腊月二十三：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
农历腊月二十三日是小年，也是祭灶节。灶神在中国神话传说中监管一家善恶。
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
人们在小年这一天祭拜灶神，焚烧灶神的画像，意味着送灶神上天，禀报这家人在过去一年的德行。接着人们会在灶旁贴上新的画像，意味着再把灶神接回来。
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
农历腊月二十三日是小年，也是祭灶节。灶神在中国神话传说中监管一家善恶。
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
人们在小年这一天祭拜灶神，焚烧灶神的画像，意味着送灶神上天，禀报这家人在过去一年的德行。接着人们会在灶旁贴上新的画像，意味着再把灶神接回来。