Families send off Kitchen God

Bon voyage: Hong making the offerings as his staff look on during the sending-off of the Kitchen God at the restaurant in George Town, Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

KLANG: The Covid-19 pandemic has not stopped some Taoists from faithfully sending off the Kitchen God to heaven as part of a ritual to welcome the Chinese New Year.

For Ch’ng Kin Chai of Pandamaran New Village, the annual practice of sending off the deity, also known as Zao Jun, began early yesterday at 8.30am with offerings and prayers at his family home.