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How big is the prize for the top prize in the Mid-Autumn Festival?

If there are 5 identical points, it is commonly known as "Five Sons", which is greater than 4 "Four Points Red".

Cake betting (Ba Cake) originated in Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province (today's Xiamen area of ??Fujian Province). Cake betting was invented by Zheng Chenggong. It is a unique traditional folk activity extending from the cake culture in southern Fujian.

Cake gambling is a popular entertainment activity during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The combination of the results of throwing six dice is used to determine the participants' prizes.

The traditional prizes are moon cakes of different sizes. The first prize is 1 top prize, 2 double prizes, 4 red prizes, 8 fourth prizes, 16 double prizes, and 32 first prizes.

In November 2019, the "List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project Protection Units" was announced, and the Mid-Autumn Folk Culture Research Association was qualified as a protection unit for the Mid-Autumn Festival Betting Project.

Mid-Autumn Festival cake betting originated in Xiamen, Fujian Province. It was invented by Zheng Chenggong when he was stationed in the army. It is a unique traditional folk activity in southern Fujian that extends from the cake culture.

Cake gambling is a popular entertainment activity during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The combination of the results of throwing six dice is used to determine the participants' prizes.

The traditional prizes are moon cakes of different sizes. The first prize is 1 top prize, 2 double prizes, 4 red prizes, 8 fourth prizes, 16 double prizes, and 32 first prizes.

According to legend, this game can predict a person's luck in the next year.

In southern Fujian, gambling on Mid-Autumn cakes has also become a commercial activity and a popular game.

"Fujian Scenery" published by Fujian People's Publishing House in 1985 records: In southern Fujian, there is a custom of "winning the number one cake" during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In some urban and rural areas in central and eastern Taiwan, as well as in Kinmen County, an outlying island of Taiwan, the custom of winning the number one prize cake during the Mid-Autumn Festival is also popular.

In Kinmen, the Jincheng Town Wucuo Community Development Association celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival community gala every year with a Bo Zhuangyuan Cake Competition.