New Year's Eve symbolizes good luck, happiness and reunion. New Year's Eve refers to the family dinner at the end of the year. The most important thing is for the family to get together and fully show the mutual respect and care among families in China.

The dishes of New Year's Eve will also be different from place to place. For example, there will be meatballs on the dining table in the south, which is called jiaozi in the south, symbolizing reunion. The auspicious implication of New Year's Eve is people's expectation for a better life.

The meaning of New Year's Eve:

New Year's Eve is also called reunion dinner, New Year's Eve dinner, reunion dinner and cooking around the stove, which mainly originated from the ancient year-end ritual vessels. In ancient times, before the New Year's Eve dinner, we had to worship the gods and ancestors first, and then we had dinner after the worship ceremony.

This real custom is handed down from ancient times and has a long history, so the people of China attach great importance to this year-end dinner. Married people will take their partners and children back to their parents' homes, and those who go out to work will also go home on this day.

People will also start preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner early in the morning. In some areas, people will start to clean the dust, put up Spring Festival couplets and prepare for the New Year's Eve, and the whole family will get together.