24 Solar Terms: 6 things you may not know about Major Cold
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Updated: 2024-01-18 09:00
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Eating "dispelling cold cake"
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.
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