1. Dumplings: As the saying goes, "Dumplings are not as delicious as dumplings." In the blood of northerners, "dumplings" are the running "main artery" and are indispensable.

Dumplings have many auspicious meanings. Dumplings symbolize reunion and joy; at the same time, they also mean saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new; in addition, dumplings are shaped like "ingots" made of gold and silver in ancient China. Eating dumplings has the meaning of "bringing in wealth and treasure".

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The whole family sits around making dumplings while talking endlessly. The warm family atmosphere is the most important reason why people still cherish dumplings today.

2. Youjiao: It is a kind of home-made snack in Guangzhou. The taste is different in different places, and the raw materials used are also different. Some are sweet, and some are vegetable. The method is basically the same, but the fillings used are different, and the sweet ones are wrapped in sugar.

Just replace the salty ones with vegetables.

During the Chinese New Year in Guangdong, Youjiao is indispensable.

In the past, there were still ten days and twenty days before the Spring Festival, and every household would open the wok and fry the fried dumplings.

Opening up the wok and frying some fried rice cakes is to pray for the coming year. Life will be like that wok - oily and rich.

3. Ciba: Ciba is also a delicious snack during the Spring Festival, especially in the Wuyi Mountains in the south. The whole family happily makes glutinous rice cakes to prepare for the Spring Festival and has a great time.

Ciba is made from glutinous rice as the main ingredient. It is soaked, steamed in a steamer, and then quickly pounded in a stone ladle until soft and pliable.

While hot, make the rice puree into large or small balls, place them on a plate and stir-fry and grind the sesame seeds and mix them with white sugar (or stir-fry and grind the soybeans and mix them with white sugar) and roll them before eating.

The taste is sweet.

Whenever there is a happy event, local people will make glutinous rice cakes mixed with brown sugar to entertain guests to show good luck.

4. Jiandui: Jiandui is called Ma Tuan in North China, Ma Yuan in Northeast China, and Zhendou in Hainan. It is a type of Chinese fried pasta. Since it is popular in Guangdong, it is also a type of Guangdong oil cooker.

It is made of fried glutinous rice flour dough and added with sesame seeds. Some are filled with sesame paste, bean paste and other fillings, while some are not.

It is also a common New Year food in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. It has the meaning of "heaps of fried rice and a house full of gold and silver".

5. Rice cakes: Northerners eat dumplings, while southerners eat rice cakes.

New Year cakes are available in yellow and white colors, symbolizing gold and silver. New Year cakes are also called "Nian Nian cake", which is homophonic with "Nian Nian Gao", which means that people's work and life are improving year by year.

Therefore, ancient people wrote poems about rice cake: rice cake means slightly cloudy, white like silver and yellow gold.

I look forward to good times and good fortune as I age, and I sincerely and silently wish for wealth to come.

There is also a traditional time-honored brand in old Beijing named after "rice cake money".