1. Step by step - New Year cake

New year cake is a must-have traditional New Year cake. "Nian" and "stick" have the same pronunciation, which can also represent the New Year or the meaning of reunion and cohesion. "cake" is a homophony of "gao", which means rising step by step

2. Give birth to a child early - red date and lotus seed soup

Four foods to give birth to a baby early: dates, peanuts, longan, and lotus seeds. When many families hold weddings, they use dates, peanuts, longan, and lotus seeds to cook a bowl of sweet soup for the newlyweds to drink, which means "to have a baby early."

3. Good Luck - Fish Head with Chopped Peppers

Spread bright red chopped peppers evenly on the fish head, replacing "hong" with "red", and take "luck" The homophonic pronunciation of "fish" gives rise to the aliases of "lucky head" and "good start", which symbolizes prosperity and good luck in the new year.

4. Fish every year - steamed/braised fish

Fish every year is a must-have dish for every New Year’s Eve dinner. It is homophonic to “more than every year”, which means Live a prosperous life with extra wealth and food every year!

5. Promote wealth - lettuce

Lettuce sounds like "producing wealth", which is a must-have vegetable for the Chinese New Year. Put a handful of golden fried dumplings on top, and it becomes "gold bars make money".