KOMPAS.com – Basket cake is closely related to the Chinese New Year. This cake is always popular every Chinese New Year celebration worldwide.
The taste of sweet basket cake, the texture is sticky when cut, and a little chewy so eaten without processing.
There are many interesting facts of Chinese New Year Cakes that you can know. Starting from the real name, making, processed, to its origin.
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Check out the six interesting facts of the Chinese New Year basket cake which is summarized from the following sources.
1. Other names of Nian Gao
Basket cake is not only enjoyed in Indonesia. This cake is also known as Chinese New Year food in China.
Reported from China Highlightthe real name of the basket cake is Nian Gao (Nyen-gao). Nian means year, Gao means cake.
2. believed to bring luck
Similar to other Chinese New Year foods, basket cakes are also believed to bring good luck.
Because, pronunciation Nyen Gao sounds similar to ‘the meaning of a high year’. This meaning refers to many things.
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Starting from a higher position, children’s growth, to higher income in the new year.
3. At first it was served for offering for a kitchen god
The origin of a basket cake came from several stories. One of them, this cake was originally made as an offering in the kitchen god (Kitchen God). According to Chinese folklore, kitchen gods routinely make annual reports on the Jade Emperor.
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In order to prevent the god to make a bad report, people deliberately prepare a basket cake to be offered to the emperor before the Chinese New Year.
