On New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, sit around the round table with hot pot for dinner, which is called "around the stove". Every dish on the table has a certain meaning when you are around the stove. Such as rice balls and meatballs. Fish circle means' three yuan', symbolizing family reunion; Radish is called "vegetable head" in Taiwan Province, which means "good color head", which means auspicious; The "chicken" of the whole chicken, the homonym of Taiwan Province dialect is "home", which means "starting from eating chicken"; Food fried in oil and fire means "prosperity of the family". People who take part in the stove, regardless of sex, age, should eat a little of everything on the table. In addition, everyone should drink a little wine for good luck. Vegetables eaten around the stove should be cooked by roots after washing, and slowly eaten from beginning to end to wish parents a long life.

After the furnace, the custom of "watching brazier" still exists in rural areas of Taiwan Province. A pot of straw was lit in front of the door, and the whole family, men and children, jumped from the brazier in turn, taking the auspicious meaning of "prosperity as fire". Jump and mumble something auspicious. After the fire goes out, send the ashes to the kitchen stove foot and pray for the gods to bless and make a fortune.