The dishes that the ancients ate on New Year’s Day included pepper and cypress wine, five-spice dish, and rice cakes.

Jiaobai wine: It refers to pepper wine and cypress wine. On the first day of the first lunar month, every household will drink some small wine. In fact, in ancient times, it was the wine used to worship ancestors or toast the head of the family. It also means to express birthday congratulations. On New Year's Day, many people would put green onions in a cup. In fact, in ancient times, appetizers on the dining table were served on a plate with five spicy ingredients. The so-called five spicy ingredients are today's onions, garlic, leeks, rapeseed, and coriander.

The ancient custom of celebrating New Year's Day: In northern my country, the weather is cold in winter, and the days are short and the nights are long. Starting from New Year's Day, people in the off-farm days kill pigs and sheep, sit cross-legged on earthen Kangs, chat about household matters, do not work or go out, and it does not end until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Due to the cold weather, the New Year's Day diet in Northeast China mainly consists of frozen products, pickles, and stews. Foods such as frozen dumplings, sauerkraut stewed vermicelli, pickled potherb, etc. are all must-have foods on New Year’s Day.