1, braised pork
As a traditional dish on the family table, braised pork means that the coming year will be full of prosperity and wealth. This famous dish is also an essential dish on New Year's Eve.
2. jiaozi
It is one of the traditional foods in China. Also known as eating flat or cooking cakes. In ancient times, there were only wonton, not jiaozi. Later, wonton was made into a crescent shape and became jiaozi. In the Tang Dynasty, the habit of eating jiaozi had spread to the remote areas of China. On New Year's Eve, at 12: 11, we began to eat jiaozi, so this is a year's time, which means that the old and the new alternate, which is a year's time.
3. Long noodles
Also known as longevity noodles, I wish you a long life. In ancient times, pasta was called cake, so noodle soup was also called soup cake at first. At first, the noodles did not roll or press, but were torn into pieces by hand in the pot, similar to the practice of "crow's head" and "monkey's ear" eaten in the north. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that noodles were rolled with chopping boards that long noodles, short noodles, dried noodles, plain noodles, meat noodles and dried noodles gradually appeared.
4. Rice cake
The custom of eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival originated in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. Eating rice cakes, from the auspicious meaning of "sticky (sticky) high (cake) every year", is interpreted as the meaning of rising year by year.
5, white-cut chicken
The first thing to bear for a table of New Year's Eve is chicken. In addition to boiled chicken, you can also make chicken into other flavors according to your own preferences, such as sauce chicken.