Little New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), usually a week before the lunar New Year, falls on Feb 2 this year. It is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household.
小年通常在春節(jié)前一周，今年是2月2日。小年也被稱為灶神節(jié)，灶神是監(jiān)督各家各戶德行的神靈。

Offer sacrifices to Kitchen God 祭祀灶神

In one of the most distinctive traditions of the Little New Year is the burning of a paper image of the Kitchen God, dispatching the god's spirit to Heaven to report on the family's conduct over the past year. The Kitchen God is then welcomed back to the home through the pasting of a new paper image of him beside the stove. From this vantage point, the Kitchen God will oversee and protect the household for another year.
小年最獨特的傳統(tǒng)之一是燒灶神像，送灶神的靈魂上天庭匯報這家人在過去一年中的作為。之后，人們在爐灶旁張貼新的灶神像，迎接灶神歸來。接下來一年，灶神會在這里監(jiān)督并保護(hù)這家人。

The offerings to the Kitchen God include pig's head, fish, sweet bean paste, melons, fruit, boiled dumplings, barley sugar, and Guandong candy.
由于灶神和供奉灶神的供品包括豬頭、魚、甜豆沙、瓜果、餃子、大麥糖和關(guān)東糖。