Because there is a traditional saying in China that fish is an essential dish for the New Year's Eve. Eating carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "Li", and eating carp in the New Year is very prosperous. Eating crucian carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "auspiciousness", and eating crucian carp and crucian carp together in the New Year is good luck. Eating silver carp on New Year's Eve is homophonic with "Lian", and eating silver carp in the New Year is getting more and more every year.

2, eat chicken in the New Year: meaning calculation

On New Year's Eve, a chicken is indispensable on a sumptuous dinner table. On New Year's Eve, chicken is the first dish for dinner in many places, because it means good luck. There must be a chicken on the Chinese New Year's dinner table, because "eating chicken begins". The local Hakkas in Guangzhou worship God, regard chickens and geese as the "firstborn", and all choose "take the chicken", which means that they are living fiercely.

3, eat ruyi dishes in the New Year: "Sheng" and "Fa"

Shanghai people pay attention to well-intentioned Spring Festival dishes, and they really have a lot to eat. Besides fish, chicken and duck, there are two kinds of dishes, fried boiled vegetables and sweet and sour silver silk teeth. In addition, ruyi dishes (that is, soybean sprouts) and sprouted beans are necessary, symbolizing "rising" and "hair".