When offering sacrifices to the Stove God, in addition to offering some delicacies, the most important thing is to apply Stove Sugar (also called Tang Gua) on the mouth of the Stove Lord. The purpose is to make the Kitchen God talk sweeter, so that he will not say bad things to the Jade Emperor, but will say more good things in front of the Jade Emperor, so that the family will be more prosperous in the coming year. My hometown is Fengrun, Hebei. Every year on the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, it is commonly known as Xiaonian and people must sacrifice to the stove. When you get up in the morning, you should sweep the yard and clean the room. After cleaning, the folk portrait of the Stove Lord was affixed to the top of the stove, incense candles were lit, and offerings - sugar melons were placed. The sugar melons in my hometown are famous in the northern provinces.

Many people just make the noodles first, carry coals, and a basin to cook at a house with a stove and a spoon. When there are many people, you still need to queue up. Eating salt-and-pepper braised dishes, accompanied by stews mixed with meat, and even setting off a short firecracker, the New Year's Eve was spent in such a tense and joyful way. The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month is a small year, so I send it to the Stove Lord, asking him to say good things to heaven and ensure peace in the lower world. The stove prince is asked to burn incense and place tributes, clean the kitchen, wash kitchen utensils, and prepare for the next steps of steaming steamed buns, frying vegetables, cooking meat, and making dumplings.

According to the living habits of various ethnic groups, the New Year celebrations are different. In the Northeast, on this day, people have to clean up the dust in the house, go to heaven and other activities. At the same time, they start to take care of the things needed at home. Items used for the New Year are waiting for the New Year's Eve. Dumplings are also eaten during the Little New Year. The Little New Year is also a traditional folk festival, but there are differences in different places. Although I live in the north, my family always celebrates the Little New Year on the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month. Fourth, because it is the third year of the official period and the fourth year of the Republic of China, we don’t have any special customs here to celebrate the Little New Year, except eating dumplings

We don’t celebrate the Little New Year here on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month! We are over twenty-four.

This day is the day when our folk send the Stove Lord to heaven to celebrate the New Year. Therefore, on this day, we should make some good rice and celebrate the New Year items, such as persimmons, fried fruits, steamed various pastas, as well as chicken, fish and other offerings on the stove. On stage, you must clean your hands and burn incense.