Ông Công Ông Táo

E197417

Ông Công Ông Táo are household deities in Vietnamese folk belief who oversee the family’s kitchen and domestic affairs and report annually to the Jade Emperor in heaven.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Táo Quân 3
Tết Táo Quân 1
Ông Công Ông Táo canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Vietnamese folk deities ⓘ
domestic guardian spirits ⓘ
household deities ⓘ
kitchen gods ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Thần Bếp ⓘ
linked to: Kitchen God

Táo Quân ⓘ
annualDepartureDate 23rd day of the 12th lunar month ⓘ
annualReturnDate eve of Tết (Vietnamese New Year) ⓘ
associatedWith Lễ cúng Ông Công Ông Táo ⓘ
Tết Nguyên Đán ⓘ
linked to: Spring Festival

Tết Táo Quân ⓘ
Vietnamese New Year ⓘ
linked to: Tet holiday
component Ông Công ⓘ
Ông Táo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
culture Vietnamese folk belief ⓘ
domain domestic harmony ⓘ
food preparation ⓘ
kitchen fire ⓘ
duty ascend to heaven annually to make a report ⓘ
bring blessings or misfortune based on the report ⓘ
report on the family’s virtues and faults ⓘ
function maintain moral order in the family ⓘ
mediate between household and heavenly bureaucracy ⓘ
genderRepresentation predominantly male deities ⓘ
importance central household cult in Vietnam ⓘ
influencedBy Chinese Kitchen God tradition ⓘ
languageOfName Vietnamese ⓘ
nameMeaning Lord of the Land and Kitchen Gods ⓘ
observanceType annual household ritual ⓘ
religiousTradition East Asian folk religion ⓘ
Vietnamese folk religion ⓘ
reportsTo Jade Emperor ⓘ
Ngọc Hoàng ⓘ
linked to: Jade Emperor
role oversee domestic affairs of the household ⓘ
oversee the family kitchen ⓘ
protect the household ⓘ
report household affairs to heaven ⓘ
symbol carp used as a heavenly mount ⓘ
kitchen hearth ⓘ
three kitchen gods ⓘ
worshipPlace bàn thờ Táo Quân ⓘ
household kitchen ⓘ
worshipPractice burning incense ⓘ
offering of food ⓘ
offering of fruits ⓘ
offering of votive paper ⓘ
releasing live carp into water ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vietnamese folk religion → worships → Ông Công Ông Táo ⓘ
Ông Công Ông Táo → associatedWith → Tết Táo Quân ⓘ
linked to: Ông Công Ông Táo
Ông Công Ông Táo → alsoKnownAs → Táo Quân ⓘ
linked to: Ông Công Ông Táo
Ông Táo → alsoCalled → Táo Quân ⓘ
linked to: Ông Công Ông Táo
Ngọc Hoàng → associatedWith → Táo Quân ⓘ
linked to: Ông Công Ông Táo