In Chinese lore the Kitchen God is sent to watch over families by the Jade Emperor – the all-powerful deity who is thought to decide how fortunate households will be in the new year – and upon ...

For those suffering from post-holiday blues, the Chinese New Year — or the Year ... The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen. Another is to make offerings to the kitchen god as a sort of bribe.

Over the past week, news agencies have reported on the massive storms interrupting China’s celebrations of the New Year. The heaviest snowfall in 50 years has left millions stuck at train ...

About 3,000 years ago, give or take a couple of decades, the Chinese ... or made new clothes and set off firecrackers. And there was feasting and special offerings made to the Kitchen God for ...

While many around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year with traditions ... largely abandoned in modern times. Chinese legend has it the Kitchen God, or Stove God, visits each household ...

Little New Year falls on Feb 2 this year. [Photo/sipaphoto.com] Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 2 this year. It is also known as the ...

Several countries mark their new year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar involving movement of the Sun and Moon.

Arguably the most important deity during the new year, the Kitchen Stove God would swing by each household and report what each has done in the past year to the Jade Emperor. Hence, many Chinese ...

That's Cantonese for happy new year ... which translates to year cake. The sticky cake was believed to be an offering to the Kitchen God, so that his mouth will be stuck closed, unable to ...

At Avanti Food & Beverage, Meta Asian Kitchen owners Kenneth Wan and Doris Yuen have put together a tempting menu for the occasion. Meta's Chinese New Year menu, available from Thursday ...

A key part of the Chinese "xiao nian" festival a week before Lunar New Year concerns the Kitchen God, who is also celebrated ...