Barnyard grass is the main food of Naxi nationality and has a long planting history. However, with the large-scale planting of rice and wheat, the planting of barnyard grass is gradually decreasing. Barnyard grass is usually cooked and eaten. Wheat bakes more Baba (cakes). Naxi people often grind grain into fine grains, stir-fry it into semi-thin and semi-dry rice, or stir-fry it into fried noodles (Ciba).

Naxi people are used to eating fried noodles and drinking tea. People with good economic conditions drink butter tea. They must drink tea before eating. The staple food is mixed and eaten. For example, eat barnyard grass in the morning and evening, and eat other miscellaneous grains at noon. But it is also seasonal, which is related to the maturity of various crops, such as eating wheat in June, oats in July, corn in August, and barnyard grass after 10. Lily Mariko: "Lily is concentric", and "harmony" means harmony in Naxi language, which means family unity and harmony, "home and everything prosper", and friends and neighbors stress like-mindedness, respect the old and love the young.