土家族灶神信仰探究

A Probe into Tujia Minority's Beliefs in Cooking God

灶神信仰普遍存在于中国各民族的生活当中,灶神信仰与先民对火的崇拜密不可分,由最初对火的超自然崇拜发展到现在的俗性崇拜。土家族也信奉灶神,其形象多为灶神公公和灶神婆婆。土家族主要在年节中祭祀灶神,分为送灶神上天和接灶神下凡间。土家族的灶神信仰与自己的生活紧密相关,带有强烈的功利性。

The beliefs in Cooking God is popular in the lives of Chinese minorities ,which is related to the ancestors＇ worship in fire and has developed from the supernatural worship in it into the present vulgar worship. Tujia minority＇ s beliefs in Cooking God is also relevant to their lives and they offer sacrifices to her in the festivals, including the rituals of the God＇ s going to the heaven and coming down the secular world, with the inclined purpose of strong utilitarian.