1. One saying is that on the first day of the sixth lunar month, there is a saying of "half a year", which means "half a year is complete", that is, the first half of the year is over. On this day, people will make some steamed buns and expose them in the yard to welcome the second half of the year. These buns are also called "sugar buns" because people add sugar when making them, which means sweetness and beauty.

2. Another way of saying it is that sugar packets are traditional snacks in Linxia area and will be eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sugar steamed bun is made by fermenting old yeast, adding peanuts, sesame seeds, melon seeds, walnuts, raisins, rose sugar, red and green silk and other fillings, and then frying in a pot. Sugar steamed bread is sweet but not greasy, soft and delicious. When they are eaten, they are full of happiness. They bear the unique taste of many Linxia people's memories, are their own "earth moon cakes", and are also essential food for every household in the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In a word, eating sugar buns on the first day of June is not only a traditional custom, but also a way to celebrate the end of the first half of the year and welcome the arrival of the second half.