The traditional New Year’s Eve dinner differs greatly from the north to the south, but both must be rich and have beautiful meanings.

Rice cakes, dumplings, and glutinous rice balls are the most traditional delicacies in the north.

In the south, people pay more attention to the auspicious names of the New Year's Eve dinner recipes, and the dishes should be delicious, delicious and delicious.

There are usually two things that are indispensable for New Year's Eve dinner, one is fish and the other is chicken.

The word "fish" is a homophone for "yu", symbolizing "abundance for good luck" and "abundance every year"; the word "rooster" is a homophone for "ji", symbolizing "good luck and good fortune".

However, regardless of the east, west, north or south, people all over the country pay attention to "fish every year" on the New Year's Eve dinner table; the whole chicken has the colorful head of the phoenix branch; the green vegetables are added with the key garlic sprouts to make a long pot of soup, which symbolizes

It lasts for a long time; steamed vegetables are derived from the good meaning of "steaming day by day"; in order to get good luck in the New Year, some people also use red peppers and silver carp heads to make "good luck (red)", while chestnuts and chickens represent "good luck" (chicken).

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1. Beijing: Douerjiang (douerjiang) There is a traditional dish that must be mentioned in the New Year's dinner of Beijingers - "douerjiang". This dish is still a household name for old Beijingers.

"Dou'erjiang" is a cold dish made from pork skin, dried tofu, soybeans, green beans, and water mustard. It is refreshing and delicious, and it is perfect to be used as an appetizer with wine! 2. Guangdong: oysters, lettuce, Cantonese people

The New Year's Eve dinner is called "Reunion Dinner". It not only has a rich variety of food, but also pays attention to its meaning.

Before having a family reunion dinner, the family must first worship their ancestors or gods, and the incense and candles should be burned before the meal is served.

There are usually chickens (meaning good luck), fish (meaning more than a year), oysters (meaning good market), lettuce (meaning wealth), yuba (meaning wealth), garlic (meaning good fortune), etc. are usually placed on the table for good luck.

In some places in Guangdong, when having a reunion dinner, if there are newlyweds, an extra set of bowls and chopsticks will be placed to bring good luck in the coming year.

3. Nanjing: Assorted Dishes "Jinling Years of the Year" records the "Ten Scenic Dishes" (also called assorted vegetables) of Nanjing people on New Year's Eve. People use pickled ginger, cucumber, carrots, enoki mushrooms, fungus, winter bamboo shoots, white celery and soy sauce.

Ten kinds of vegetables, fennel leaves, and gluten are cut into thin strips and fried in oil. This is the so-called "Ten Scenes".

These dishes all have beautiful meanings: cucumbers, symbolizing the succession of melons and descendants; winter bamboo shoots, symbolizing the growing bamboo shoots after the rain; louvers, symbolizing obedience and everything goes smoothly, all of which are meant to be auspicious.

Nowadays, there are more than 10 kinds of assorted vegetables, and even as many as 16-18 kinds, with the addition of lotus root, which symbolizes good luck; soybean sprouts, which symbolize good luck; shepherd's purse, which symbolizes gathering wealth; purslane, also known as comfort dish in Nanjing, which symbolizes

Peace and joy.

4. Yangzhou: Fengji. People in Yangzhou eat Fengji. It’s actually as simple as what Gaoyou native Wang Zengqi said: “Don’t remove the hair from a big rooster, rub it in coarse salt, wrap it with lotus leaves, hang it in a ventilated place, and it will take 20 days to get it.

"The longer you eat, the better." When eating, you need to pluck the chicken feathers and cook it in a large pot of boiling water. You don't need to cut it into pieces, just tear it into pieces. The texture of the chicken is one by one, and it is delicious.

5. Hong Kong: Poon Choi What is your first choice for Hong Kong New Year’s Eve dinner? Of course it is Hong Kong-style Poon Choi, which symbolizes “reunion” and “full bowls”.

Poon Choi is a local specialty of the surrounding villages in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. It symbolizes family reunion and good fortune. The bowl-full form of Poon Choi also symbolizes prosperity.

6. Sichuan: Smoked bacon, as the name suggests, is bacon cured during the twelfth lunar month.

In an era when there was no refrigeration method, curing, smoking and air-drying was the best way to store meat.

Over time, it has become an indispensable starter at Sichuan people’s banquets.

Every household in Sichuan makes bacon, making a lot of it at one time so that it can be eaten next year.

7. Yichang: Preparing fish cakes for the New Year is the most important part of many people’s New Year celebrations. In Yidu, there is one food that must be mentioned among the New Year’s goods, and that is fish cakes.

When Yidu people make fish cakes, they first remove the heads, skin and bones of fresh grass carp and mince it, then mix it with minced pork and egg whites in a certain proportion, and then put the mixed ingredients into the steamer.

Steam the fish cake over high heat. After steaming, spread the egg yolk liquid evenly on the surface of the fish cake, then steam it for a few minutes.

8. Suzhou: Before preparing dried bamboo shoots for the New Year's Eve dinner, traditional Suzhou families will buy some dried bamboo shoots and soak them early. The dried bamboo shoots have a good flavor of "everything is getting better and better", which indicates that life is getting better and better.

And "Fat Bamboo Shoots" is even more popular, as it implies getting rich and prosperous in the coming year.

In the New Year's Eve dinner, fish meatballs and egg dumplings are indispensable. Meatballs symbolize reunion, and egg dumplings are golden in color and shaped like ingots, which means attracting wealth.

Fans should also be prepared, which is called "silver chain". The louvered meat is said to be like "gold bricks", which means making a fortune.

9. Hangzhou: Yuanbao Fish Every household in Hangzhou will have a Yuanbao Fish on the New Year’s Eve dinner table.

After the crucian carp is braised, cut it into three sections, put the first and last sections together, and put the middle section on top. It looks like a big ingot, which is why the ingot fish got its name.

However, when eating New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone will not use their chopsticks on the Yuanbao fish, and just leave it until the first day of the first lunar month to eat, which means "more than enough every year".

10. Shanghai: Baked bran Shanghainese are very particular about Chinese New Year, and the name of the dish needs to be praised. The so-called roasted bran means relying on the husband, which means that the men in the family will achieve higher achievements in the coming year.