灶君與雙夫人 Kitchen Deity and his Wives

這是攝於山東楊家埠村中的小廟的一張”灶君攜雙妻”照片。 

在山東這個地方﹐城隍及灶神祭祀可說是一間大事﹐每年的城隍誕及灶神相關節日﹐該區村民必然大勢慶祝。也因此﹐在這個地方﹐城隍及灶神文化特別興起。 

相傳灶神張單(又作張福德)﹐娶有雙妻﹕ 

髮妻 - 增壽夫人郭氏丁香

二房 - 增喜夫人王氏海棠

其雙妻職責為﹕

增壽夫人 – 註福消災

增喜夫人 – 添丁育子

In here, Jave will be sharing a picture taken in China Shandong Province Yang Jia Bu Village, where Kitchen Deity and his Two Wives were being honoured.

In Shandong Province Yang Jia Bu, this is an area that the people will promote the Culture of Cheng Huang aka City Deity and Zao Jun, widely/effectively, since the olden days. Till today, the people staying in Yang Jia Bu still keep these traditions of having Grand Celebrations dedicated to Cheng Huang & Zao Jun yearly.

Seldom people actually know that, our dearest Zao Jun got 2 wives, which they are;

1 – Madam Guo Ding Xiang, in-charge of distributing Prosperity Blessing

2 – Madam Wang Hai Tang, in-charge of blessing for Off-spring.