What are the customs of Ciba in Mid-Autumn Festival?

Eating Ciba in Mid-Autumn Festival is a custom in Guangxi and other places, which originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. "Mid-Autumn Festival in August, every household rakes; Call dad, call mom, boil water and steam glutinous rice. Steamed and poured into the nest, picked up the glutinous rice. " Ciba is an interesting custom in Mid-Autumn Festival.

Every traditional festival or family celebration, there is a custom of making Ciba in Hakka area of Meizhou. Take superior glutinous rice, preferably red glutinous rice with thin and soft shell, and process it into white glutinous rice. Soak glutinous rice in clear water, steam it in a wooden steamer, put it in a stone mortar, and make it with a pestle and a hammer. Therefore, Hakkas are called "Ciba".