The dish I am most looking forward to on New Year's Eve is undoubtedly boiled fish.
There are three reasons:
1, I am a person who is not spicy and unhappy. Eating a pot of hot and delicious boiled fish in winter makes you feel comfortable from head to toe.
There are fish on the dining table, which means "there are fish (surplus) every year". Eating fish represents a bumper harvest in the coming year and a happy life in the future, so fish is absolutely indispensable for New Year's Eve dinner. If there is no fish, then the New Year's Eve dinner is definitely not perfect.
Third, eating fish is good for health, and winter is the season that needs tonic. This is a good start for the New Year in China. I hope I will be healthy and live a prosperous life in the new year.
Summary: Generally speaking, it doesn't matter what you eat on New Year's Eve, what matters is reunion, atmosphere and taste.