The Spring Festival has always been the most important traditional festival in China. It is always very lively and warm to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. The New Year's Eve dinner is undoubtedly the highlight of every year, and it is also the expectation of travelers who have worked hard outside for a year. So what to eat during the Spring Festival? Different places have different eating habits. Below, I will take stock of the traditional food of the Spring Festival with you.

First, the traditional food of the Spring Festival

jiaozi

jiaozi

jiaozi is a folk food with a long history, which is very popular among the people. There is a saying among the people that "it's delicious but not as good as jiaozi". During the Spring Festival, jiaozi has become an indispensable delicacy.

rice cakes

rice cakes

what to eat during the Spring Festival? Many areas in our country pay attention to eating rice cakes. New Year's cakes, also known as "New Year's cakes", are homophonic with "high every year", meaning that people's work and life are improved year by year.

Tangyuan

Tangyuan

It is said that Tangyuan originated in the Song Dynasty. At that time, a novel food was popular all over the country, that is, all kinds of fruit baits were used as stuffing, and glutinous rice flour was rubbed into balls outside. After cooking, it tasted sweet and delicious and interesting. Because this kind of glutinous rice balls boiled in a pot floats and sinks, it was originally called "Floating Yuanzi", and later it was renamed Yuanxiao in some areas. Most southern families are used to the traditional custom of getting together and having dumplings on the morning of the Spring Festival. It is said that Yuanxiao symbolizes family reunion, and eating Yuanxiao means family happiness and all the best in the new year.

fish

fish

what to eat during the Spring Festival? "No fish, no table". The eight major cuisines in China are inseparable from the names of fish dishes. Especially on New Year's Eve, people can't live without fish. "Fish" is homophonic with "Yu" and symbolizes mascots, such as carp, which means "more benefits than benefits"; Silver carp, which means "more than a year"; Mandarin fish, which means "wealth is more than enough". This is a complex of our country for thousands of years.

Second, traditional cuisine in different places during the Spring Festival

Shandong: kingdom of dough modeling

dough modeling

Shandong is a big province that eats pasta. Although the coastal areas are getting richer and richer, the habit of steaming and eating pasta during the New Year has not changed. Shandong pasta is based on glutinous rice flour, added with wheat flour and water, colored and mixed into different colors, and various vivid images are created by hands and simple tools such as knife, scissors, hairpin and pattern mold. Shandong dough sculpture originated in Heze and has a history of more than 3 years. In the old society, dough sculptors "traveled around in tears just to make a living", carrying boxes, traveling from town to town, and doing it on the street, which was instantly loved by many people, but their works were regarded as gadgets and could not be put on the stage of elegance. Nowadays, dough sculpture art is valued as a precious intangible cultural heritage, and gadgets have also entered the art palace.

Henan: jiaozi cooked noodles

jiaozi cooked noodles

In some parts of Henan, every family eats jiaozi cooked noodles on the New Year's Day, which is called "Gold thread wears gold ingots", also known as "hanging golden turtles with money". Because jiaozi is so like gold ingots, jiaozi cooked it at midnight and fished for food, which is called "gold ingots", and it is this year and next year, but it still won't make a fortune?

Guangxi: dumplings

dumplings

Every family in Guangxi should make dumplings during the Spring Festival, which is a big event. We have to prepare two or three weeks in advance, and we have to prepare the materials. We have to go to the new year market several times! Mung beans should be shelled, and pork belly should be marinated with soy sauce, salt, wine and onion ginger for a whole day. Glutinous rice and dried fruits such as chestnut and lotus plums should also be soaked in advance. Bagging is not only a technical job, but also a manual job, which takes a whole day. On that day, it is best to find an extra-large pot, put it in the pot, and cook it for ten hours, so that the contents of the pot can blend together like a chemical reaction. Cooked rice cakes can be hooked up with hooks one by one, hung under the eaves or on the balcony (not in the sun), and boiled thoroughly in water at intervals, so that they will not be broken throughout the first month. In Guangxi, it is not only to commemorate the historical figure Qu Yuan, but also to give gifts on holidays. Guangxi people give it a new meaning, and Guangxi people regard it as a mascot. It is a kind of luck for Guangxi people to eat it every year.

Hubei: "Sanquan", "Sangao" and "Sanwan"

Chicken

What to eat during the Spring Festival? Hubei people pay attention to "three foods", "three cakes" and "three pills" when eating New Year's Eve. "Sanquan" means whole chicken, whole duck and whole fish, "Sangao" means fish cake, meat cake and mutton cake, and "Sanwan" means fish balls, meatballs and lotus root balls.

Chongqing: braised pork with plum vegetables

braised pork with plum vegetables

Chongqing: "braised pork" and "sea pepper" are indispensable. In order to prepare for this New Year's Eve dinner, it is impossible to prepare some essential traditional main dishes without mentioning the first ten and a half days. Among them, the most important ones are "deducting meat" and "filling sea pepper". "Buckling meat" seems simple, but it takes some effort to be really fat but not greasy, tender and refreshing; "Filling sea pepper" is to mix glutinous rice flour with seasoning, then fill it into hollowed sea pepper, and then put it in a pickle jar for half a month. On new year's eve, take it out and fry it in oil, and you can serve it.

Beijing: What do Honey Gong and Shaqima

Shaqima

eat during the Spring Festival? "Snacks" in old Beijing are not only New Year's Eve dishes, but also the cakes used to worship the gods and ancestors in ancient times, such as Honey Supply and Saqima, which are also essential foods in Beijing. In addition to the well-known delicacies such as jiaozi and rice cakes, old Beijingers also play "Doo sauce", a cold dish made of skin, dried bean curd, soybeans, green beans and watercress, which is amber in color and similar to "aspic". In addition, there is "mustard mound", which is a cold dish used to accompany wine and appetizer. People eat more greasy food during festivals, and these cold dishes can make up for this defect.

Shanghai: bean sprouts

bean sprouts

What to eat during the Spring Festival? Shanghai New Year's Eve doesn't drink soup. Generally, sprouted beans and soybean sprouts are always available at people's New Year's Eve dinner, because they symbolize rising and rising, which is very auspicious. As for the old custom in Shanghai, it is said that it is not appropriate to wash soup when eating on New Year's Eve. It is said that if you eat soup, you will be caught in the rain when you go out for business or travel the next year. Of course this is nonsense.

Jiangxi: jiaozi Fish

jiaozi Fish

The first meal in Poyang, Jiangxi Province is to eat jiaozi and fish, which means "making friends" and "having enough money every year". Some people put candy, flowers and silver coins in jiaozi, which means "sweet life", "living forever" and "getting rich in the New Year".

Fujian: Noodles

Noodles

People in southern Fujian eat noodles for the first meal during the Spring Festival, which means "lasting every year", while sausages, preserved eggs and ginger are eaten around Zhangzhou, which means "the days are getting more prosperous".

Tibet: Gutu

Gutu

What to eat during the Spring Festival? In the Tibetan New Year, from mid-December, every household will fry "Kasai"-an avocado made of ghee and flour. The image of avocado is varied. At the same time, each family should also prepare a wooden colored grain bucket called "Chema", which is filled with Ciba, wheat grains, broad beans, ginseng fruits, etc., and it should also be inserted with highland barley ears, cockscomb flowers, sun and moon cards, etc., and decorated with small pieces of ghee. The fried "Kasai" and the prepared "Chema" were placed in front of the idol as offerings. On the evening of the 29th, every family sat around and ate a "pimple feast", which is called "ancient outburst" in Tibetan. These pimples are wrapped in many things with different meanings, such as stones, wool, charcoal, peppers, etc. No matter what kind of things you eat, it will always bring a burst of laughter to your family.