As far as I know, what to eat on New Year’s Day? Traditional foods on New Year’s Day include rice cakes, dumplings and glutinous rice cakes.

Nian gao (rice cake) is popular in the south and is made from glutinous rice, which symbolizes prosperity; in the north, glutinous millet is eaten.

Eating rice cakes on New Year's Day was popular during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Dumplings are particularly popular in the north and were a common New Year's Day food during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Glutinous rice cake is a southern specialty. It is golden in color and round in shape after baking, but it is more nutritious and warm when eaten boiled.

Imagine the cozy scene of enjoying sweet wine and glutinous rice cakes around the fire in winter.