2. The rice cake has a long history of thousands of years in China, and it is an important part of China's food culture. As we all know, rice cakes are made of glutinous rice. As early as 7000 years ago, our ancestors began to grow rice.
As early as the Han Dynasty, people at that time called rice cakes "rice cakes", "bait" and "glutinous rice cakes". There are also records of making rice cakes in ancient books, that is, after steaming glutinous rice, stir-fry it while it is hot, then cut it into peach pits, dry it in the shade, stir-fry it in a pot before eating, and then roll it up with sugar to eat.
The earliest rice cakes were used for sacrifice. They offered sacrifices to the gods on New Year's Eve and ancestors on New Year's Eve, and later became food for the Spring Festival, with bright hopes. Eating rice cakes is not only because it is delicious, but also because it has a good meaning, expressing the desire of "getting taller every year". This beautiful way of sustenance has continued to this day. No matter men, women and children, they always have a bite of rice cake during the New Year, in order to be promoted step by step and everything will be smooth in the coming year.