Metaphor refers to a rich life. Hakka people think that after eating these seven dishes, they hope that people can be diligent, cost-effective, smart, predestined, long-lasting, redundant and rich.

"Seven dishes" refers to seven kinds of common vegetables, such as celery, onion, garlic, leek, coriander, rape, spring vegetables, lettuce, mustard and cauliflower, which are cooked at the same time and shared by the whole family.

Eating seven dishes on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year is a tradition left by the older generation, which is not only beneficial to health, but also said that eating "seven dishes" can make a fortune that year. The implication of eating seven dishes on the seventh day of the first month is that people eat seven dishes every day, which has certain scientific basis.