In some areas in the north, dumplings are served on the first day of the lunar month, noodles are served on the second lunar month, and dumplings are served on the fifth lunar month.

In some areas in the south, fish is eaten on the first day of the Lunar New Year and fish is eaten on the 30th night. The fish head and tail are left over, which means there is more than enough every year.

Hunan has fried noodles with oily fruits, Sichuan has hot pot, sausages, bacon, and dumplings; Zhejiang has seafood; Tangshan has sesame candy;

Stewed vermicelli and sticky bean buns; mung bean noodles from Hebei; beef and mutton and milk tea from Inner Mongolia; glutinous rice balls from Ningbo; crystal cakes from Hanzhong in Shaanxi; beef noodles, elbows and pork belly from Lanzhou; cross-bridge rice noodles from Kunming; stewed rice noodles with Dalian cuisine; sticky cakes from Hangzhou

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