In China folklore, eating "jiaozi" on New Year's Eve is an important feast that no food can replace. "jiaozi", also called "Jiaozi" or "Joule", means the alternation of old and new, and it is also a must-eat feast food. Eating jiaozi means "making friends when I was young", while "Zi" means "Zi Shi", which is homophonic with "Jiao" and means "Happy Reunion" and "Good luck". In addition, jiaozi, which is shaped like an ingot, has the auspicious meaning of "making a fortune" when eating jiaozi in the New Year.
The choice of dumpling stuffing is directly related to the implication. The most common leek stuffing means long-term wealth, because long time means long time, which is called long-term wealth. A typical Chinese cabbage stuffing in winter means a hundred treasures.
Mushrooms have the most health-preserving effect. Wrap them with dumpling stuffing to show that they are bulging, that is, bulging and protruding. The shape of a mushroom is like an upward arrow, or it indicates the trend of the stock market. Up and full means to drum up money. Finally, there is sauerkraut that Nanjing people love to eat, which is said to mean calculating wealth.
2. Chicken: There are plans.
On New Year's Eve, a chicken is indispensable on a sumptuous dinner table. On New Year's Eve, chicken is the first dish for dinner in many places, because it means good luck. There must be a chicken on the table for Chinese New Year's food, because "it starts with eating chicken". The local Hakkas in Guangzhou worship God, regard chickens and geese as the "firstborn", and all choose "take the chicken", which means that they are living fiercely.
In order to reduce the intake of fat and calories, peel it before or after cooking. In fact, there is a film between the chicken skin and the chicken, which can keep the moisture of the meat and prevent the fat from overflowing. Therefore, if necessary, the chicken should be peeled after cooking, which can not only reduce the fat intake, but also ensure the delicious chicken.
3. Pig gizzard: Good luck.
Pork belly represents a prosperous year, so every New Year, pork belly will be rushed to buy by old neighbors!
4, fish: more than a year.
Because there is a traditional saying in China that fish is an essential dish for the New Year's Eve. Eating carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "Li", and eating carp in the New Year is very prosperous. Eating crucian carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "auspiciousness", and eating crucian carp and crucian carp together in the New Year is good luck. Eating silver carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "Lian", and eating silver carp in the New Year is getting more and more every year.
In order to eat more than one year's kindness, you can eat two fish on New Year's Eve, one on New Year's Eve and one on New Year's Eve, which means more than one year's kindness. If you make one, you can eat the terminal on New Year's Eve and the head and tail on New Year's Eve, so there are fish tails every year.
5. Oyster sauce: a good market
In southern China, there are many kinds of New Year's Eve dinners, such as chicken, barbecue, Nostoc flagelliforme and oyster sauce, because "Nostoc flagelliforme and oyster sauce" are homophonic. Oyster black beans, also known as "dried oysters", are dried oysters (also known as oysters) and are a must-eat dish for Cantonese during the Spring Festival. Oyster soybean is the best food for calcium supplementation and is rich in phosphorus. Because calcium needs the help of phosphorus when it is absorbed by human body, it is beneficial to the absorption of calcium.
6. Shrimp: Laugh.
People in Guangzhou like to eat seafood, and shrimp will be an auspicious dish for the New Year, such as boiled shrimp and fried shrimp, because shrimp means laughing and laughing every day. A shrimp in the New Year makes you laugh and be happy every year.
7, long-term dishes: longevity
There is a "long-year dish" in the first meal of Spring Festival in Taiwan Province Province, which is a kind of mustard with long stems and leaves and bitter taste. Some even add slender vermicelli to dishes, which means "endless and immortal". On New Year's Eve, when people cut vegetables, they cut them longer than usual, hence the name, which means a long time and more income in the coming year. Eating New Year's Eve means that there will be surplus next year, which represents the yearning of working people for a better life and the expectation of life in the new year.
8, celery: diligent
New Year's Eve is not only a family reunion and a good expectation for the coming year, but also an opportunity to educate children. Celery in long-term dishes is homophonic with "Qin", teaching children to be hardworking, and only hard work can lead a better life.
9, pig hand: make a fortune.
There are many ways to eat pig hands, such as stewed pig hands, vegetable delivery pig hands, peanut pig hands and so on. Because pig hand means to get rich, everything will be smooth and everything will be fine. So this dish is also the favorite auspicious dish in Guangzhou neighborhood!
10, lettuce: making money
Lettuce is homophonic with "making money" and is an essential vegetable for Chinese New Year. Put a golden pot sticker on it, and you will make money with gold bars.
1 1, Yuba: Fengsheng
Yuba means "abundance" and is also an essential dish on New Year's Eve. We all know that yuba is a derivative of soybean. Experts pointed out that compared with soybean, yuba is more easily absorbed by human body and has richer nutritional value, so it is a good eating habit to eat some yuba regularly.
12, garlic: ok.
"Laba garlic is eaten on New Year's Eve", and the garlic word of Laba garlic is homophonic with the word "calculate", meaning "can calculate". In the traditional Laba Festival, in addition to the custom of drinking Laba porridge, the custom of pickling Laba garlic on the same day is also popular in northern areas. On New Year's Eve, Laba garlic with a green inside will try to eat jiaozi, which is called a compliment.
Laba garlic has the function of removing greasy and fishy smell, tastes sweet and sour, and can also increase appetite when eaten with rice. However, because Laba garlic is pickled with vinegar, eating too much may cause certain corrosion to teeth. In addition, people with bad stomachs should also pay attention to eating Laba garlic, which is not conducive to gastrointestinal health.
13, barbecue: booming.
Barbecue is very popular with the old people, with crispy skin and fragrant meat. People in Guangzhou like to eat this dish on New Year's Eve, because burning meat means that your skin is red and firm, which means that you are thriving every day. This is a good Italian dish.
14, rice cake: high every year.
Preparing New Year's cake is to show happiness. Because of its homophonic "old age" and diverse tastes, rice cakes have almost become a must-have food for every household. The styles of rice cakes are square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of making a fortune in the New Year.