Suzhou was the capital of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in ancient times. At that time, the princes dominated and the war lasted for years. Wu Zixu, a doctor of Chu, went to Wu to avenge his father's death, intending to borrow soldiers to attack Chu. The king of Wu did not agree, so Wu Zixu killed the king of Wu, led his troops to attack the capital of Chu, and set up a new king of Wu to ascend to the throne, and Wu Zixu was also granted the land. In order to prevent aggression, Wu Zixu led people to build the famous He Lv City.

After the city was repaired, he said to his confidant, "After my death, if the country is in trouble and the people are hungry, you can dig a few feet under the city gate and find food." Soon, Wu Zixu was trapped and committed suicide. The state of Yue took the opportunity to attack Wu, and the war continued, and the land was hungry everywhere. In times of crisis, someone remembered Wu Zixu's instructions before his death, so he secretly tore down the city walls and dug the ground.

It turns out that the city foundation is a brick made of glutinous rice, and people use it to make a kind of food, which has overcome the difficulties. This kind of food was later called rice cake. Later, in the twelfth lunar month, people made rice cakes from glutinous rice to offer sacrifices to Wu Zixu, and at the same time, they also took the auspicious meaning of "climbing the mountain step by step every year".

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The moral of rice cake:

The implication of the new year cake is that it is high every year, because it is homophonic "high year", which expresses everyone's expectation and a good wish for the new year on the occasion of the New Year. The new year cake is an indispensable New Year cake, literally speaking, it is full of auspicious meaning. "Nian" is homophonic with "sticky", so sticky characters can be understood as the meaning of New Year or reunion.

And "cake" is homophonic "high", which means rising step by step. In addition, the rice cake has a variety of tastes, and it has almost become a necessary food for every family.