1. Wontons: Eating wontons during the New Year means the beginning of the year.

It is said that Pangu created the world and made "the light and clear air that floats up is the sky, and the heavy and turbid air that condenses down is the earth." This ended the state of chaos and created the four directions of the universe.

Furthermore, "wonton" and "hundun" are homophonic, which means a full store of food.

2. Dumplings are one of China’s traditional foods.

Also called flat food or boiled pastry.

In ancient times, there were only wontons but no dumplings.

Later, the wontons were shaped into crescents and became dumplings.

The habit of eating dumplings in the Tang Dynasty has spread to remote areas of China.

On New Year's Eve, as soon as the clock strikes twelve o'clock, people start eating dumplings, so it is the Zi hour, which means the alternation of the old and the new, and the coming of the Zi hour.

3. Long noodles are also called longevity noodles. Eating them in the New Year means wishing you a hundred years of life.

All pasta in ancient times was called cakes, so soup noodles were also called soup cakes at first. The first noodles were not rolled or pressed, but the mixed noodles were torn into pieces by hand and mixed with those eaten in the north.

The methods of "crow head" and "monkey ear" are similar.

After the Tang Dynasty, chopping boards began to be used to roll noodles, and gradually there were long noodles, short noodles, dry noodles, plain noodles, meat noodles, dried noodles... 4. New Year Cake The custom of eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival flourished in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty.

Eating rice cakes is derived from the auspicious and wishful meaning of "every year (sticky) and high (cake)", which is interpreted to mean rising every year.

5. Fish Eating fish during the Spring Festival is very particular, as it indicates that there will be plenty every year, so eating fish during the Spring Festival is a custom during the Chinese New Year.

6. Blanched Chicken The most important thing in a New Year’s Eve dinner is the chicken.

In addition to plain-cut chicken, you can also make the chicken into other flavors according to your own preferences, such as soy sauce chicken.

7. Braised pork Braised pork is a traditional dish on the New Year’s Eve dinner table of many families, which means that the coming year will be prosperous and prosperous.

This famous dish is also an essential dish for New Year’s Eve dinner.

8. Shrimp is also an auspicious dish on the New Year’s Eve dinner table, including boiled shrimp, fried shrimp, braised shrimp, etc.

Shrimp means laughing and laughing every day.

A shrimp dish during the Chinese New Year brings laughter every year.

9. Pig's trotters Pig's trotters mean that you will get rich easily and everything you do will go smoothly.

Therefore, this dish is also an auspicious dish that everyone loves.

10. Five Blessings and Five Blessings is a home-cooked recipe.

It is named after the five healthy ingredients, including mushrooms, vegetarian chicken, grilled bran, day lily (day lily), quail eggs, five main ingredients, red dates, wolfberry and other cooking and finished dishes.

11. Sanyang (Yang) Kaitai is a delicious dish made of pork belly, pork leg and chicken leg.

"Book of Changes" calls the connected lines the Yang hexagram, the broken lines the Yin hexagram, the first month the Tai hexagram, the three Yangs are born in the summer; when winter goes and spring comes, the Yin disappears and the Yang grows, which is an auspicious sign.

It is often used to praise the beginning of the year or to imply good luck.

12. The bacon sausage dish is not just these two, it also contains pig head meat, pig tail, pig mouth, etc., which can all be smoked. The pig head and pig tail means having a head and a tail.

13. Sixi meatballs and braised lion head, a famous dish of Han nationality.

It is a dish often eaten during Chinese New Years and festivals. It is also called Sixi Meatballs, which means auspicious.

This is a famous Huaiyang dish. It has fat and lean meat, red and shiny, and is paired with green vegetables. The bright color and tangy fragrance arouse appetite just by looking at it. The mellow and fragrant meat and juice are irresistible.

The ultimate delicious taste.

14. Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs is a representative popular traditional dish among sweet and sour dishes. It uses fresh pork chops as seasonings. The meat is fresh and tender. The color of the finished dish is bright red and oily, and the taste is crispy and sweet. It is very popular.

Welcome to eaters in Jiangnan area.

"Sweet and sour" is a flavor shared by all major Chinese cuisines. There are many diners who love this delicacy, and the brightly colored dishes are the most popular at New Year's Eve dinner.

15. Lettuce: Lettuce sounds like "make money", which is a must-have vegetable for Chinese New Year.

Put a handful of golden fried dumplings on top, and it becomes "gold bars make money".

16. Yuba Yuba means "abundance" and is also an indispensable dish on New Year's Eve.

We all know that yuba is a derivative of soybeans.

Experts point out that compared with soybeans, yuba is easier to be absorbed by the body and has richer nutritional value. Therefore, eating some yuba regularly is a good eating habit.