Yanbian's special Chinese New Year foods include rice cake soup, rice cakes, pickles, cold noodles and miso soup.

1. Rice cake soup

During the Chinese New Year, Korean people will prepare some rice cake soup. From ancient times to the present, rice cake soup is a very traditional food in the minds of Koreans. The rice cake soup is mainly cut into slices or strips with finished rice cakes, and cooked with minced meat and other dishes. The cooked rice cake soup tastes very delicious, and many parents will give their children bowls of rice cake soup.

2. Making cakes

Koreans like glutinous rice very much, so they will prepare glutinous rice snacks during the Chinese New Year. Beating cake is one of the most delicious foods with national characteristics. Beating cake is made by putting cooked glutinous rice cake into a special stone mortar. After beating the finished product, you can eat it by adding some sugar or soybean powder. It is very delicious and is a very good dessert. It is a must for every household during the New Year.

3. Pickles

Every family of Korean people will pickle all kinds of pickles and take them out to taste during the Chinese New Year. There are also many kinds of pickles, such as cabbage, cotyledon, cowpea, pepper, etc. As long as vegetables can be pickled into pickles, it is also very good to take them out to entertain friends and family during the New Year.

4. Cold noodles

Cold noodles are the characteristic ethnic snacks of Korean people. Cold noodles are different from the noodles that everyone usually eats, and they are more chewy, and the soup is cold, so they are called cold noodles. During the New Year, a cold noodle will be prepared to feel the Korean food culture.

5. miso soup

miso soup is a special food of Korean nationality. It is cooked with Yanbian miso (bean paste) as the main material, and its ingredients include vegetables, seafood and tofu. In Yanbian, miso soup is an indispensable traditional food on people's table.