1. In the Suzhou area, there must be green vegetables (easy vegetables), soybean sprouts (ruyi vegetables), and celery (qinqinchenchen) on the dining table.

2. In central and southern Hunan, there must be a carp weighing about one kilogram, which is called "Tuannian fish", and there must be a pig elbow weighing about 3 kilograms, which is called "Tuannian elbow".

3. There are two fish on the dining tables in central Anhui and southern Anhui. One is a complete carp, which can only be looked at but not eaten. It not only respects the ancestors but also means that there will be more than enough every year. The other is a silver carp, which can be eaten. It symbolizes the succession of descendants and the prosperity of the people. The head of the family in Anqing has to eat a bowl of noodles called "Qian Chuanzi" before the meal.

4. The first bowl of Qimen dinner is "Zhonghe", which is made of tofu, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, dried shrimps, fresh meat, etc., which means "harmony brings wealth".

5. There is a bowl of "chicken and beans" on the dining table in Hefei, which means "catch money and get rich." The housekeeper wants to eat a chicken leg, which is called "catch the money claw", which means that it will bring wealth next year.

6. Rice cakes, braised fish, fried rice noodles, eight-treasure rice, and boiled soup are must-eats in Nanchang. Their meanings are, in turn, good fortune every year, fish every year, a good harvest, bunches of rice, and eight-treasure fortune. , prosperous every year.