臘月二十三：送灶上天
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little new year,which falls the 23rd day of the 12th month in the lunar calendar,is also known as the festival of the kitchen god,the deity who oversees the moral character of each household
農曆臘月二十三日是小年，也是祭灶節。灶神在中國神話傳說中監管一家善惡。
people make sacrifices to the kitchen gold on this day.a paper image is burnt dispatching the god's spirit to heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year.the kitchen god is then welcomed back by pasting a new paper image of him beside the stove
人們在小年這一天祭拜灶神，焚燒灶神的畫像，意味著送灶神上天，稟報這家人在過去一年的德行。接著人們會在灶旁貼上新的畫像，意味著再把灶神接回來。
little new year,which falls the 23rd day of the 12th month in the lunar calendar,is also known as the festival of the kitchen god,the deity who oversees the moral character of each household
農曆臘月二十三日是小年，也是祭灶節。灶神在中國神話傳說中監管一家善惡。
people make sacrifices to the kitchen gold on this day.a paper image is burnt dispatching the god's spirit to heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year.the kitchen god is then welcomed back by pasting a new paper image of him beside the stove
人們在小年這一天祭拜灶神，焚燒灶神的畫像，意味著送灶神上天，稟報這家人在過去一年的德行。接著人們會在灶旁貼上新的畫像，意味著再把灶神接回來。