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Please cook. When?

Send it on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, please on New Year's Eve.

Sacrificing stoves is a traditional custom with great influence and wide spread among the people in China. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. People call this god "Chef Master". According to legend, he was named "Chef King of Nine Days East Chef" by the Jade Emperor, who was in charge of the kitchen fires of various families and was worshipped as the head of the family. Kitchen shrines are mostly located in the north or east of the kitchen, with the idol of Kitchen God in the middle.

Kitchen God is also called Kitchen God. Kitchen God is in charge of life. According to China folklore, Kitchen God reported to heaven on the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month and returned to earth on the 4th day of the first month. It is the lowest fairy in myths and legends. Ordinary scholars and Shu Ren made sacrifices, "or set up a household, or start a new stove". China has a long history of offering sacrifices to Kitchen God. After Wei and Jin Dynasties, Kitchen God had a name. Sui Du Taiqing's Jade Candle Collection quoted the Kitchen Book as saying, "Kitchen God, surnamed Su, named Geely, female named Bo Cheek". The central Hebei region is prepared for Hegao. The god of offering sacrifices to the kitchen places a good wish for the working people in China to avoid disasters and pray for blessings.