The use of ci mushrooms to worship the gods in Chinese New Year requires the use of raw ones. Because it is the rhizome of an aquatic plant, according to his growth habit, the ancients called it as many children and good fortune, so it is necessary to use raw in worship.

Sacrificing Zaoshen is a widely spread folk custom in China. At the time of worshiping Zaoshen, there will be sugar cane, spinach, garlic shoots, ci mushrooms, rice cakes, sugar cakes and so on. It symbolizes one's red-hot year and high days. "For the record, the answer is for reference only, please do not blindly superstitious."