1. Dumplings On the New Year’s Eve dinner table in the north, dumplings are a delicacy that cannot be replaced by any delicacies.

Dumplings, also known as Jiaoer and Jiaozi, mean the alternation of old and new.

On New Year's Eve, people stay up late and eat dumplings, which means "New Year's Eve".

In addition, dumplings look like ingots, so eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year also means "bringing in wealth".

2. Wonton Wonton is homophonic to "chaos" and "hundun". Eating wonton during the Chinese New Year means the beginning of the year, and it also means filling the warehouse with food.

Another reason is that wontons are shaped like gold ingots, and there are particularities in wrapping wontons during the Chinese New Year. You must hold the two corners of the wonton wrappers and wrap them inward, which means "to make money."

3. Rice cakes. Eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival is a custom in many places, such as red/white rice cakes in Fujian, water-milled rice cakes in Ningbo, osmanthus sugar rice cakes in Suzhou, mince rice cakes in Beijing, sticky cakes in the north, etc.

Because rice cakes are also called "nian rice cakes", which are homophonic with "every year is high", eating rice cakes means that people's work and life are getting better year by year.

4. Eight-treasure rice. The eight-treasure rice is exquisite in its use, complicated in craftsmanship, generous in weight, and highly sweet. It is suitable for the whole family to share and enjoy, symbolizing reunion.

According to folklore experts, the lotus seeds in the eight-treasure rice symbolize marriage harmony, the longan symbolizes reunion, the kumquats symbolize good luck, the red dates symbolize early birth of a child, the honey winter melon and honey cherries symbolize the sweetness of life, the barley seeds symbolize longevity, and the melon seeds symbolize peace and safety.

From this point of view, eight-treasure rice is like a cornucopia, which means that the new year will bring abundant wealth.

5. Fish The last thing on the Spring Festival table is fish, because fish is the same as "surplus", which means "surplus" and "more than enough every year."

There are many things to pay attention to when eating fish during the New Year. Fish should be the last dish on the New Year's Eve dinner and cannot be finished, which symbolizes "surplus" every year.

In some places, fish heads and tails are left to be eaten on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means there will be plenty of "surplus" from beginning to end of the year.