祭灶在中国起源最早。传说灶王爷通晓每家每户的是非善恶,每到年底就要向玉皇大帝汇报,藉以惩恶奖善。老百姓在农历腊月二十三日这天都要买灶糖,腊肉和香烛欢送灶王爷,求他“上天言好”,所以,孔子有“宁媚子灶”一说。不过,祭灶的日子随地区而有不同。扫年送走灶王爷后,还要挑 Sacrificial stove in China originated the earliest. Legend stove king proficient in every household is good and evil, every year to report to the Jade Emperor, in order to punish evil. People in the twelfth lunar month of the twelfth lunar month to buy kitchen sugar, bacon and incense fondue stove chief priest, begging him to “God said good”, so Confucius has “Ning pro-stove” one said. However, the days of sacrificial foci vary by region. Sweep away to send stove king, but also pick