In Guangdong, the New Year’s dinner requires a lot of attention. In Guangdong, the New Year’s dinner is also called “grabbing the first teeth”.
In traditional Chinese customs, the first day of the Lunar New Year is a day for fasting, and the second day of the Lunar New Year is a new beginning of the year. "Touya", the first tooth here refers to the second day of the first lunar month, which is called the first tooth of the year, so if you want to grab the first tooth, you have to get up early to cook, which is called fighting for the first tooth.
The second day of the first lunar month is called the "New Year's Eve". It is said that breakfast is made on this day, which means eating early in the New Year means getting rich early. This meal is called the "New Year's Eve", and there are various dishes, all with auspicious meanings. Chicken is indispensable, roasted pork means "red skin and strong" (good health), fried rice means "show off one's skills", pig ribs (tongue) means "big profit", and lettuce means "make money". Garlic means being able to write and calculate, green onion means intelligence, leek means waiting for a long time, and celery means hard work.
If you are having a New Year's dinner with colleagues and leaders in the company, you should also be very particular about the dishes you order. The oyster fermented dish is a must-order, because this dish has a homonym of "getting rich and good market". Vermicelli (meaning "continuous") and yuba (meaning "abundance") are also good choices. These vegetarian dishes not only have the good intentions of the fashionable ones in the commercial street, but also have a very light taste.
This means that there will be a good sign in the coming year and it will eliminate some taboos. Therefore, the bosses all took advantage of this opportunity and gathered together to have a meal during the opening of the market in the second year of junior high school, so as to earn a good fortune so that they could make a lot of money in the coming year. Remembering to eat these dishes is a good sign.