Eating "dispelling cold cake" 吃“消寒糕”

During Major Cold, People in Beijing have a habit of eating "dispelling cold cake", a kind of rice cake. Sticky rice, the cake's main ingredient, contains more sugar than rice, which can make people feel warm all over their bodies. In Chinese the word "rice cake" has the same pronunciation with the word "higher in a new year", which symbolizes good luck and continual promotion.

在大寒節(jié)氣，北京人有吃“消寒糕”的習(xí)俗。消寒糕是一種用糯米制作的年糕，糯米比大米含糖量高，食用后可以讓人全身感覺暖和。漢語中的“年糕”與“年高”發(fā)音相同，因此象征著好運氣和不斷高升。