Source: chinaculture.org
01-30-2008 11:17
Southerners like to eat nian gao, or "New Year Cake" - a sweet sticky brown cake made of rice flour and sugar. In Chinese, gao is a homonym for "high", and nian is "year". Nian gao is a homonym for "higher each year" and symbolizes improvement in life year by year. Their sweetness symbolizes a rich sweet life. Finally, the round shape signifies family reunion. |
Editor:Liu Fang