It is said that on December 23rd of the lunar calendar, seven days before the China New Year, Master Kitchen King will return to heaven and report to the Jade Emperor the activities of every household in the whole year last year. The Jade Emperor will reward or punish these families according to the report of Master Kitchen King.

In the past, when I was off-year, I often heard the elders at home say that eating kitchen candy is to sweeten the mouth of the kitchen god. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is what people in China often say about off-year. It is said that the kitchen god will report to heaven on this day.

Therefore, every household will offer candied melons (sesame candy is also useful), in order to make the kitchen god sweet, put in a good word in front of the jade emperor, and give the family a more prosperous scene in the coming year.

Eat kwantung sugar in off-year:

Guandong sugar is also called kitchen king sugar and big candy. In a year, it is only sold around the off-year period. Guandong sugar is a sugar product made of malt and millet, which is used for offering sacrifices to the kitchen gods. It is recorded in the "Yanjing Year's Chronicle" written by the Qing Dynasty that there are "Guandong Sugar" and "Sugar Cake" in the offerings of the Qing Dynasty.

Guandong sugar is sold by vendors in rural areas, cities, streets and markets in Northeast China: "Big candy, big candy, crisp and fragrant big candy."

A large piece of milky white sugar, placed on a square plate, is generally three inches long and one inch wide, flat and silky. A large piece of newly made candy is crisp, fragrant, sticky and has a special flavor when you put it in your mouth. It is a kind of candy that is very popular among men, women and children in Kanto. It has come down from the kitchen god's sacrificial table and is widely enjoyed by the people.