Wormwood is a traditional snack, which is usually eaten in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Wormwood can be regarded as a common ingredient on the table of Hakka people.

Every spring, wormwood is fresh and tender, and green leaves spiral up. After returning home, Hakkas will pick fresh mugwort leaves and mix them with steamed japonica rice or glutinous rice to make rice paste.

Pack peanuts or sesame seeds in the middle, make a little green and steam it in a pot, and it becomes a very famous Hakka food-love. When eating wormwood, Hakka people like to make a pot of black tea, supplemented by fresh bamboo shoots, hawthorn and other snacks.

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With its unique fragrance, wormwood is deeply loved by local people, especially children and the elderly. When making and sharing Ai Rong, it can often reflect the harmony and care of Hakka families.

Because of the low cost and time-consuming, family members often decide which relatives and friends to send before making the moxa stick, so as soon as it is made, it will be sent to at least one or two families, and some will be made into several cauldrons. People who get wormwood are often very happy and keep it for themselves. Well-made moxa is particularly popular.

However, after the moxa stick is cold, it is easy to harden your heart. It is best to eat cold moxa sticks after heart heating, which tastes sweet. Folium Artemisiae Argyi is often used as breakfast, and it is often sold with Huang Ai in street stalls. The method is to simmer the steamed cold mugwort leaves with some oil.