Ông Công Ông Táo

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Vietnamese folk deities domestic guardian spirits household deities kitchen gods

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.

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All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1765231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ông Công Ông Táo
Context triple: [Vietnamese folk religion, worships, Ông Công Ông Táo]

A. Chenghuangshen
Chenghuangshen is a traditional Chinese city god deity believed to protect and oversee the affairs, justice, and welfare of a specific city and its inhabitants.
B. Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
C. Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
D. Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.
E. Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ông Công Ông Táo
Target entity description: 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.

A. Chenghuangshen
Chenghuangshen is a traditional Chinese city god deity believed to protect and oversee the affairs, justice, and welfare of a specific city and its inhabitants.
B. Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
C. Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
D. Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration, marked by family reunions, festive meals, cultural rituals, and the welcoming of the lunar new year.
E. Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese celebration marking the end of Lunar New Year festivities, featuring lantern displays, riddle games, and communal gatherings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vietnamese folk deities ⓘ domestic guardian spirits ⓘ household deities ⓘ kitchen gods ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Thần Bếp ⓘ linked to: Kitchen God Táo Quân ⓘ linked to: Ông Công Ông Táo
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 ⓘ linked to: Ông Công Ông Táo 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 ⓘ linked to: Chinese folk religion
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 (3)

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 ⓘ