Dumplings

Dumplings is an indispensable food for many festivals in China. In the north, it is customary to eat dumplings on the night of Little New Year, which means to send off the Kitchen God. This custom is derived from the saying "send off with dumplings and welcome with noodles". When offering sacrifices, the dumplings should be placed squarely on the offering table.

Guandong Candy

On the day of Little New Year, people buy some sweets made of malt sugar, such as Tang Gua and Guandong candy, to sacrifice to the Kitchen God. The purpose is to make him say more good things when he reports to the Jade Emperor. In addition, it also has the intention of sticking the mouth of the Kitchen God with sugar to prevent him from saying bad things.

Sticky Rice Cake

Every year in Little New Year, every family will steam sticky rice cakes, which are intended to stick to the mouth of the Kitchen God. Therefore, he will say more good things rather than bad things on earth. The cake is made of yellow rice and red dates, which is sweet and sticky, featuring the auspicious meaning of "yearly high".

Rice Cake

In Little New Year, Wuxuan and Guiping in Guangxi province have the custom of making rice cakes. Rice cakes use glutinous rice flour as the main ingredient and peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar as the toppings. It is put into the mold and made into a round shape, and then steamed at high temperature. The rice cake has a special flavor and the meaning of reunion.