From this vantage point, the Kitchen God will oversee and protect the household for another year.

这样，来年“灶王爷”就能继续监督并庇佑这一家人。

The Kitchen God is then welcomed back by to the home through the pasting of a new paper image of him beside the stove.

大年三十的晚上，要在灶台旁贴一张新的灶王像，也就是“接灶”。

She's written other books such as The Kitchen God's Wife and The Bonesetter's Daughter.

她还写了其他书，例如《灶神的妻子》和《接骨师的女儿》。

Guandong candy, a sticky treat made out of glutinous millet and sprouted wheat, is a traditional snack that Chinese people eat on the Festival of the Kitchen God.

关东糖是用麦芽、小米熬制而成，是人们在小年吃的传统小吃。

People often worship the Kitchen God, clean their houses, do their shopping, and put up Spring Festival couplets(blessing words posted on door frames) until New Year's Eve on the lunar calendar.

人们会开始祭灶神，大扫除，买年货，贴春联等，一直忙碌到农历十二月三十的除夕。

In one of the most distinctive traditions of the Little New Year is the burning of a paper image of the Kitchen God, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year.

“小年”最具特色的风俗就是“祭灶王”，具体来讲就是将旧的灶王像烧掉，送“灶王”上天禀报这家人过去一年的善恶。

According to custom, sticky cake (nian gao) is a steamed fruitcake that is fed to the Chinese kitchen god so that he will report favorably on a family's behavior when he returns to heaven before the start of the New Year.

根据习俗，年糕（年糕）是一种蒸熟的水果蛋糕， 供奉给中国灶神， 以便他在新年前返回天堂时对一家人的行为给予好评。