Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God

The Kitchen God will report to the god of heaven at the end of every year about what happened to human beings. Chinese people held the celebrations expecting the kitchen god to put in a good word for them, and receive good fortune in the New Year.

The offerings to the Kitchen God include pig's head, fish, sweet bean paste, melons, fruit, boiled dumplings, and barley sugar.

Most of the offerings are sweets of various varieties. It is thought that this will seal the Kitchen God's mouth and encourage him to only say good things about the family when he ascends to heaven to make his report. The Kitchen God will be invited to sit in a sedan chair for his trip to heaven.

Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]