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 | 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]
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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.
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B.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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C.
Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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B.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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C.
Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
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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.
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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 |
Kitchen God
ⓘ
surface form:
Thần Bếp
Ông Công Ông Táo ⓘ
surface form:
Táo Quân
|
| annualDepartureDate | 23rd day of the 12th lunar month ⓘ |
| annualReturnDate | eve of Tết (Vietnamese New Year) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lễ cúng Ông Công Ông Táo
ⓘ
Spring Festival ⓘ
surface form:
Tết Nguyên Đán
Ông Công Ông Táo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tết Táo Quân
Tet holiday ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnamese New Year
|
| component |
Ông Công
ⓘ
Ông Táo ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Viet Nam
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| 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 folk religion
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
Jade Emperor ⓘ
surface form:
Ngọc Hoàng
|
| 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
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offering of food ⓘ offering of fruits ⓘ offering of votive paper ⓘ releasing live carp into water ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ông Công Ông Táo Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tết Táo Quân
this entity surface form:
Táo Quân