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“Sending off the Kitchen God Day” is on January 23nd

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

A week before the Chinese New Year people burn the Kitchen God.

The Kitchen God is called Zao Jun. It is thought that he is sent from Heaven to watch over the family throughout the year. He is also said to have invented fire. He’s present in the kitchen in the form of a picture, or a banner with the Chinese symbol that represents him in gold.

When the Kitchen God is burned it is said that the smoke from the burning paper sends him to heaven. Once there, he reports to the Jade Emperor, who is the highest god in Taoism. He’ll report to the Jade Emperor about the moral behavior of the family, whether good or bad.

Before the family burns the image or symbol of the Kitchen God, they offer him sweets as a bribe to say nice things about them. They also smear his lips with sugar or honey to either sweeten what he says, or to make his lips stick shut so that he won’t say anything at all!

A new Kitchen God is placed in the kitchen on the first day of the New Year.

Happy Sending off the Kitchen God Day!

Lisa

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