along the street.
On a cold snowy day, Zhang Sheng came to a house to beg. At this time, he was so hungry that he could hardly walk and stand still. The maid looked at him pitifully, so she helped him into the kitchen, brought him delicious food, and gave him a hearty meal. Zhang Sheng listened to the maid and praised her hostess for her wisdom, kindness and charity. Unfortunately, her fate is not good, and she is still alone until now. Zhang Sheng admires the hostess very much and wants to thank the lady in person.
Just then, your wife came to the yard, and the maid quickly told Zhang Sheng, "Look, my wife is coming." When Zhang Sheng saw this noble lady with a golden crown, gorgeous clothes and kind face, he quickly kowtowed and shouted repeatedly, "Auntie, Auntie, thank you for saving my life!" "
Hearing this, your wife glared and roared, "You are blind to see a good wife!" "
At this time, Zhang looked up and looked carefully. It turned out that he abandoned his wife Guo Dingxiang two years ago. He was ashamed and had nowhere to hide, so he finally got into the stove. When Guo Lilac saw it, she quickly followed him, went to the kitchen and hurriedly pulled him out. Poor Zhang Sheng was burned alive. Kind lilac saw this scene, mixed with grief and indignation, which made people feel sad. After she buried Zhang Sheng, she was depressed and died soon.
When the Jade Emperor learned about this, he regarded Guo Lilac as a woman in the kitchen before he died. Thinking that Zhang Sheng could admit his mistake, he made Zhang Sheng the king of the kitchen, responsible for delivering the news in heaven and earth.
Since Zhang Sheng became a kitchen god, he has come to the world every New Year's Eve to collect the good and evil deeds of various families and report them to the Jade Emperor on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. According to this, the Jade Emperor promoted good and punished evil, in order to make the world peaceful.
When people learned that Zhang Chengsheng was the king of the kitchen, they remembered his life and stood in awe. They are worried that he will stir up trouble in front of the Jade Emperor. So on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, he kowtowed and nagged: "Kitchen God, Kitchen God, God speaks well, and the lower world is safe". He also stuffed sugar into his mouth and touched it in his mouth, hoping that he would talk sweetly in front of the Jade Emperor and not talk nonsense.
Knowing the sufferings of the people, the Kitchen God sued the Three Corpses God for doing evil on earth, and warned every household to clean the courtyard from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, which frustrated the plot of the Three Corpses God.
As the saying goes, "A horse's strength can be seen from a distance, but a man can be seen for a long time." Among the gods of heaven and earth, only Kitchen God is the most human and considerate, so it has always been admired by people all over the country. Send the Kitchen God on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month every year, and welcome the bride on New Year's Eve, and enjoy it every year.
Legend of Kitchen God 3 Zhang Sheng married a daughter-in-law named Guo Dingxiang. This clove is very virtuous. After marrying Zhang Sheng, she got up early, went to bed late, was dry and wet, and worked hard at home. In a few years, her family business is booming, with horses and mules in groups and hundreds of houses. As a result of marrying a hardworking clove, Zhang Sheng became rich.
Seeing his family business growing, Zhang Sheng became a rich man. He doesn't want to think about how he got it. When I was young, I saw that lilacs were not handsome, so I had the idea of liking the new and hating the old. He doesn't do anything in winter, so he wants to take Guo Lilac away and find a beautiful young wife. He abused lilacs all day, took lilacs out of the house, and married Li Haitang, a rich daughter. This Li Haitang is lazy. He goes to parties with Zhang Sheng all day and doesn't do housework. After several years of hard work, his family business was destroyed and he gradually became poor. Even his house and land have been sold, and he can't even eat. Li Haitang didn't follow Zhang Sheng.
As the saying goes, after divorcing his ex-wife, he had no food. Zhang Sheng had to go to a family to beg, and a chef gave him a bowl of soup to drink. Zhang Sheng said, "This soup is really delicious. Give me another bowl. " The worker filled another bowl for Zhang Sheng to drink. After drinking two bowls of soup, Zhang Sheng found that it was getting late. He said, "It's getting late. Tell your master, can you let me stay in your pot house for one night? " The worker said, "OK." I took Zhang Sheng home and lived in a marijuana house. Zhang Sheng said that he was still hungry and wanted a bowl of soup. The worker gave him another bowl. After drinking, Zhang Sheng said, "Your boss is very kind. Please let me know in return. I want to meet him. " The family said, "Don't go back. My master has the best mind. Let him know and come." Zhang sheng is very grateful. I was just thinking, the shopkeeper came, and Zhang Sheng saw a woman who seemed familiar. On closer inspection, it turned out to be a lilac that she ran away from home. Laila asked Zhang Sheng, "How did you get here?" Zhang sheng is ashamed. I thought: I still have the face to live and die. As soon as Zhang Sheng saw the fire under the big pot of Lilac's house, he plunged into the pot and burned to death. At this time, the God of Sky Survey happened to see it and reported it to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor knew that Zhang Sheng was bad, but he knew that he was shy, so he burned himself to death, which showed that he was not bad in the end and could change his mind. Since he died under the pot, let him be the king of the kitchen.
Zhang Tianshi issued a decree that Zhang Sheng should be appointed as the king of the kitchen and the head of the family, and he should be commended with fruit every New Year's Day. Ride back to the sky on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, come back on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, and stay in the sky for seven days.
After Zhang Sheng sealed the Kitchen God, everyone posted his portrait on the door of the pot. Some women cook a pot with their children in their arms, some children scratch his face, and some children put mud in his mouth. He was very angry. He is waiting for the return of riding a horse to heaven on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. It is the poor who are unfavorable to him. Whoever is kind to him is called rich.
The common people didn't know what the reason was at first, but later they learned that it was returned by Kitchen God. I'm afraid he won't speak well of heaven in the future. When I sent him to heaven, I glued a horse with straw barnyard grass to make noodles, so that he could eat and drink enough, take good care of him and make him square so that he could repay his kind words to heaven. Later, I didn't trust him, so I made a sugar tray out of glutinous rice and told him to eat it and keep his mouth shut so that he wouldn't speak ill of God. People also wrote a picture on both sides of the statue of the kitchen god: "Heaven speaks well, and it is a blessing to return to the palace." Cross dressing is the "head of the family". Until now, there is still a saying that "the New Year will be over in seven days."
Legend of Kitchen God 4 Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is a traditional festival of China people-the day when every family pays homage to Kitchen God. Few people burn incense on this day now, but this holiday custom has been circulating.
I remember when I was a child, every family offered sacrifices to the kitchen god. At that time, there were few beautifully printed paintings on the kitchen god. Next to the headlight nest of the kitchen stove, there is a tablet of the kitchen god. There is a piece of yellow paper on the wall, which says "the position of kitchen god" in the middle. On both sides are couplets, "Heaven speaks well, and the lower bound is safe"; Above is a horizontal batch, the "head of the family", and a folk allegorical saying, "Kitchen God horizontal batch-the head of the family" nailed two Xiao Mu forks under the tablet made of that paper to hold up a small board one foot long and half a foot wide, which was used to put incense burners and candy for Kitchen God.
Legend has it that on this day, the kitchen god worshipped by every household will return to heaven, report his work in the world for one year to the Jade Emperor, and reflect people's demands and good wishes to the Jade Emperor. So in the morning of this day, people lit a wick incense, kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times, silently prayed to the kitchen god in their hearts, and entrusted the kitchen god to bring their wishes to the Jade Emperor, hoping that their wishes could be realized.
When I was a child, my father once told us a story about how the kitchen god satisfied people's wishes.
The story is that a long time ago, an old gentleman hired a small long-term worker and turned eighteen in a flash. There is a son outside the old member, the same age as this coolie. The difference is that the sons other than the old members not only don't need to work in the fields, but also have already married and had children. The coolie thinks it's unfair.
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month this year, the small long-term worker received a year's salary and went home to celebrate the New Year with his only relative, his old father. It is said that the father of a small long-term worker sent candy and incense to his kitchen god on this morning, and then prayed silently in his heart after three buckles and nine worships: "Master Kitchen God, have a heart and let my son have a wife as soon as possible ..."
That night, the little laborer had a dream about the kitchen god. Kitchen God told him: "Tomorrow, you and a beautiful girl go to the market to buy a New Year picture and stick it on the wall on your kang, and your old father's wish will come true." Although the small long-term worker didn't know what his father's wish was, he did it anyway.
On New Year's Eve, midnight arrived, and the small laborers and their old father boiled jiaozi water and set off firecrackers in the yard. After setting off firecrackers, I can't go home happily and cook jiaozi. Opening the door, I saw a beautiful and dignified girl busy wrapping jiaozi in front of the stove. Looking up at the kitchen god, the kitchen god seems to be watching them laugh; Entering the back room again, the New Year pictures on the wall turned into a blank sheet of paper, and the old father suddenly understood that the girl who cooked jiaozi was the daughter-in-law that the Kitchen God asked the Jade Emperor to give him.
In a blink of an eye, the end of the year, the small long-term workers have a fat son in vain, but they have been working behind the back of the old members for many years, and the days are tighter than before. Small long-term workers feel unfair. Today is New Year's Eve. The first thing a coolie does when he gets up in the morning is to give incense to the kitchen god and pray for wealth. In the evening, the kitchen god came again, and the first sentence when they met said, "Young man, you are not satisfied." There is a daughter-in-law and son who want to get rich. How can there be so many good things in the world? "
The little laborer asked the kitchen god, "Why can't I be like the old man's son?"
Kitchen God said, "Can he compare with you? He only has a life span of 23 years, and you have a life span of 73 years! "
The small laborer said, "Even if I live to be 103, will I still be poor?" I would rather live to be twenty-three like him than be poor forever. "
The Kitchen God thought for a moment and said to him, "Well, tomorrow you can pick up a New Year picture in the market with a gold ingot and buy one, just stick it on the kang wall."
The next day, the same is true for small long-term workers.
On new year's eve, the small long-term workers went home after setting off firecrackers. He was stunned, and the kang was filled with Huang Chengcheng's gold ingots.
With money, small long-term workers don't have to carry work for others. They bought a lot of land at home, built a four-in-one compound and hired several long-term workers. Since then, small long-term workers have become well-known large migrant workers. In order to have more grandchildren, his old father married his son several daughters-in-law. A few years later, the old man became a group of grandchildren and lived happily.
Small long-term workers never forget the kindness of chef Wang, but they don't know how to repay them. After many days of hard thinking, I decided to build an ancestral temple for Master Chef Wang at home, so I hired a mason to build a grand ancestral temple for Master Chef Wang and carved a gold-plated clay statue.
It was New Year's Eve, and Kitchen God came to his dream again, telling him that his birthday would be at midnight, so that he could get ready.
The next day, he told the child, "I will leave at the age of 30." Whenever and wherever, don't forget the great kindness of Master Chef, especially on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and don't forget to give incense to Master Chef. "
At the age of 30, she came to the ancestral hall of Master Chef Wang early, sat opposite Master Chef Wang, set a sumptuous dining table, ate a bite of rice by herself and fed Master Chef Wang a bite of rice. Take a sip of wine by yourself, and master chef will take a sip of wine. In this way, a mouthful of food, a mouthful of wine, while eating and drinking, while saying words of gratitude, so that Master Chef Wang's face is full of food and wine, all greasy. In the middle of the night, the prince sent two imperial envoys to meet him. Seeing him drinking face to face with the kitchen god, I didn't dare to disturb him. He rushed back to the prince and reported, "that boy is drinking with the kitchen god, talking and laughing, and we dare not disturb him."
Yan didn't believe me, so he personally took two imperial envoys to see him. When I got there, it was true, so I flew into a rage and went to the Jade Emperor's theory. After listening to this, the Jade Emperor said, "Really, Lao Zhang is drinking a celebration wine with all the immortals now?" As they spoke, they came to the banquet hall to find the kitchen god. Kitchen God said, "That's me. That's what he did for me. Thank you for my gold-plated clay sculpture. "
The Jade Emperor and Yan Emperor were very moved to hear that there were such people who thanked them for their kindness, so they exempted the small long-term worker from the death penalty and let him live as long as he could.
The little long-term worker accompanied the statue of Master Chef Wang to drink till dawn, but he was still alive, while the old man's son died as scheduled at midnight that year.
The final conclusion is, to be a man, you should know how to repay kindness.