Every Spring Festival, jiaozi must be the highlight. No matter what delicacies are on the table, the last dish must be jiaozi. Jiaozi also means having sex, which means alternating old and new. Eating jiaozi means having sex at an older age. Moreover, the shape of jiaozi looks like an ingot, so eating jiaozi during the Chinese New Year also means making a fortune.
2. rice cakes-high every year
New Year's cake is also one of the traditional foods that must be eaten during the Chinese New Year. It is homophonic with "sticky", which means family reunion, and it is homophonic with "cake", which means that it is higher step by step, and the new year's cake means "higher every year". Eating New Year's cakes is a traditional custom in many parts of our country, and the cakes are yellow, red and white, which symbolize gold and silver, so they also represent making a fortune in the New Year.
3. Chicken-everything is fine
In many areas, the first dish of New Year's Eve dinner is chicken. Even if it is not, there must be a chicken on the table, which means "starting with chicken". If they are local Hakkas, they will specially select ground chickens when they worship their ancestors, which means that life is fierce. Moreover, chicken has high nutritional value and low fat content, so you don't have to worry about getting fat if you eat too much.
4. Fish-more than a year
Fish and "Yu" are homonyms. During the Chinese New Year, there must be a whole fish on the table, and this fish can't move chopsticks, so it must be kept intact, so that it can be more than a year.
5. Garlic-counting money
"Laba pickled garlic, eat on New Year's Eve", garlic and "calculation" are homonyms, representing calculation. Many people don't know that in the northern region, people not only drink Laba porridge, but also pickle Laba garlic, and eat jiaozi with garlic on New Year's Eve. Moreover, if you eat too much fish and meat in the New Year, you will inevitably feel greasy. Laba garlic tastes sweet and sour, and eating one can just remove the oil and smell.