Five-spice plate is a custom.

Five-spice plate generally refers to spring plate, which means that vegetables, cake bait, fruits and sweets are gathered in a large pottery plate on beginning of spring Day, and relatives and friends give gifts to each other and enjoy them together. Feeding the spring plate has the meaning of welcoming the spring and receiving blessings, symbolizing Vientiane's renewal and good luck.

Spring-feeding plate, also known as "five-spice plate", is a custom, which basically focuses on spicy dishes, and its homonym is "new", which means the beginning of a new year. Five spicy dishes, meaning relatively simple, are five kinds of spicy dishes, which are said to be garlic, garlic, leek, Yuntai and coriander in Sui Notes of Jingchu Years Old. These things can move the five internal organs and pray for health.