The food that is often eaten on New Year's Day is rice cake, which symbolizes a higher harvest in the new year. Tangyuan symbolizes family reunion; Jiaozi and northern jiaozi eat more; Fish, its moral is hope for more than a year.
New Year's Day is also called Yuanri, Jacky, Chen Yuan, Kainian, Yuan Chun, Shangri-La, China New Year and so on. The traditional New Year's Day in China actually refers to the first day of the first month, while the world holiday New Year's Day refers to the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar. The word "New Year" first appeared in China's Book of Jin, which means a new beginning.