5 rice cakes are commonly known as "off-year" on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. People in Wuxuan and Guiping of Guangxi have the custom of making rice cakes. The rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour as the main material, peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar as the ingredients, put into a mold to make it round, and then steamed at high temperature, with a unique flavor and the meaning of "round and round".

6 Ma Tangjin has a saying in the northwest that "23 eat Ma Tang, but you can't eat Ma Tang and chew your fingers".

It is said that off-year is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven. He will report to the Heaven Emperor the food and clothing consumption of the world in the past year and other things that the Heaven Emperor wants to know. That's the chef's report day? Eating sesame candy is to make the mouth of the kitchen god stick with sugar, and you can't report the delicious and luxurious scenes on earth to the sky, so as not to punish those who love to eat and drink-the new year will bring famine, and I hope to have a safe and rich year.

7 popcorn candy Jing' an County folks are known as "small years and small years, sweet rice." On the "off-year" day, people make popcorn candy with maltose and popcorn, which means that the new year will be rich and sweet.