"Eating Nianli" is a traditional custom in some areas of southern China, especially in Guangdong, Fujian and other places. This custom usually refers to the fact that during the Lunar New Year, people prepare sumptuous food to celebrate the New Year, which includes a variety of meats, seafood, pastries and other delicacies.

According to "Maoming City Chronicles": "'Nianli' is unique to villages in the Jianjiang and Luojiang river basins in western Guangdong, and has been very popular in the Qing Dynasty. 'Nianli' is a way for local people to worship gods, Activities such as wandering around the gods, offering sacrifices to the country, and praying for good weather, prosperity of all industries, and peace of the country and the people." There was a hiatus in the 1960s and 1970s, but it became popular again in the 1980s. The time for "annual rituals" is different in each place, from the second day of the first lunar month to the end of the year, usually one day, sometimes two or three days. Every "year festival", the village is decorated with lights and colorful gongs and drums. Every household holds a banquet and invites relatives and friends to eat, drink and have fun. In the evening, the village shows movies, plays and sets off fireworks. The whole village is immersed in excitement. In a festive atmosphere.