New Year's Eve is usually eaten on the last day of the year, that is, New Year's Eve. People usually eat New Year's Eve dinner between 4 pm and 8 pm, and usually start preparing at noon. The New Year's Eve dinner mainly comes from the ancient year-end sacrificial ceremony. In ancient times, people would sacrifice their ancestors to the gods before the New Year's Eve, and then have the New Year's Eve dinner together.
Things to eat at New Year's Eve in various places.
1, Beijing eats bean paste.
Bean paste is an essential dish in Beijing's New Year's Eve dinner, which is a household name for old Beijingers. It is a cold dish made of skin, dried bean curd, soybeans, green beans and watercress. Refreshing and delicious, it is very suitable for appetizing wine.
2. Guangdong eats lettuce in oyster sauce.
Cantonese people call the New Year's Eve reunion dinner, which is not only rich in food types, but also informative. Before a family has a reunion dinner, they should worship their ancestors or gods first, and then burn incense before having dinner. Generally, there are chickens on the dining table, which means good luck, fish for more than a year, oyster sauce for good market, and lettuce for making money for good luck. In some places in Guangdong, when having a reunion dinner, if there are newlyweds, they will put an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks to add auspiciousness to the coming year.