2, jiaozi cooking noodles, many places in Henan will eat jiaozi cooking noodles on the morning of New Year's Day, which is called "gold thread wears gold ingots". On New Year's Eve, making friends to cook and fish for food is called "fishing for gold ingots".
3, rice cakes, early Suzhou people in order to commemorate Wu Zixu, made rice cakes during the Chinese New Year, and later gradually became popular throughout the country, such as red dates in Shandong, ginkgo rice cakes in Beijing, taro rice cakes and red/white sugar rice cakes in Fujian, Shuimo rice cakes in Ningbo, osmanthus sugar rice cakes in Suzhou, etc. The homophonic "rice cake" is a necessary food for the Spring Festival, which places people's expectations on it.
4. noodles. Some areas in Fujian have to eat noodles (mostly noodles) on the morning of New Year's Day, which means "for a long time".
5. fish. The food in the Spring Festival pays attention to good meanings, and of course fish is indispensable. It is usually the last dish on the table. In some places, this dish basically stayed, meaning "more than one year". Some places are also very particular about choosing fish for the New Year's Eve dinner. Silver carp is more than one year, crucian carp is more prosperous, and salmon is more prosperous.
6.wonton. In Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, you must eat wonton whether you are entertaining guests, having a holiday or having a happy event. On the morning of New Year's Eve, every household began to cut vegetables and stuff wonton, which was eaten from the 30th to 15th of the first month. "Wonton is wine, and the more you eat it, the more delicious it is", which pinned the good wishes of Jingjiang people for the new year.
7. Tangyuan. On New Year's Day in Sichuan, we should have jiaozi for breakfast. On this day, jiaozi is called "Yuanbao" and eating jiaozi is called "Deyongbao", which means reunion, perfection and sweetness. Yangzhou People's Congress will eat Sixi Tangyuan on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means all the best and family reunion. Shanghainese also eat glutinous rice balls for breakfast on the first day of the new year, which means they are full, rich and powerful.
8. Chicken "No chicken, no feast" is the mantra of Cantonese people. You must eat Guangdong-Hong Kong chicken during the Spring Festival. The pronunciation of chicken is similar to that of auspicious, which means that life is auspicious. Hubei people want to drink chicken soup during the New Year, which symbolizes the peace of Qing Tai. Chicken wings mean flying high, chicken feet mean "grasping money in the New Year", and eating chicken bones means "getting ahead".
9. Baba Tujia nationality in Xiangxi, Hunan Province is known as "BaBa". On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Tujia people always make glutinous rice cakes, and Hakka people also have the habit of eating cakes on holidays.
10, Zongzi. Zhuang people in Guangxi have the custom of eating zongzi during the Spring Festival. Every year, a few days before the Spring Festival, the dealer will pack or buy zongzi, and all the guests in the first and second days will eat zongzi.
1 1, lettuce. Cantonese people also eat lettuce in the New Year, which is homophonic with wealth and symbolizes prosperity and strength in the coming year.
12, poached eggs. In the custom of the Spring Festival, some places have the tradition of eating and delivering eggs, which is also essential at the dinner table, and is called "reunion eggs". Eating poached eggs on the morning of New Year's Day means that the new year will be rich in financial resources.
13, Fuju. Fuju is a specialty of Fujian. In some areas, during the Spring Festival, it is necessary to show and eat Fuju. Tang Ju and "Ji" are homophonic, meaning "Fu" and "Ji", which means good luck and good fortune.
14, eight-treasure rice. Eight-treasure rice is an essential food for Shanghai people's traditional New Year's Eve dinner, which symbolizes reunion, auspiciousness and peace.
15, Taiping Rock. An indispensable dish in Fuzhou's New Year's Eve dinner is Taiping Yan, also known as Flat Meat Yan. Fuzhou people will eat Taiping Yan on holidays, weddings and funerals, and gatherings of relatives and friends. So there is a saying called "omnipotent, omnipotent".
16, overnight meal. On New Year's Eve in Minnan, Fujian, a pot of rice is cooked and put on the dining table, and it is always placed on the first day of the first month, also called "annual meal", which means "more than one year".