Those chinese new year traditions were going to die by themselves anyway. Nobody wants to kowtow anymore, and there's no reason to do any of this. I even asked some older (50+) Chinese people and they haven't heard of the kitchen god. It's probably a local tradition that's geared toward a specific segment of the population and region, like polygamy, or slavery. Should we be nostalgic and bring those back, because the government in the US banned them? How about getting out of beijing and letting the Chinese do what they want? Women's rights and gender income equality have gone way down since market capitalism has been reintroduced in China. Is that a good thing?