People across China make a variety of snacks during Lunar New Year

Villagers air-dry Lunar New Year sausages in Dagong Township, Hai'an City, Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 10, 2021. Lunar New Year ranks among the most important festivals in China, and the celebrations are multifaceted, including food. When the Lunar New Year comes, people across China make a variety of snacks which they believe will bring good fortune. (Photo by Xiang Zhonglin/Xinhua)

A child buys "sugar melon", a Lunar New Year snack made of malt sugar, glutinous rice and sesame, in Yiyuan County, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 10, 2015. Lunar New Year ranks among the most important festivals in China, and the celebrations are multifaceted, including food. When the Lunar New Year comes, people across China make a variety of snacks which they believe will bring good fortune. (Photo by Zhao Dongshan/Xinhua)

A villager makes sesame candies ahead of the Lunar New Year in Jingxian County, Xuancheng, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 6, 2021. Lunar New Year ranks among the most important festivals in China, and the celebrations are multifaceted, including food. When the Lunar New Year comes, people across China make a variety of snacks which they believe will bring good fortune. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

Tourists wait to be served with Yuanxiao, boiled glutinous rice flour balls typically consumed at the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, at Tianshan Tianchi National Park in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 17, 2021. Lunar New Year ranks among the most important festivals in China, and the celebrations are multifaceted, including food. When the Lunar New Year comes, people across China make a variety of snacks which they believe will bring good fortune. (Xinhua/Sadat)