Eating mandarin fish in the New Year means wealth and good luck. Mandarin is homophonic with "wealth" and "nobility", and fish is homophonic with "surplus", which expresses people's good wishes for the new year. Steamed mandarin fish also represents more than a year and is an indispensable dish for New Year's Eve.

Osmanthus fragrans generally refers to mandarin fish. This is a fish of the genus Siniperca. The body is tall, the side is flat, and the back of the eye is obviously convex. Big head. The tip of the kiss is longer than the diameter of the eye.