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What do you eat in off-year customs? What snacks are there in off-year customs?

1, jiaozi: jiaozi is a traditional food in China. In this traditional festival, many people naturally want to eat jiaozi, especially in the north. Eating jiaozi next year also means sending away the kitchen god, which means "sending away the windward side of jiaozi".

2, sesame candy: As the saying goes, "Twenty-three, melon stickers", in the off-year, people will buy candied melons, Guandong candy, sesame candy and other sacrifices, praying that the kitchen god will be sweeter, and God will speak well, which also means that life is sweet and sweet.

3. Fire: In some places, there is a tradition of eating fire, especially in China and Henan, where fire and shortbread are almost the same. Fire and hunger are also handed down from ancient eating habits and are very distinctive seasonal foods.

4. Rice Cake: In the south of China, it is a custom to eat rice cakes in the early years, which also symbolizes good luck in the New Year and is promoted every year.

5. Tangyuan: Some areas have the habit of eating Tangyuan in the New Year, which symbolizes "sweet and sweet, round and round". And it is said that Zhao Jun's mouth was pasted with glutinous rice balls to tell him not to talk nonsense about human rights and wrongs.