Xinfeng County.

Ai Ciba is a traditional delicacy that Xinfeng must make during the Qingming Festival. It is made of glutinous rice and mugwort as the main ingredients, wrapped in fillings and steamed. Since ancient times, Xinfeng has been a Hakka settlement in ancient Guangdong and has spread a rich and diverse Hakka cuisine. Such as Ai Ci, Yougua Ci, Xiagondui, You Ci and Youguo, Sticky Rice Silk, Fa Gao Ci, etc. Among them, Ai Ci has been popular in Xinfeng area for more than 400 years.

Ai Ci, also known as Ai_ and Qingtuan, has been used as a sacrificial offering since ancient times, symbolizing reunion. At the same time, it is also a way to commemorate the ancestors and express their longing for them. It has gradually evolved into a tradition of the Hakka people in northern Guangdong. The Qingming Festival delicacies are traditional snacks. Mugwort is a common ingredient on the Hakka dining table. Every spring, mugwort is relatively fresh and tender, with green leaves spiraling up. Hakka people will pick fresh mugwort leaves, mix them with steamed japonica rice or glutinous rice when they return home, and pound them into rice paste. In the middle, they will wrap some sesame sugar fillings made of peanuts and sesame seeds, and form a green ball. The small cakes were put into the pot and steamed, which became a very famous Hakka delicacy - Ai Ci.

When eating moxa glutinous rice, Hakka people like to make a pot of black tea, supplemented with fresh bamboo shoots, hawthorn and other snacks, the feeling is even more wonderful.