Ông Táo

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Ông Táo is the Vietnamese Kitchen God who oversees the household’s affairs and reports them annually to the Jade Emperor in heaven.

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Label Occurrences
Ông Táo canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vietnamese deity
household deity
kitchen god
alsoCalled Thần Bếp
Thổ Công
Táo Quân
associatedDate 23 tháng Chạp (Vietnamese lunar calendar)
associatedFestival Kitchen Gods Day
linked to: Kitchen God

Tết Nguyên Đán
Tết Ông Táo
associatedWith Buddhism in Vietnam
linked to: Vietnamese Buddhism

Taoism
ancestor worship in Vietnam
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
culturalSphere East Asian folk religion
Vietnamese culture
domain domestic life
family morality
equivalentInChineseCulture Kitchen God
Zao Jun
function brings good fortune to the household
mediates between household and heaven
records good and bad deeds of family members
gender male
offering boiled chicken
fruits
gold paper
paper effigies
sticky rice
sweets
three live carps
religion Tam Giáo syncretism
Vietnamese folk religion
reportDate 23rd day of the 12th lunar month
reportFrequency annually
reportsTo Jade Emperor
Ngọc Hoàng
linked to: Jade Emperor
ritual burning paper effigies
cleaning the kitchen altar
releasing carps into rivers or lakes
replacing altar decorations
role oversees household affairs
protects the kitchen
reports household activities to the Jade Emperor
symbol carp fish
fire
stove
worshipPlace household kitchen
stove altar
Ông Táo altar

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ông Công Ông Táo component Ông Táo