1. The traditional New Year’s Eve dinner usually consists of four cold dishes and eight hot dishes. There are no special rules for the four cold dishes, it depends on personal preference. The eight hot dishes are usually four meat and four vegetarian dishes. The four meat dishes are chicken, duck, fish and meat. The four vegetarian dishes are cabbage, celery, leek and tofu.

2. Among the 8 most popular meat dishes in the twelve dishes of the traditional New Year's Eve dinner: chicken means the golden rooster announces the dawn and good luck; duck is the prophet of the warm water in the spring river, so duck means heralding spring; fish means more than enough every year. ; Meat symbolizes a wealthy life.

3. Among the twelve dishes of the traditional New Year's Eve dinner, 8 of the four popular vegetarian dishes: "vegetable" and "wealth" are homophonic. Cabbage means creating pure wealth; celery means hard work and getting rich; leeks mean eternity. Make a fortune; the words "fu" and "rich" in tofu are homophonic, which means living a prosperous life.

4. The twelve dishes also symbolize eating, drinking, and having plenty of food and clothing every twelve months of the year.