Sending off Kitchen God to see the Jade Emperor today

As a custom, the Chinese will be sending off Kitchen God to see the Jade Emperor today, the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Usually the Chinese will be serving nian gao (a cake made of glutinous rice), fa gao (prosperity cake), tang yuen (glutinous rice cooked in syrup) and mandarin orange. The main item is nian gao which according to legend is to sweeten the mouth of the kitchen deity so that he will only report favourable things about a family to the Jade Emperor.