Chaoshan people's eve dinner
Chaoshan people believe that the New Year's Eve dinner is a summary and reflection of the labor achievements of the whole year. If the family income was particularly good that year, people would make 10 and 12 dishes to celebrate, with as many as 24 dishes for wealthy families; On the other hand, you can save 6 dishes or 4 dishes, depending on the specific situation of each family.
There are 12 kinds of dishes in the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, which are Nostoc flagelliforme symbolizing wealth, oyster sauce symbolizing "good things", abalone symbolizing wealth, lettuce homophonic "making money" and fish balls representing reunion, which also mean more than a year. Barbecue, red and thick, means good health. There must be chickens and ducks on the New Year's Eve, as well as sea cucumbers, fish eggs, pigskin, scallops, pickles and radishes. In addition, shrimp vermicelli pot is also a favorite dish of many citizens. Shrimp stoops to symbolize the elderly, and fans have a long-lasting meaning. This dish is a blessing for the elderly.
On Chaoshan New Year's Eve, the first important thing is to eat fish, which means "there are fish every year" for good luck, and the fish can't be finished;
The second is that there should be garlic in Chinese New Year's dishes, which can be fried into two plates separately, or garlic leaves, garlic and fish, shrimp and meat can be cooked and fried together. Its moral is to pray for "money to count" in the coming year, which means that you can count a lot of silver coins or paper money to earn;
Thirdly, there must be chickens or other birds, which means "the golden rooster announces the dawn" or "the golden rooster announces the spring". I hope there will be a good start next year.
At the same time, there are rice noodles, boiled egg noodles, shrimps, sliced meat and so on. In Chaoshan New Year's Eve. This is because there are old people in every household, and the long rice fiber in the bowl symbolizes congratulations on their health and longevity and prosperity.
There should be fish balls or local handmade beef balls and pork balls on the New Year's Eve to congratulate the family on their "reunion".
Mouse heart and peach heart
In Chaoshan, there must be embarrassment every festival. Earlier, Chaoshan ancestors moved south from the Central Plains to eastern Guangdong. In the north, the custom of ancestor worship is based on pasta, while in the south, wheat is not produced and can only be made from rice. This is the origin of "Year".
This simple rice food is often placed in the hands of Chaoshan people. According to different tastes, there are sweet and salty clams. The mousetrap is printed in the shape of a peach to express the pursuit of health and longevity, and the red peach is dyed to represent good luck.
haematoma
People in Chaoshan, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other coastal areas have the custom of eating cockroaches to worship their ancestors. In addition, the bloody cockroach on New Year's Eve also means that the financial resources will be rolling in the coming year.
Crispy jiaozi
Crispy jiaozi is a traditional Han nationality spot in Chaoshan, Guangdong. In Chaoshan people, whenever there is a grand festival, Chaoshan people will wrap pastry jiaozi. Crispy jiaozi looks good and crisp. When you bite down, you bite the filling. The sweetness of syrup and the fragrance of peanuts and sesame seeds in the stuffing make people stay fragrant all their lives, and that feeling will never be forgotten.
Spiced goose