Chinese Kitchen God

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:deity
figure in Chinese folk religion
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Zao_Shen
gptkb:Zao_Jun
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Jade_Emperor
gptkbp:category gptkb:Chinese_folk_religion
household deity
gptkbp:domain gptkb:food
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Little_New_Year
gptkbp:function records family's good and bad deeds
gptkbp:gender male
gptkbp:household_shrine placed above the stove
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese Kitchen God
gptkbp:iconography depicted as a man in official robes
gptkbp:influenced determines family's fortune for the coming year
gptkbp:mythology origin stories vary, often a mortal elevated to godhood
gptkbp:offers incense
sweets
sticky rice cake
gptkbp:returnedTo returns to earth on Lunar New Year's Eve
gptkbp:rituals sending off to heaven before Lunar New Year
gptkbp:role protector of the hearth
reporter of household affairs to the Jade Emperor
gptkbp:spouse Kitchen Goddess (Zao Jun's wife)
gptkbp:worshippedIn gptkb:China
gptkb:Chinese_diaspora
gptkb:Han_Chinese
gptkb:Taiwan
gptkb:Chinese_Malaysians
gptkb:Chinese_Singaporeans
gptkb:Chinese_Vietnamese
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vietnamese_Ông_Táo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7