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The Munjeon Bon-puri describes how a future goddess of this domain named Yeosan was murdered by a rival who demanded to eat the livers of her seven sons. Those sons resurrected their mother as Jowangsin, goddess of this domain, while her rival became the long-haired Cheuksin. A Vietnamese deity of this domain originated as a wife and her first and second husbands, hence the depiction of Ông Táo as a trio. Before Tết, carp are released and serve as mounts for that deity of this domain to visit heaven. Melon-shaped candies in China are offered to a deity of this domain, who in various stories was cursed with poverty for abandoning (15[1])his (*) wife, failed to notice coins baked into cakes, and self-immolated in shame. (10[1])Paper effigies of that deity of this domain have their lips smeared with honey so that he will give a good report to the Jade Emperor. For 10 points, Zào Jūn presides over what area of the house? ■END■

ANSWER: kitchen [accept stove; prompt on household or home or hearth by asking “in what part of the house?”] (Cheuksin is the goddess of the toilet.)
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror05/31/25N4100%25%25%126.50
2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror07/13/25Y2100%50%0%116.50
2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror08/10/25Y6100%33%17%133.33