Fish, festival cakes, rice cakes, square cakes, etc.

In ancient times, in order to commemorate a certain festival, or to hold some rituals during a certain festival, people would cook some delicacies during the festival to celebrate the arrival of the festival and to supplement the food.

Eating fish means sweetness; eating festival cakes means wealth.

During festivals, people like to eat festival cakes. Rich families hire people to make cakes, and ordinary people can buy them in cake shops.

Before New Year's Day, spring cakes are steamed in a cage with glutinous powder and sprinkled with cane sugar or ash juice. They are about a foot in diameter and about five or six inches in diameter. They are mixed with fruits and are used as New Year's tea. The shape is similar to today's birthday cake. Gu Lu Qingjia of the Qing Dynasty

The record in Volume 12 is more detailed, saying that millet flour and sugar are made into cakes, called rice cakes, which can be yellow or white.

The big one-foot-square cake is square head cake, and there are cakes like Yuanbao, which are used for offering sacrifices to relatives and friends on New Year's Eve. In addition, there are also slender Tiaotou cake and wide strip and half cake.

Tusu wine brings good luck and good fortune.

New Year's Day means Yuan, which means "beginning", and the beginning of any number is called "Yuan"; Dan means "Day"; "New Year's Day" means "the initial day".

New Year's Day is also called "Three Yuan", which is the Yuan of the year, the Yuan of the month, and the Yuan of the hour.