Moral: In China folklore, eating "jiaozi" on New Year's Eve is an important festival that no food can replace. "jiaozi", also known as "jiaozi" or "Joule", means the alternation of the old and the new, and it is also a major holiday food that must be eaten.

Eating jiaozi means "making friends when you are young", while "Zi" means "Zi Shi", which is homophonic with "Jiao" and means "reunion" and "good luck". In addition, jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, and eating jiaozi in the New Year also has the auspicious meaning of "making a fortune".

2, fish: more than a year.

Moral: Because there is a traditional saying in China that fish is left over every year, fish is an essential dish for New Year's Eve. Eating carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "Li", and eating carp in the New Year is very prosperous. Eating crucian carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "auspiciousness", and eating crucian carp and crucian carp together in the New Year is good luck. Eating silver carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "Lian", and eating silver carp in the New Year is getting more and more every year.

3. Chicken: There are plans.

On New Year's Eve, a chicken is indispensable on a sumptuous dining table. On New Year's Eve, chicken is the first dish for dinner in many places, because it means good luck. There must be a chicken on the dinner table of the New Year's Eve, because "it begins with eating chicken".

4, wonton: full of food

Eating wonton in the New Year takes its original meaning. Legend has it that Pangu created the world, making "those with light and clear air are the sky and those with heavy and turbid air are the earth", ending the chaotic state, and the universe has four sides. Then take the homonym of "wonton" and "mud hoard", which means that the food is full.

5, long face: longevity for a hundred years

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 were torn into pieces by hand in the pot, similar to the practice of "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.

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 were torn into pieces by hand in the pot, similar to the practice of "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.