What traditional foods do people eat in the New Year?

1, you will eat New Year's cakes, also called sticky cakes, which means getting taller every year. It is made of glutinous rice in the south and sticky millet in the north. Rice cakes have a long history. Rice cakes in Han Dynasty are called rice cakes, cakes, bait and cakes. The recipe of "white cocoon sugar" for making rice cakes was found in Historical Records in the 6th century A.D., and the method of making rice cakes by grinding rice into powder was recorded in Qi Yaomin's Book in the Northern Dynasty.

Eating rice cakes on New Year's Day prevailed in Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the south. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Volume II of Scenery of the Imperial Capital recorded that on the first day of the first month, "I was excited to wash, eat jujube cakes and eat rice cakes every day". In Jiajing, Hebei Province in the north, Wei County recorded that local people ate "steamed mutton cakes".

3. Pepper and cypress wine is made by soaking pepper and cypress leaves. According to ancient books, drinking pepper and cypress wine can cure diseases and prolong life. The traditional custom of drinking pepper and sesame wine on New Year's Day is mainly in Licheng, Shandong Province and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. According to historical records, Zheng Dan broke the evil wine and the longevity cup in the New Year. Cypress leaves to write the inscription, pepper flowers to praise.