Sweetening our deal with Zhao Jun the Kitchen God

Worship aids: Ho showing the items to perform the sending-off of the Kitchen God. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Whatever you do at home, some Chinese believe that Zhao Jun, otherwise referred to as the Kitchen God, knows.

The deity is said to have a dotted line to the Jade Emperor – ruler of heaven – himself, and on the 24th day of the 12th lunar month, this deity will return from earth to report on everything you and your family had done in the past year.