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What is a tail tooth feast?
Weiya banquet is a traditional folk culture in southern Fujian. Tail tooth is the "end" of the business's one-year activities and the "first sound" of the people's Spring Festival activities. "Tail tooth" is the day when Fujian businessmen and Taiwanese businessmen worship the land god on the first, fifteenth or the second and sixteenth day of each month, which is called "tooth-making". The "Tail Tooth Banquet" originally meant that businessmen hoped that their business would be prosperous in the coming year, and prepared good wine and dishes for the local people to "make sumptuous food" and pray for blessing.

In Taiwan Province Province, "Tail Teeth" is a very popular festival. On this day, the families of ordinary people will prepare sacrifices to pay homage to the God of the Earth, and the whole family will get together to eat "Tail Teeth" and "Runbing" (called "Pancake" in Xiamen, similar to the common "Spring Cake" in Chinese mainland), so as to enrich their families in the coming year.

In Taiwan Province Province, just like in Chinese mainland, the Spring Festival, also known as the China New Year, is the most lively festival for local people. The longest festival. Generally, it starts from "Weiya" on December 16th of the lunar calendar and ends after the Lantern Festival (Shangyuan Festival) on the 15th day of the first month, lasting 1 month.

Nowadays, "Tail Teeth" has gradually evolved into a celebration for enterprises to reward employees at the end of the year. Nowadays, eating "tail teeth" has gradually evolved into an important party at the end of the year. After summing up one year's work, the boss announced important decisions, and even the year-end awards were distributed at the "Tail Tooth Banquet".