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Article: CHINESE NEW YEAR; 2005; YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 8, 2005
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CHINESE NEW YEAR
2005
YEAR OF THE ROOSTER
When Sherry Liu was a little girl, she heard stories about how The
Kitchen God delivered a report on each family to The Jade Emperor in
heaven. "To get a good report, people had sweets in the kitchen in
the hopes that the Kitchen God will have a sweet mouth and say good
things about the family," says Liu, who adds that even when she was a
young girl, almost 50 years ago, her family did not follow this
custom.
Making offerings to The Kitchen God is among the very old Chinese
New Year traditions in a celebration which began more than 4,000
years ago. The custom of a spring festival began in the Western Zhou
Dynasty. It wasn't until later, during the ...
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