Rice cakes and soup pills mean "step by step" and "round and round"
The "rich seafood soup" in hot dishes means making a fortune; The traditional pot material "Mao Wangxue" means that it is getting better every year; "Mushroom and cabbage heart" means deep affection; "Fragrant roasted mandarin fish" refers to more than one year;
During the Chinese New Year, of course, the most important thing is that the family should be neat, so the dishes are all whole duck (Zhangcha duck), whole fish (fragrant roasted mandarin fish) and whole hoof, which embodies the concept of "whole"; A dish (soup) containing pig ears and oxtail stands for "one head and one tail".
Traditional sugary food implies that life is sweet.
Braised water fish and spicy elbow represent "vertical and horizontal world" and "fat house and moist house" respectively.
Ruyi cuisine (that is, soybean sprouts) and germinated beans symbolize "rise" and "hair".
Stir-fried shredded bamboo shoots with shredded pork means that everything is ready; A bowl of meatballs symbolizes reunion; One person and one egg, meaning generations; Eating fish without eating the head and tail means having a head and a tail.
Jiaozi with white flour looks like a silver ingot, with a basin on the table, symbolizing the meaning of "making a fortune in the New Year, and the ingot is rolling in".