Jiaozi is used to eating it in the northern New Year's Eve, which means to bid farewell to Kitchen God and "send away the windward side of jiaozi". When offering sacrifices, jiaozi should be placed on the platform. In addition, there is a folk saying "delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable food.

2. Sticky cake

There is a folk song "Twenty-three, Sticking Cakes" in Luxi, Shandong Province. Every year, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the day for every household to steam and eat sticky cakes, which means to stick the mouth of the kitchen god and let him say the good things in the sky, not the bad things on earth. Sticky cakes are made of yellow rice and red dates, which are sweet and rich, and the entrance is soft, meaning "high every year". In addition, Hainan people use coconuts as ingredients to make coconut cakes for eating and praying, which means "high every year".

3. Sesame candy

There is a saying in the northwest of Shanxi that "you can't chew your fingers with sesame candy." 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.

4. Rice cake

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people commonly call it "off-year", and people in Wuxuan and Guiping in 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".

5. Kill pigs

In Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, there is a custom of killing pigs for the New Year in Landong of Lotus, Xinhe of Xiling and Shuian Village of Guanyin. After the Lunar New Year's Eve (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), there will be a lively drama to kill the pig. Pick out the best meat, stir-fry or stew it, cook it carefully, then serve a glass of wine and invite friends and relatives to eat the first fresh meat after the pig is slaughtered.

6. Fire

In addition to eating stove candy, fire is also a very distinctive seasonal food on the day of sacrifice. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the business of biscuit stalls in the city is booming.

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