Anhui

There is a bowl of "chicken catches beans" on the dining table in Hefei, which means "grasping money to make a fortune". The housekeeper wants to eat a chicken leg, which is called "grasping the money claw", which means making a fortune next year. The head of Anqing should eat a bowl of noodles before meals, which is called "money-oriented".

In some places in Anhui, everyone should take a bite of raw radish at the first meal of the Spring Festival, which is called "Biting Spring", which can "sterilize and prevent diseases and make the New Year auspicious". Only meat dishes in southern Anhui include braised pork, tiger skin, meatballs, moo Shu pork, steamed pork, stewed pork, pork liver, pork heart and pork belly products, as well as various fried pork slices and shredded pork.

There are two kinds of fish on the dining table in central and southern Anhui. One is a complete carp, which can only be seen but not eaten, showing respect for ancestors, and the other is silver carp, which can be eaten, symbolizing the prosperity of children and grandchildren.

The first bowl of Lai in Qimen family banquet is "Zhonghe", which is made of tofu, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, dried shrimps and fresh meat, meaning "harmony makes money".

Jiangxi

The New Year's Eve dinner in southern Jiangxi is usually 12 courses. There are generally more than ten dishes in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, paying attention to four cold dishes, four hot dishes, eight big dishes and two soups.

Nanchang must eat rice cakes, braised fish, fried rice noodles, eight-treasure rice and boiled thick soup, which in turn mean rising year by year, having fish every year, having a bumper harvest of grain, stringing rice, making eight treasures rich and getting rich every year.

Chongqing

It is essential for Chongqing people to "buckle meat" and "pour sea pepper" during the Spring Festival. "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.

Southerners seldom eat jiaozi in the New Year. Most families will cook several dishes, including chicken, duck, fish and various vegetables, and the whole family will get together to enjoy the Spring Festival dinner. In addition, most southerners will also eat glutinous rice balls during the Chinese New Year, just like people in most northern areas eat jiaozi, which is indispensable.