There are fish left over every year. There is a traditional saying in China that there is a surplus of fish every year. Eating fish in the Spring Festival means that you have more food and money every year. It is a must-have dish for New Year's Eve, and every family will eat fish during the Spring Festival. Eating fish on New Year's Eve is for good luck, hoping to get a good title. There must be a fish with a head and a tail for the New Year's Eve dinner, and the rest can be more than enough every year.
Drooling chicken, drooling chicken means "golden rooster blessing" There is a saying in China that "no chicken is indispensable", so chicken is an indispensable and important dish for all banquets, no matter how big or small, New Year's Eve is no exception.
Braised pig's feet, braised pig's feet marked "money comes from hands" is also called "making a fortune", "making a fortune" and "easy to get". Besides good moral, the trotters rich in collagen are cooked with peanuts and Nostoc flagelliforme, which is nutritious and delicious.
Jiaozi and jiaozi foretell "getting rich". Eating jiaozi is an essential dish in the New Year's Eve dinner. Jiaozi is also called Jiaozi, which means the alternation of old and new, and Zishi means the beginning of a brand-new day.