Cantonese people also eat lettuce in the New Year, which is homophonic with wealth and symbolizes prosperity and strength in the coming year.

2. jiaozi

Jiaozi is an indispensable food on the dinner table in the north. Jiaozi and jiaozi are homophonic, meaning "making friends when young". Besides, jiaozi looks like an ingot. Eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival means "the way to make money". People will also wrap coins in jiaozi, so people who eat this jiaozi will have good luck in the new year.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Babao rice

Eight-treasure rice is an essential food for Shanghai people's traditional New Year's Eve dinner, which symbolizes reunion, auspiciousness and peace.

6. Taipingyan

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".

7.overnight meals

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".

8.rice cake

In the early days, Suzhou people made rice cakes to commemorate Wu Zixu during the Spring Festival. Later, it gradually became popular all over the country, such as jujube rice cakes in Shandong, baiguo rice cakes in Beijing, taro rice cakes and red/white sugar rice cakes in Fujian, Shuimo rice cakes in Ningbo and osmanthus sugar rice cakes in Suzhou. The homophonic "rice cake" is a necessary food for the Spring Festival, which places people's expectations on it.

9. 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".

10, 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.