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