1, dumplings
In the north of the New Year's Eve dinner table dumplings are any delicacies can not be replaced by a feast of food dumplings, also known as Jiao Er, cross the old and new mean New Year's Eve vigil to eat dumplings meant to be more years of cross the son of the dumplings in addition to dumplings outside the shape of the Yuan Bao New Year's Eve to eat dumplings also have the intention of attracting wealth and treasure.
2, wontons
Wonton, the harmonization of chaotic hoarding New Year's Day to eat wontons to take its meaning of the beginning, but also have the meaning of food warehouse. Another reason is that wontons are shaped like a treasure and New Year's package wontons there are instructions must be pinched the two corners of the wonton skin into the package meant to pocket money.
3, rice cake
Chinese New Year eating rice cake is a custom in many places Fujian red/white rice cake, Ningbo water milled rice cake, Suzhou osmanthus sugar rice cake, Beijing fruit rice cake, the north of the sticky cake. Because the rice cake is also known as nian nian gao and nian nian gao harmonized with nian nian gao eating rice cake implies that people's work and life is higher than a year.
4, eight treasures of rice
Eight treasures of rice with the only exquisite craft is quite complicated, the portion is sufficient, sweetness is high, suitable for the whole family to share the enjoyment of symbolizing the reunion. According to folklore experts in the eight treasures in the rice lotus seed symbolizes marital harmony, cinnamon symbolizes reunion kumquat symbolizes good fortune, jujube symbolizes the early birth of noble son honey melon, honey cherries symbolize the sweetness of life Job's tear symbolizes longevity of the melon seed kernel is a symbol of peace and no disaster so that the eight treasures in the rice as if it were a pot of gold to signify that the new year to be able to rolling in wealth.
5, fish
The most indispensable thing on the table of the Spring Festival is fish, because the fish with the surplus on behalf of the surplus, which means that the New Year's Eve to eat fish there are also a lot of instructions fish should be the last dish on the New Year's Eve dinner, and can not be eaten, which symbolizes that the New Year's Eve is a good deal of money in some other places to the head and tail of fish to the New Year's Eve to eat on behalf of the year from beginning to end have a surplus
6, chicken
Chicken and auspicious harmonies, in Guangdong, there is no chicken without a seat that chicken is a Cantonese New Year's Day indispensable food. People eat chicken to pray for good luck and hope for prosperity in the coming year.
7, dumplings
In the South of China, the custom of eating dumplings in the Spring Festival dumplings round meaning reunion, complete, symbolizing family harmony and sweet life.
8, patty cake
Patty cake, New Year's Day in western Hunan region is particularly prevalent. Patty cake is made of glutinous rice and is very sticky. Eating patty cake on New Year's Day can be used to stick the family together to symbolize the reunion of the people for the New Year.
9, spring rolls
Spring rolls are popular throughout the country, Jiangnan generation is particularly popular. Spring rolls are leeks, bean sprouts, shredded meat, celery, shredded tofu, shredded chicken, shiitake mushrooms and other ingredients combined and fried, and then wrapped up in a pancake with the combined vegetables, eaten from the beginning to the end, representing the beginning and the end. In some places, spring rolls are eaten deep-fried spring rolls deep-fried spring rolls look like a piece of gold bars, there are gold ten thousand taels of auspicious symbolism.
10, noodles
Some areas in Fujian have the custom of eating noodles on New Year's Day. Noodles have long life meaning, eat it in the New Year and the meaning of a long time.
11, preserved meat
In the past, preserved meat is particularly popular in the autumn and winter seasons of the flavor of the food after the Lunar New Year, basic households began to do preserved sausage, preserved meat, preserved fish, and so on, wait until the New Year has become a very good wine dishes.
12, sticky bean buns
Sticky bean buns, also known as the year of the bean bag is the Northeast during the Spring Festival to do a kind of annual meat and potatoes. Sticky bean buns are made with yellow millet and small bean filling. Steaming sticky bean buns and steamed buns to the same hair surface, hair surface of the hair symbolizes wealth and family, steamed sticky bean buns symbolize prosperity.
13, zongzi
New Year's Day package of zongzi eat zongzi is Guangxi, Zhejiang and some other rural areas only have the custom of symbolizing the package. Especially with children's families will mostly pack some used to wish their children will be able to high school in the future.
14, soybean sprouts
Suzhou people also gave it a good name, called Ruyi dishes. Shanghai, Suzhou people's New Year's Eve dinner table must be less Ruyi dishes, wishing a new year of good luck. In addition, soybean sprouts are sprouting vegetables to symbolize the rise and hair very auspicious.
Roasted goose is a Guangdong New Year's Eve dinner essential dish red roasted goose surface shiny and glossy, choose the local goose, first hot cooking, then drying, and finally baked, the production process is very careful. Crispy skin, thick grease, tender goose meat, a mouthful of sweet and savory, full of juice, the level is very rich, less goose is less taste of the New Year
Hot Pot Chicken is a traditional dish in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, from now on there has been a history of 1,900 years, the chicken with a variety of spices, mace, chili peppers, chili peppers, soybean paste stir-fried with chicken broth stewed while eating while heating, the more you cook the better, dipping garlic and vinegar, the flavor is even more unique, and the chicken is also a good choice to eat. Dipped in garlic and vinegar, the flavor is even more unique, and after eating, you can also shabu-shabu, two dishes in one pot, the taste is very beautiful
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