What is the solar term for offering sacrifices to the stove?

Sacrificing a stove is a custom that has great influence and spread widely among Han people in China. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. People call this god "Commander Bodhisattva" or "Commander of the Chef King", while people in the spring are generally called "Chef Maharaja". Legend has it that he is responsible for managing all kinds of stoves and fires and is regarded as the patron saint of the family. Kitchen shrines are mostly located in the north or east of the kitchen, and the idol of Kitchen God is in the middle [1].

The 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month is also called off-year. The folk proverb says: "Twenty-three, sacrifice the stove official." According to the old custom, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen god. Most of the statues of Kitchen God are also printed with the calendar of this year, which reads the words "Oriental chef is in charge", "guardian of the world" and "head of the family" to show the status of Kitchen God. On both sides, there are couplets of "Heaven says yes, the lower bound is safe", wishing the whole family peace.