Words on those sticks are lunar year names which represents Tian Gan Di Zhi, and Wu Xing( water, tree, gold, fire, earth). I guess they were used for Suan Gua.

• 竹/条上面的字是农历天干地支的60甲子内的年份和五行（，木，金，火，土）我猜它们是算卦或占卜用的。