"Delicious but not as good as jiaozi", jiaozi is an indispensable food on the table in the north. "Jiao" and "Jiao" are homophonic, meaning "Jiao Zi at a young age". Besides, jiaozi looks like an ingot. Eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival means "making money into treasure", which symbolizes that financial resources are rolling in like soup. People will also pick a few "lucky" jiaozi in jiaozi pot and wrap them with peanuts, coins or candy. Eating coins means getting rich in the new year, eating candy means living a sweet life in the next year, and eating peanuts means health and longevity.

2, rice cakes

During the Chinese New Year, no matter in the north or the south, every family will put rice cakes on the table. The rice cake is an auspicious dessert unique to the Spring Festival. It is sticky and delicious, and many people like it. Eating rice cakes in the Spring Festival is to congratulate the bumper harvest of the five grains, and the second is the homonym of "cake" and "height", which symbolizes "rising year by year". A small piece of rice cake implies that people want to live and work better every year.

3. Bacon

Eating bacon in the New Year is a traditional custom in Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan. Because curing bacon takes a long time, it is usually prepared after heavy snow and solar terms every year. Bacon, sausage, preserved fish and pig's head are delicious and mouth watering. In the past, life was hard and material was scarce, so people pinned their good wishes on homophonic China New Year food, so eating sausages during the Spring Festival meant "eating often."

4.wonton

Although wonton is a snack that can be eaten at any time now, in ancient times, only every household could eat wonton in the New Year. In some places in the south, wonton is a delicacy for guests. Marriage and children, children full moon, mother-in-law entertaining new son-in-law, all have to eat wonton. In traditional culture, wonton is eaten during the Spring Festival, which means "chaos begins to blossom". Moreover, "wonton" is homophonic with "mud hoard", which means that the grain is full and the grain is abundant.

5. Spring rolls

Spring rolls, such as spring cakes and pancakes, are traditional seasonal foods in China. In some areas in the south, we don't eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival, but eat spring rolls and dumplings. Eating spring rolls during the Spring Festival is very particular. You should wrap pancakes and vegetables and eat them from beginning to end, which means "a head and a tail".

6.chicken

Because "chicken" and "auspicious" are homophonic, they have the meanings of auspiciousness, evil spirits and celebration. Therefore, chicken plays an important folk role in the New Year's Eve dinner. In many places, there is a saying that "nothing can be done without chicken", which symbolizes "everything should be auspicious". When eating chicken in the New Year, chicken feet should be given to the person who can earn the most money in the family. I hope to get more money back next year. Chicken wings are reserved for children, which means that children have a pair of wings and can fly higher and farther.

7.fish

Fish is indispensable on the table during the Spring Festival. Because "fish" is the homonym of "surplus", which means there is surplus. There is another thing to pay attention to when eating fish in the New Year. Fish is the last dish on the dinner table, and basically no fish is eaten on the table. Stay means "more than one year". In some places, eating fish on New Year's Eve should leave the head and tail until next year, which reflects the good wish of "having a head and a tail" in the coming year.

8. Fried pile

Pile blasting, also known as hemp ball, hemp ball, etc. , made of glutinous rice flour, divided into hollow and solid. According to the old custom in Guangdong, you must eat fried piles during the New Year. Because the fried pile is round and full, the stuffing is enough, the sesame seeds roll, the treasure is close to the skin, and it is fried at high temperature, which means that the purse is full, rich and happy, and the days are sweet. Therefore, there is a proverb in Guangdong: "Fried piles are full of gold and silver", which means that eating fried piles can bring wealth to families.

9.lamb cake

Ciba is a Chinese New Year custom spread in rural areas for thousands of years, which has a strong rural flavor. Playing Ciba in the twelfth lunar month is an important event in a year. The whole family is very happy, and relatives and neighbors will come to help. Well-made Ciba is made into a round or oval shape, big or small, and spread out with a bamboo dustpan, symbolizing harvest, celebration and reunion. Some places are also called rice cakes, which means good luck. People often say: "rice cake, rice cake, long life."