April 8 th in Xiapu County
Xiapu people have the custom of eating bean paste cakes on April 8. On this day, the business of making and selling bean paste cakes in the streets is very prosperous, just like selling moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, people make bean paste cakes with various patterns and tastes for you to choose from. According to folklore, eating bean paste cake on this day can avoid the bites of mosquitoes, flies and insects. On April 8, the traditional festival of eating bean paste cake was recorded in Xiapu County Records: "It is said that eating this on the eighth day of the eighth lunar month can avoid flies and flies."