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Introduction of nine-layer cake

Nine-layer cake, also known as Nine-layer cake, Thousand-layer cake and Zhongyuan cake, takes a long time and is promoted step by step. It is an ancient cake snack with Han nationality characteristics. The ancient book cloud, the number of heaven and earth, begins with one and ends with nine. It is believed that nine is the highest number, and nine is one, and one is the largest number, which means many. The name of nine-layer cake means multi-layer cake and multi-layer cake, so the folk call it nine-layer cake as one layer, nine layers or eleven layers, which should last for a long time forever. Nine-layer cake is a multi-color cake with uniform and beautiful layers and sweet and moist milk. New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Chongyang Festival are also called four traditional festivals in China to worship ancestors. Every household in the coastal areas, especially in Zhejiang and Fujian, will put some pork, mutton, melons and cakes at this time. On the one hand, it will display the filial piety of remembering the ancestors, and on the other hand, it will carry forward the righteous act of helping others and giving charity.