1, the number of New Year's Eve dinners prepared by different people in different regions is also different. But in many places, the dishes on the table must be even, such as 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, etc. So it's not bad for a family to eat at least six dishes and eight more. There are too many auspicious words and homophones about "8", and the dish of 10 is "perfect". More people can add even numbers, as long as it is not too wasteful.

The annual New Year's Eve dinner is a big meal that the whole family should mobilize. Every household will put on rare or auspicious dishes on weekdays: usually there are chicken (meaning planned), fish (meaning more than a year), glutinous rice balls (meaning reunion), lotus roots (meaning cleverness) and other dishes for good luck in the New Year. This is also the expectation of a better life in the coming year. On the New Year's Eve, what you eat is joy, what you taste is affection, and what you smell in the delicious rice is the taste of home. The annual New Year's Eve dinner is very important for China people. The whole family respects and loves each other, reminisces about their families and sits around the dining table, feeling very happy.