Eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is the most common custom in the north. Eating jiaozi on New Year's Day is for good luck for the whole year. In some places in Guangdong, the first meal of the Spring Festival is "ten thousand years' grain", which means "don't worry about eating and drinking", that is, cooking for the whole family for three days during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Day, some areas will eat rice cakes, which are homophonic and have diverse tastes. The styles of rice cakes are square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of making a fortune in the New Year. Jiaozi, the breakfast on New Year's Day, must have a more special meaning. It means: everything goes well and the whole family is happy. Long noodles, also called longevity noodles, are eaten on the first day of the new year, which means "every year" and I wish you a hundred years of longevity. Many old people still keep this custom. Drinking chicken soup on the first day of the lunar new year symbolizes "peace and tranquility". In addition, the main labor force in the family must eat chicken feet, which means "grabbing money in the New Year"; Young students want to eat chicken wings, which means they can fly high; Family members eat chicken bones, which means "getting ahead". In some places in Anhui, everyone should eat a bite of raw radish at the first meal on New Year's Day, which is called "biting spring", which can "sterilize and prevent diseases and make the New Year auspicious".
The first day of the first lunar month is the beginning of the year, month and day of the lunar calendar. This day is the first day of the first lunar month, and because it is the first Shuotian, it is also called "Yuanshuo".