1. Dumplings are “not as delicious as dumplings.” Dumplings are an essential food on the New Year’s Eve dinner table in the north.

"Dumpling" and "Jiao" are homophonic, meaning "Jiaozi".

Moreover, dumplings are shaped like ingots. Eating dumplings during the Spring Festival means "bringing in wealth and bringing in treasures", symbolizing that wealth is rolling in like soup.

People also pick a few "lucky" dumplings from a pot of dumplings and wrap them with peanuts, coins or candies.

Eating coins means wealth in the new year, eating candy means a sweet life in the coming year, and eating peanuts means health and longevity.

2. During the Chinese New Year, rice cakes are a delicacy that will be placed on every family’s dining table, whether in the north or the south.

New Year cake is an auspicious sweet that is exclusive to the Spring Festival. It is sticky and delicious, and many people like to eat it.

Eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival is, firstly, to wish for a good harvest, and secondly, "cake" and "gao" are homophonic, symbolizing "promotion every year".

A small piece of rice cake embodies people's hope that life and work will become better and better every year.

3. Eating cured meat during the New Year is a traditional custom in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and other places in my country.

Because it takes a long time to pickle cured meat, preparations usually start after the heavy snowfall every year.

Cured meat, sausage, cured fish, cured pig head, etc. are delicious, fragrant and mouth-watering.

In the old days, life was difficult and materials were scarce, so people put their good wishes on the homophonic New Year food. Therefore, eating sausages during the Spring Festival means "eat it often." 4. Wonton Wonton is a snack that can be eaten at any time now, but in ancient times

, only during the Chinese New Year can every household eat wontons.

In some parts of the South, wontons are a delicacy served to guests.

Wontons are eaten when a wife is married and a child is born, when the child is one month old, and when the mother-in-law entertains her new son-in-law.

In traditional culture, wontons are eaten during the Spring Festival, which means "the beginning of chaos".

Furthermore, "wonton" and "hundun" are homophonic, which means having a full store of food and a bumper harvest.

5. Spring rolls Spring rolls, also known as spring pancakes and pancakes, are a traditional folk seasonal food in my country.

In some areas in the south, dumplings are not eaten during the Spring Festival, but spring rolls and glutinous rice balls are eaten.

There is something special about eating spring rolls during the Spring Festival. You should wrap the pancakes and vegetables and eat them from beginning to end, which means "having a beginning and ending."

6. Chicken is a homophonic word for "chicken" and "auspicious", which means it is auspicious, evil-proofing and festive.

Therefore, chicken plays an important folk role in the New Year's Eve dinner, and in many places there is a saying that "there is no feast without chicken", which symbolizes "all things are auspicious".

When eating chicken during the Chinese New Year, the chicken feet should be given to the person who earns the most money in the family, hoping to get more money back next year.

Chicken wings are reserved for children, which means that children have a pair of wings and can fly higher and farther.

7. Fish The last thing on the Spring Festival dinner table is fish.

Because "fish" is homophonic to "surplus", it means there is a surplus.

There is another point about eating fish during the New Year. Fish is the last dish on the New Year’s Eve dinner. Fish is basically not eaten when it is brought to the table. Keeping it means "more than enough every year".

In some places, when eating fish on New Year’s Eve, you have to leave the head and the tail until next year, embodying the good wishes of "having a head and a tail" in the coming year.

8. Jiandui Jiandui, also called sesame balls, sesame balls, etc., is made of glutinous rice flour and can be divided into two types: hollow and solid.

According to the old custom in Guangdong, you must eat fried dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

All because the fried pile is round and plump, with sufficient fillings, rolled with sesame seeds, close to the body, deep-fried at high temperature, and golden all over, which symbolizes a full wallet, wealth and happiness, and a sweet life.

Therefore, there is a saying in Guangdong: "Jian Dui is full of gold and silver," which means that eating Jian Dui can bring wealth to the family.

9. Making glutinous rice cakes is a New Year custom that has been passed down in rural areas for thousands of years and has a strong rural flavor.

Making glutinous rice cakes in the twelfth lunar month is a great event of the year. The whole family is happy, and relatives and neighbors will come to help.

The beaten glutinous rice cakes are made into round or oval shapes, some are large or small, and spread out with bamboo dustpans, symbolizing harvest, celebration and reunion.

In some places, it is also called rice cake, which means good luck. People often say: "New Year cake, rice cake, brings prosperity and longevity."