Eating jiaozi in the Spring Festival is a habit of the northeast people. Jiaozi in jiaozi means to make friends, say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Generally, when the bell rings at midnight 12, the family's New Year's Eve dinner begins. Everyone can cook jiaozi and put coins in jiaozi. Whoever eats coins indicates good luck and wealth in the new year. Dumpling stuffing Northeast people prefer to eat Chinese cabbage stuffing, celery stuffing, sauerkraut stuffing and leek stuffing.
1, creature
Northerners are used to eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival, which means "making friends when you are young". Because the white flour jiaozi is shaped like a silver ingot, the pots on the table symbolize the meaning of "getting rich in the New Year, and the ingots are rolling in". Some wrapped jiaozi and some coins sterilized with boiling water, saying that whoever ate first would make more money.
2. bacon
The position of bacon in Chengdu New Year's Eve dinner is definitely not lower than any other meat products. Generally, pork is soaked in salt for a few days and then smoked with cypress branches and leaves. The most unique thing is the delicious smell of smoke.
3, steamed bread
For northerners, steamed bread is also an essential food for Chinese New Year. Steamed buns in the New Year are different from steamed buns in peacetime. Many people say that the better the dough of steamed buns is fermented in the New Year, the more prosperous it will be in the coming year. The word "fat" means "getting rich" and "steaming" symbolizes a "thriving" life.
4.wonton
Eating wonton in the New Year takes its original meaning. Legend has it that Pangu created the world, making "light and clear gas for the sky, heavy and turbid gas for the earth", ending the chaotic state, and the universe has four sides. Then take the homonym of "wonton" and "mud hoard" to indicate that the food is full.
5. Fish
Fish is also indispensable for the New Year's Eve dinner. Leave a little, which means "more than one year". In Yinchuan, braised crucian carp and braised crucian carp are common dishes on the dinner table, which means "good luck". Fish must be cooked for 2~6 hours after slaughter. Put some bean paste when cooking braised carp, the fish will be very tasty.
6. Bean paste
In Beijing's New Year's Eve dinner, there is also a traditional dish that has to be mentioned-"bean paste", which is still a household name for old Beijingers. "Bean paste" is a cold dish made of skin, dried beans, soybeans, green beans and watercress. Refreshing and delicious, it's perfect with wine to appetize!
7. Raw radish
Some families in the north also buy raw radishes for New Year's Eve dinner, and each person takes a bite, which is called "biting spring". Because radish is commonly known as vegetable head, which means "good color head"
8. Long noodles
When southerners eat glutinous rice balls, the tops of the dining tables in some areas of northern China are steaming. Noodles on the dining table are also called longevity noodles. Eating them in the new year means health and long-term wishes. People in China have a long habit of eating noodles. Since the Tang Dynasty, noodles have become a symbol of wishing newborn boys a long life. Today, people in China must eat noodles on their birthdays. At the dinner table, it means a long time.