The moral of babao rice is round and round, safe and auspicious. Therefore, we eat more at dinner or on holidays. Eight kinds of rice are commonly used in Babao rice, including black rice, glutinous rice, yellow rice, millet and pearl rice. In addition, broad beans, kidney beans and kidney beans are generally sweet to eat. For example, Suzhou people like to cook eight-treasure rice on holidays, and also wrap zongzi with eight kinds of beans.

The custom of eating eight-treasure rice

Eight-treasure rice is one of the must-eat foods in many places during the Spring Festival. But why do you want to eat eight-treasure rice during the Spring Festival? Because the weight is enough and the taste is sweet, it is inevitable that someone will eat it alone. It is most suitable for the whole family to enjoy, symbolizing reunion, so it has the most annual flavor. Eight-treasure rice is not only eaten by Shanghainese for the New Year, but also spread all over the country.