What's the point of eating cakes in the New Year?

Eating cakes in the New Year is to wish the working and living standards continue to rise in the new year.

The word "cake" is homophonic with "high". Eating new year's cakes is the same as eating new year's cakes, which means rising and is a new year's wish.

Cake originated in the west, and then it was slowly introduced to China. The Origin of the Style of Birthday Cake In the Middle Ages, Europeans believed that birthdays were the most vulnerable days for the soul to be invaded by demons, so on birthdays, relatives and friends would get together to give blessings and send cakes to bring good luck to drive away demons.