Nine sons are a traditional feast in China and Guangdong. Reed was originally a round vessel for holding millet in ancient sacrifices. Later, it gradually became a festival celebration banquet. Nine expensive dishes use the best ingredients, but there is no beef, because cows can help farmers plow the fields.

Hakka people call these nine kinds of disabilities "nine petals", which means "nine petals entering the department" and "long and long" In different places, the nine dishes in nine big baskets are also different. For example: suckling pig platter or golden pig platter (or braised pigeon), braised duck with Nostoc flagelliforme or oyster sauce with Nostoc flagelliforme, Pan Long with soy sauce (or braised garlic), candied prawns or boiled chicken (or fried chicken with soy sauce), fried or steamed fresh oysters (or oyster strips) and braised taro meat.

In Yuen Long, Hong Kong, the nine largest kinds of bamboo shoots are pheasant, braised yellow chicken by famous chef, shrimp with dried tangerine peel and lobster sauce, rice duck with noodle sauce, braised fish balls with seaweed, dried eel radish, sweet and sour meatballs, braised soft skin with squid and braised mushrooms with oyster sauce.

The nine largest bamboo rafts in Zhuhai are: stewed mushrooms with shrimp skin, stewed ducks with pork skin glue, stewed flowers with south milk bamboo shoots, boiled chicken, stewed Chinese cabbage with firewood, fried chicken offal with double squid with Dutch beans, stewed sea clams with garlic, braised pork pot and braised pork.