Because of its homophonic "high age" and varied tastes, rice cakes have almost become a must-have food for every family. The styles of rice cakes are square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of making a fortune in the New Year.
2, ten thousand years of grain
In some parts of Guangdong, the first meal of the Spring Festival is to eat "ten thousand years' grain", that is, to prepare enough meals for the family for three days of the Spring Festival, which means "not worrying about eating and drinking".
3. jiaozi
Eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is a custom of northerners, but now many southern Renye Fang have joined the ranks of eating jiaozi. Eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve means "having good luck in the coming year", while eating jiaozi on New Year's Day means having good luck in the coming year.
4. Tangyuan
The breakfast dumplings on the first day of the New Year's Day must have more special significance. Its meaning is: everything goes well and the whole family is happy. Shanghainese are used to eating glutinous rice balls for the first meal on the first day of New Year's Eve, which means that the New Year's Eve is full, and there should be soup, which means wealth and power.
5. Noodles
Long noodles, also known as longevity noodles, are eaten on the first day of the New Year, which means "long life every year" and wishes a hundred years of longevity. Many elderly people still maintain this custom.
6. Chicken soup
In some places in Hubei, the first meal of the Spring Festival is chicken soup, which symbolizes "peace and tranquility in Qing Dynasty". In addition, the main labor force in the family has to eat chicken feet, which means "grasping money in the New Year"; Young students should eat chicken wings, which means they can fly high; When family members eat chicken bones, it means "getting ahead".
Jingzhou, Shashi area, the first meal to eat eggs, meaning "real, good luck." If you meet a guest, you should eat two soft-boiled "poached eggs" whose yolk can be seen through the protein, which means "silver wrapped in gold, gold wrapped in silver, gold gets silver".
7. Sweet food
Eating sweets on New Year's Day means that life in the new year is beautiful and sweet.
8. Sugar water
I am a vegetarian on the morning of New Year's Day. The whole family should get up early, and the first thing after getting up is to drink a cup of sugar water soaked with red dates, peanuts, etc., which means the sweetness of the new year. During the Spring Festival, if you are a guest in Ningde's house, they will definitely make a cup of sugar water for you enthusiastically, so that your new year will be sweet.
9. Eat dry rice
In the past, only poor families ate porridge, so they must eat dry rice on the morning of the first day of the New Year, which means that the family will be rich all year round. On the other hand, the morning of the first day of the New Year is called the gathering of all gods, which means that all gods come out to pay New Year greetings. Therefore, to show respect, we should first not eat meat, but be vegetarian.
10, Fish and jiaozi
The first meal in Poyang, Jiangxi Province is to eat jiaozi and fish, which means "making friends" and "having more than a year". Some people put candy, flowers and silver coins in jiaozi, which means "sweet life", "immortality" and "getting rich in the New Year".
1 1, Five Blessingg porridge
On New Year's Day, if you don't eat the leftovers from New Year's Eve, some places eat Five Blessingg porridge, which contains taro, white rice, red dates, tofu and cowpea, which means "Five Blessingg", then why eat the leftovers from New Year's Eve? Because it has the auspicious artistic conception of "more than one year after another"!
12, rotten circle
In Chaozhou area, the first meal often eats "rotten round" fried with rice flour and dried radish, and drinks "five-fruit soup" boiled with Euryale ferox and lotus seeds, which means "life is sweet and has a long history".
13, gold thread through the ingot
In Guanzhong and some parts of Henan, the first meal during the Spring Festival is jiaozi's rice cooked with noodles, which is called "gold thread through the ingot" and "silver thread hanging gourd".
14, long-term vegetables
Taiwan Province has a "long-year dish" for the first meal of the Spring Festival, which is a kind of mustard with long stems and leaves and bitter taste. Some also add slender vermicelli to the dishes, which means "continuous, immortal".
15, spring plate
In some places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the first meal of the Spring Festival is a "spring dish" consisting of celery, leeks and bamboo shoots, which means "hard work for a long time".
16, raw radish
In some places in Anhui, everyone should take a bite of raw radish at the first meal of the Spring Festival, which is called "Biting Spring", which can "sterilize and prevent diseases and make the New Year auspicious".