The legend of the Kitchen God

According to the traditional custom of the Vietnamese people, every year on December 23 every year, every family will make a ceremony to worship Mr. Cong Ong Tao to see the Kitchen God come to the sky. So what does the custom of custom of the Kitchen God annually mean? Please follow the following article.

1. The legend of Mr. Apple Kitchen

The Apple God in Vietnamese folk beliefs originates from the three gods of Tho Cong , Tho Dia and Tho Ky of Chinese Taoism. But being Vietnameseized into the legend of " 2 grandmothers 1 " - the god of the Earth, the God of the House, the God of Kitchen. However, people are still used to being called the Kitchen God or the Kitchen God.

Tich of Vietnamese people said that Thi Nhi is married to Trong Cao. Although salty food is very passionate with each other, but there is no child. Therefore, gradually Cao Cao often find things to scare his wife.

One day, just because of a small incident, Cao made a big deal, beat Thi Nhi and chased away. Nhi left home, wandered to another country and then met Pham Lang. Love each other, two people become husband and wife. Part Trong Cao, after calming down, is too regretful, but his wife has gone away. Day stopped and remembered to turn around and Cao went on his way to find his wife.

Day after month, finding and losing rice, Cao had to be a beggar along the road. Finally, luck for Cao, happened to find a request to eat the right house of Nhi, when Pham Lang was away. Nhi soon realized that the mendicant was the right old husband. She invited into the house, cooking rice for Cao. At that moment, Pham Lang returned. Nhi was afraid of her husband's suspicion, so she hid Cao under the heap after the garden.

The legend of the Kitchen God Picture 1 The Apple God in Vietnamese folk beliefs originates from the three gods of Tho Cong, Tho Dia and Tho Ky of Chinese Taoism.

Unfortunately, on that night, Pham Lang caught fire in the pile to get ashes for the fields. See fire fire, Nhi rushed to rescue Cao out. Seeing Nhi jump into the fire, Pham Lang injured his wife also followed. All three died in the fire.

God loves to see that 3 people who live in love mean that they will be appointed as the kitchen king or Dinh Phuc Tao Quan and assigned to the new husband, Tho Cong, to look after the kitchen, the former husband of Tho Dia looks after him. in the house, and the wife, Tho Ky, looks after the market. Not only the intention of winning the fortune, the risk, the drawing of the homeowners, the apples also prevent the invasion of demons into the settlement, keep everyone in the house peaceful.

Every year, on December 23, the day of the Kitchen God 's coming to heaven reports all the good and bad deeds of the people in a year so that the Heavenly People will be able to dispose of the sins, rewarding the punishment for all human beings.

2. The meaning of customary custom of Apple soldiers

The legend of the Kitchen God Picture 2 Prepare the rice tray to worship Mr. Cong Mr. Apple.

Vietnamese people conceive of three gods of Apples (or Kitchen King) to determine the sand and virtue of merit for the family, this virtue is due to the proper work of the owner and the people in the house. With the hope that God Kitchen will "bless" for his family to be lucky, every year Tet comes. On December 23, people often celebrated a solemn ceremony of sending the Kitchen God to the sky.

3. The custom of carp fishing on December 23

According to legend, " Every year, the Kitchen God sent him to the earth to monitor and record the good and evil deeds of the human race. After that, every year on the 23rd day, the Kitchen God returned to fish. copying the dragon to the Heavenly reports all the good and bad deeds of the people in one year so that the Heavenly people will decide to dispose of the sins, rewarding the fines for all human beings ".

Therefore, on the day of Tet, Mr. Cong is a Vietnamese who made a carp offering ceremony. People often prepare a pair or 3 carp live, drop in water pots, and other offerings. After offering, they will be released in rivers, ponds and lakes, which means "release of life" to bring Mr. Tao to heaven. 

The legend of the Kitchen God Picture 3 Releasing fish on Tet holiday Mr. Cong Ong Tao is the cultural beauty of Vietnamese people.

In addition, in the mind of Vietnamese people, " fish over Vu Mon " or " carp of the dragon " also carries the meaning of sublimation, the symbol of the spirit of overcoming difficulties, perseverance and persistence to conquer knowledge to to succeed, symbolizing the noble personality of potential or towards a good result. Releasing fish on Tet holiday Mr. Cong Mr. Apple is not only a cultural beauty, but also shows the precious compassion of Vietnamese people.