Many places are used to eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival. What is the beautiful implication of eating rice cakes in the New Year?

In traditional folk customs, rice cakes are essential for Chinese New Year, which means getting older every year and good wishes.

In the past, people only had the custom of eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival. In ancient agricultural society, housewives were busy preparing food for the Spring Festival from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Because curing bacon takes a long time, it must be prepared as soon as possible. Many provinces in China have the custom of curing bacon, among which Guangdong is the most famous. The rice cake named after this is also an essential food for many people during the Spring Festival.

It is precisely because we want to eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival that the meaning of rice cakes is longer. Preparing rice cakes in the new year means celebrating. Because of its homophonic "old age" and diverse tastes, rice cakes have almost become a must-have food for every household. There are square yellow and white rice cakes in the style of rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver. The meaning of making a fortune in the New Year is very appropriate.

There used to be a legend of rice cakes. Later, a clever tribe was called "Gaozu". Every winter, it is expected that the monster will go down the mountain for food, so he will make a lot of food in advance, twist it into strips and put it outside the door, and people will hide at home. When "Nian" came, people couldn't find anyone to eat. When they were hungry, they filled their stomachs with food strips made by people and went back to the mountains after eating. Later, people ate rice cakes every year for good luck.

Eating rice cakes in the Spring Festival is to hope that people who eat rice cakes will be promoted step by step in the coming year, and relatives and friends can also wish every relative high every year. Happy New Year and good health.