The small stoves can boil water, while the big hearths inside the houses can be used for cooking cakes for New Year, steaming turnip cakes and provide a meeting place for housewives.
小爐子可燒水，屋內的大灶，則在過年時，攪年糕、蒸蘿蔔糕用，也提供了婦女們一個公共聚會的場合。