1. jiaozi

On the dinner table in the north, jiaozi is a big feast food that no delicacies can replace. Jiaozi, also known as Jiao Er and Jiao Zi, means the alternation of old and new. Eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve, which means "making friends at a younger age". In addition, jiaozi looks like an ingot. Eating jiaozi during the New Year also means "making a fortune".

2. Fish

The Spring Festival diet pays attention to good meanings. Of course, fish is indispensable, which is usually the last dish on the table. In some places, this dish is basically left behind, meaning "more than one year". And some places are also particular about choosing the fish in the New Year's Eve dinner. Silver carp is more than one year, crucian carp and carp are prosperous, and salmon is more than wealth.

3. New Year's cakes

In memory of Wu Zixu, Suzhou people always make new year's cakes, which gradually became popular all over the country, such as red dates in Shandong, baiguo cakes in Beijing, taro cakes in Fujian, red and white sugar cakes, Shuimo cakes in Ningbo and sweet osmanthus cakes in Suzhou. The homophonic "Niangao" of rice cakes is a necessary food for the Spring Festival, which places people's expectation of "Niangao".

4. Tangyuan

Tangyuan is eaten for breakfast on New Year's Day in Sichuan. On this day, Tangyuan is called "Yuanbao", and eating Tangyuan is called "DeYuanbao", which means reunion, perfection and sweetness. Yangzhou people want to eat Sixi Tangyuan on the first day of the New Year, which means all the best and family reunion. Shanghainese also eat glutinous rice balls for breakfast on the first day of the New Year, which means that they are full, rich and powerful.

5. Preserved meat

Eating preserved meat in the New Year is a traditional custom in Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan. Because it takes a long time to marinate bacon, it is usually prepared after the annual heavy snow and solar terms. Bacon, sausage, preserved fish and pig's head are delicious and mouth-watering. In the old days, life was hard and material was in short supply, so people put their good wishes on homophonic Chinese New Year food, so eating sausages during the Spring Festival means "eating often".