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What's the name of Kitchen God?

Kitchen God's surname is Zhang Bang, also known as Kui.

Kitchen God is the god of catering in ancient Chinese myths and legends. The full name of Kitchen God is "Nine Spirits Wang Yuan Dingfu", commonly known as Kitchen God, Kitchen God and Kitchen God. With the development of social production, since humans broke away from eating animals and drinking blood and invented fire food, stoves have gradually become closely related to people's lives. Therefore, offering sacrifices to stoves has become an important part of folk activities.

Related legends and stories:

Zhang Dan married Lilac, and Lilac was very filial to her in-laws. Later, Zhang Dan went out to do business and made a fortune. He fell in love with another woman, Haitang, and went home to rest lilacs. Later, Lilac married the firewood son of a poor old woman. Haitang, on the other hand, slacks off cooking every day, burns all his property and leaves a bill for remarriage. Zhang Dan had to beg everywhere to make a living.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Dan went to Lilac's house to beg. After being recognized, he was ashamed and plunged into the kitchen door. Because he belongs to the Jade Emperor family (all surnamed Zhang), the Jade Emperor named him the Kitchen God.