Is nian gao (年糕) a Chinese food culture?

Nian Gao (nián-gāo, rice cake; new year cake) Chinese traditional food, is a sticky glutinous rice or rice flour steamed into a cake, is the Chinese Lunar New Year seasonal food. During the Spring Festival, many regions in China have a tradition of eating rice cakes. Rice cake has three colors: red, yellow and white, symbolizing gold and silver, and it is also called "nian nian gao", which is a homonym of "yearly high", implying that people's work and life are improving year by year. That is why a poem by a former poet said: "The meaning of rice cake is a little deep, white as silver and yellow as gold. Years of hope for high time to profit, pious and silent wishing for wealth.