Eat on New Year's Eve: jiaozi, wonton, long noodles, glutinous rice balls and rice cakes.

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It is one of the traditional foods in China, also known as flat food or boiled cake. In ancient times, there were only wonton, not jiaozi. Later, wonton was made into a crescent shape and became jiaozi. In the Tang Dynasty, the habit of eating jiaozi had spread to the remote areas of China. On New Year's Eve, at the stroke of 12: 11, we begin to eat jiaozi, so it's a year's time, which means that the old and the new alternate and a year's time comes.

2.wonton

Eating wonton in the New Year takes its original meaning. Legend has it that Pangu created the world, making light and clear gas float into the sky, and heavy and turbid gas condense on the earth, ending the chaotic state, and the universe is everywhere. Then take the homonym of' wonton' and' mudun', which means that there are abundant grains.

3. Long noodles

Also known as longevity noodles, eat it in the New Year and wish you a long life. In ancient times, pasta was called cake, so noodle soup was originally called soup cake. At first, the noodles were not rolled or pressed, but the mixed noodles were torn into the pot by hand, which was similar to the crow's head and monkey's ear eaten in the north. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that noodles were rolled with a chopping board that long noodles, short noodles, dry noodles, vegetarian noodles, meat noodles and dry noodles gradually appeared.

4. Tangyuan

Tangyuan is more common in the south. It is made by kneading glutinous rice into a circle (stuffing with different flavors can be added) and then cooking it in a pot, which means round and round. Yuanxiao is usually the staple food of breakfast or New Year's Eve, and it is very popular in restaurants, hotels and at home.

5.rice cake

The custom of eating rice cakes on New Year's Eve originated in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. Eating rice cakes comes from the auspicious meaning of' (sticky) high (cake)', which is interpreted as the meaning of rising year by year.