The Chinese New Year brings with it high expectations, and since the word for "high" (kao) has the same sound in Chinese as the word for cake, many different types of cakes are made--such as the gold and silver New Year cake--symbolizing all the lofty hopes for the year ahead. The people of Taiwan consider the ninth day of the lunar year to be the birthday of the King of Heaven.
每逢過春節，象徵「節節高」、「年年高升、百事俱高」的年糕紛紛出籠；各式糕元寶和如意糕等糯米糕點，也都有求吉祈福的涵意。到了正月初九，也就是台灣民間所謂的「天公生」（亦稱玉皇大帝誕辰），善男信女舉行祭禱。