1, jiaozi and jiaozi are indispensable foods on the dinner table of the Northern New Year's Eve. Jiaozi is homophonic, which means you can make friends at a young age. Besides, jiaozi looks like an ingot. Eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival means making money. People will also wrap coins in jiaozi, so people who eat this jiaozi will have good luck in the new year.
Jiaozi cooks noodles, and many places in Henan eat jiaozi cooks noodles on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is called Jin Si Chuan Yuan Bao. On New Year's Eve, jiaozi cooked and fished for food, which was called fishing for gold ingots.
3, rice cakes, early Suzhou people in order to commemorate Wu Zixu, made rice cakes during the Chinese New Year, and later gradually became popular throughout the country, such as red dates in Shandong, ginkgo rice cakes in Beijing, taro rice cakes and red/white sugar rice cakes in Fujian, Shuimo rice cakes in Ningbo, osmanthus sugar rice cakes in Suzhou, etc. The homophonic rice cake is a must-have food for the Spring Festival, which places high hopes on people every year.
4. noodles. Some areas in Fujian eat noodles (mostly noodles) on the morning of New Year's Day, which means a long time.
5. fish. The Spring Festival diet pays attention to morality. Of course, fish is indispensable. Fish is usually the last dish on the table. In some places, this dish is basically left over, which means that it is more than enough every year. Some places are also very particular about choosing fish for the New Year's Eve dinner. Silver carp is more than one year, crucian carp is more prosperous, and salmon is more prosperous.
6.wonton. In Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, you must eat wonton whether you are entertaining guests, having a holiday or having a happy event. On the morning of New Year's Eve, every household began to cut vegetables and wrap wonton. From the 30th to 15th of the first month, wonton is served with wine, and the more you eat, the more you get, which gives Jingjiang people good wishes for the new year.
7. Tangyuan. In Sichuan, jiaozi is eaten for breakfast on the first day of the New Year. On this day, jiaozi is called Yuanbao, and eating jiaozi is called Yuanbao, which means reunion, perfection and sweetness. People in Yangzhou eat Sixi Tangyuan on the first day of the New Year, which means that everything goes well and families are reunited. Shanghainese also eat dumplings for breakfast on New Year's Day, indicating that the circle is full, rich and powerful.
8. Chicken. There is no feast without chicken, which is the mantra of Cantonese people. You must eat Guangdong-Hong Kong chicken during the Spring Festival. Chicken sounds like Ji, which means good luck and good luck all your life. Hubei people want to drink chicken soup during the New Year, which symbolizes the peace of Qing Tai. Chicken wings mean flying high, chicken feet mean grasping wealth in the new year, and eating chicken bones means getting ahead.
9. Baba There is a saying of Tujia nationality in Xiangxi, Hunan Province that it is twenty-eight. On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Tujia people always make glutinous rice cakes, and Hakka people also have the habit of eating cakes on holidays.
10, Zongzi. Zhuang people in Guangxi have the custom of eating zongzi during the Spring Festival. Every year, a few days before the Spring Festival, the dealer will pack or buy zongzi, and all the guests in the first and second days will eat zongzi.