This paper , utilized the theory and method of ethnology , dicusses the belief of the kitchen god of the tus in tuguan village of huzhu county 本文利用民族学的理论与方法对互助县土观村土族灶神信仰进行了探究。
Spring festival begins on the 23rd of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar . people offer a sacrifice to the kitchen god on this day 中国人从阴历腊月二十三日就开始过春节了。这一天的活动叫做“祭灶” ，也就是“拜灶王爷” 。
People put candies , branch water , beans or peas , and grass in front of the god . the last three are sacrifices to the horse ridden by the kitchen god 到了那天，人们在灶王爷的画像前面放上糖果、清水、豆子和草，其中后三样东西是给灶王爷骑的马吃的。
According to asian folklore , at the end of each lunar ear the kitchen god , who is assigned to watch each household , returns to heaven to report to the jade emperor on the members good and bad actions during the year 灶王爷是亚洲民间神?之一，每年年底，各户人家的灶王爷都必须返回天宫，向玉皇大帝报告这个家庭在过去一年里所做的好事和坏事。
As a tradition , during the miner new year , which falls on december 23 of the lunar calendar , local farmers will clean their rooms , and slaughter pigs and sheep to offer to the kitchen god in hope that he returns to heaven happily 这一天，要打扫房间，杀猪宰羊，欢送灶王爷一家携带鸡犬和马匹愉愉快快地返回天堂。虔诚的老祖母把精致的灶糖献上，希望这位“一家之主” “上天言好事，下界保平安” 。
Although asian in origin , the kitchen god has parallels in western culture . for example , hestia , a renowned goddess of ancient greece , and vesta , her roman counterpart , were associated with the warmth and comfort of the welcoming hearth . by sister initiates vuong vu and lynn mcgee , 灶神虽源于亚洲，但在西方文化中也有类似的神? ，如赫斯提亚hestia ，是古希腊的著名炉火女神，负责壁炉的温暖和舒适还有维斯达女神vesta ，也是罗马神话中家喻户晓的女灶神。
The kitchen god ' s wife , the second novel by amy tan , a chinese american author whose first novel the joy luck club created a sensation in the literary world in america , depicts exquisitely the conflict and understanding between mother and daughter through the use of different narrative viewpoints and the contrast between two different cultures , thus reflecting artistically one aspect of the life of chinese americans in contemporary america 摘要曾以其首部小说《喜幸俱乐部》而轰动美国文坛的华裔女作家谭?埃米的第二部作品《灶神的妻子》 ，采用不同的叙述角度和对比两种不同的文化，以极为细腻的笔触刻画了两代人母亲与女儿之间的冲突与理解，从而艺术地再现了当代美籍华人生活的一个侧面。
