As the New Year is approaching, Cantonese people pay special attention to the New Year's Eve dinner, because it is not only a happy feast of reunion, but also a beautiful yearning for the New Year. Guangdong New Year's Eve is rich and auspicious. Each dish contains a unique meaning and carries the traditional cultural connotation.

Traditional essential dishes

Traditional dishes of Guangdong New Year's Eve include:

Pot dishes: made of abalone, sea cucumber, pig's hand, radish and other ingredients, meaning reunion and wealth.

Buddha jumping wall: made of a variety of precious ingredients, symbolizing lucky money.

White-cut chicken: crispy skin and tender meat, representing "auspicious chicken breaking dawn" to welcome the New Year.

Fried pile in purse: golden and crisp, resembling a purse in shape, implying a wide range of financial resources.

Lettuce pig's hand: lettuce means endless life, and pig's hand means rolling in financial resources.

special

In addition to traditional dishes, Guangdong New Year's Eve has many special dishes, such as:

Steamed ribs with shrimp sauce: the ribs are crisp and rotten, and the shrimp sauce is fresh and fragrant, indicating that it has been more than one year.

Fried oyster sauce: Oyster sauce is delicious and rich.

Nostoc flagelliforme button pig's hand: Nostoc flagelliforme looks like hair, which means wealth and splendor.

Fishing: a kind of raw food with rich and varied ingredients, symbolizing wind and water.

Dessert: After the New Year's Eve, Cantonese people will also enjoy desserts, such as stewed coconut juice, fried piles and taro cakes. , representing sweetness and good luck.

Meaning of composition

The selection of ingredients for Guangdong New Year's Eve is also very particular. Every ingredient has a good wish:

Abalone: It means getting rich.

Sea cucumber: It means making a fortune and making progress.

Pig hand: it means extensive financial resources.

Lettuce: it means endless life.

Taro: It means good luck.

Almond: It means prosperity.

Orange: It means good luck.

New year's eve custom

Guangdong New Year's Eve is a time for family reunion, and there are many traditional customs:

Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Sticking Spring Festival couplets on doors and windows means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

Bright lanterns: Lanterns symbolize light and good luck. They will be lit on New Year's Eve.

Setting off firecrackers: firecrackers represent exorcism and disaster avoidance.

Shousui: After New Year's Eve, the family get together to chat and play games until dawn.

Cantonese New Year's Eve dinner is not only a delicious feast, but also a cultural heritage bearing good wishes.