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Sugar Melon is also known as Sugar Melon Stick.

Sugar melon, also known as sugar melon sticky, is a kind of yellow rice and malt boiling made of sticky sugar, it will be drawn into a long sugar stick called "Guandong sugar", pulled into a flat round shape is called "sugar melon".

Sugar Melon is an ancient traditional food, is both the Spring Festival food and ritual objects (Zaoshen).

In the past, it was said that on the 23rd day of the festival to sacrifice the king of the stove, buy some malt sugar to do the festival of the stove sugar such as sugar melons, Guandong sugar, both in his ascension to the Jade Emperor there to report, ask him to say more beautiful meaning, but also to sugar stick on the mouth of the king of the stove to prevent him from saying more heart.

There is a saying in Beijing: "Master Zaowang ascends to heaven and says a lot of good things".