There were many traditional festivals in ancient China, and naturally there were many taboos. The so-called "men don't worship Yue Bai, women don't worship the kitchen stove" is an old saying, which means that men don't worship Yue Bai God and women don't worship the kitchen stove God. In Yue Bai, the Mid-Autumn Festival and the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month are taboo.
"Women don't sacrifice stoves" is a taboo for ancient women during the New Year. This is a long-standing custom, starting from the early years, which is the "kitchen sacrifice day" in the twelfth lunar month. Fan Chengda, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote: "There was a twelfth lunar month in ancient times, and the kitchen owner expressed his ambition to heaven. Clouds, cars, wind and horses linger, and there are cups and plates at home to worship ... Men offer women free, and wine burns money to burn stoves ... ",which shows that at least in the Southern Song Dynasty, women were required to avoid offering sacrifices to stoves.
So why not let women sacrifice stoves? Its essence is a kind of discrimination against women in ancient times. In folklore, Kitchen God is a male god incarnated by mythical figures such as Emperor Yan or Zhu Rong. In modern terms, he is a handsome guy with a handsome face. Imagine a woman falling at the feet of a handsome man. Isn't this a sign of cheating? Banning women from offering sacrifices to stoves is actually an extension of folk "sexual taboos" and a reflection of the etiquette and custom of "men and women giving and receiving without kissing" in feudal times.
When did "women don't sacrifice stoves" first start? At present, there is no conclusion, but why was it further strengthened in the Song Dynasty and even described in poetry? According to research, this may be related to avoiding the suspicion of "picking up ash". The so-called "picking up ashes" is a common name used by parents-in-law and daughter-in-law in the past.
It is said that the word "collecting ashes" was created by Wang Anshi, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. After his silly son died of illness, his young widowed daughter-in-law was attracted by him. It is said that Wang Anshi wrote a love poem at that time and buried it under the ashes of the incense burner that his daughter-in-law used to burn incense. After her daughter-in-law dug up a poem from the ashes, she also buried it. After Wang Anshi pulled it out, he knew his daughter-in-law was interested.
Of course, according to the ups and downs of Wang Anshi's life, the "picking up ashes" incident may have been done by his political enemies, and the authenticity is not clear. However, it has added a taboo to later women, and it is even more inconvenient for women to sacrifice stoves. Or Fan Chengda said in Wu Junzhi that "no female sacrifice is allowed on the 24th"; In the Ming dynasty, the requirements were even stricter. "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" said that "male sacrifices are forbidden for women".
From the above, we can simply understand the historical context of the taboo of "women don't sacrifice stoves", and the opposite of "men don't sacrifice the moon" is actually the same. People all know that Chang 'e is a stunning beauty. What is the idea of pure men pursuing beautiful women? This is self-evident, so "men don't sacrifice the moon" is also a way to avoid suspicion in feudal society.
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