On the New Year's Eve of family reunion, a table of delicious food not only symbolizes the good wishes of the New Year, but also carries the warmth of family reunion. Let's take stock of the common moral foods in these New Year's Eve dinners and uncover the auspicious meanings behind them.
Longevity noodles symbolizing longevity.
Long noodles symbolize longevity, and each noodle represents longevity in the new year. In the New Year's Eve dinner, birthday noodles are usually paired with green vegetables or Flammulina velutipes to symbolize peace and good luck, and to pray for the health and longevity of the elders.
It means that there are more and more fish every year.
Fish is the highlight of the New Year's Eve, which means "more than one year". In China culture, fish is homophonic with "fish", which symbolizes wealth and abundance. The fish on the New Year's Eve usually choose the whole carp, which means that the carp has a bright future in Yuelongmen.
Jiaozi symbolizes prosperity and excitement.
Dumpling skin is round and bulging, shaped like an ingot, which means making money into treasure. On New Year's Eve, jiaozi usually has different fillings, such as pork, beef, Chinese cabbage and leek. Each filling has a different meaning. Jiaozi with pork stuffing symbolizes wealth, jiaozi with beef stuffing symbolizes health, jiaozi with cabbage stuffing symbolizes innocence, and jiaozi with leek stuffing symbolizes longevity.
It means happy Lantern Festival from now on.
Lantern Festival symbolizes happy reunion and happy life. The Lantern Festival on New Year's Eve usually chooses sweet sesame stuffing or bean paste stuffing, which symbolizes the sweetness and prosperity of the New Year.
Tangyuan means family reunion.
Tangyuan is a traditional food of Lantern Festival, and it also occupies a place in the New Year's Eve dinner. Tangyuan is lovely, which means family reunion. There are many kinds of fillings for glutinous rice balls, such as sesame, bean paste and walnut. Different fillings symbolize different good wishes.
A rice cake means rising.
The rice cake symbolizes the promotion step by step, and the cause of the new year is thriving. The shape of rice cakes is usually rectangular or round, which symbolizes the annual promotion and family happiness. Rice cakes can be fried, fried, steamed and boiled, and different practices represent different meanings. Fried rice cakes represent good weather, fried rice cakes represent prosperity, steamed rice cakes represent prosperity, and boiled rice cakes represent a happy life.
Spring rolls mean making money and treasure.
Spring rolls are shaped like gold ingots, which means turning money into treasure. The fillings of spring rolls are usually vegetables and meat, and different fillings have different meanings. Spring rolls with vegetable stuffing imply lightness and health, while spring rolls with meat stuffing imply wealth and good fortune.
Eight-treasure rice means a bumper harvest.
The meanings of the eight-treasure rice are very rich, including abundant crops, good luck, and long life. Eight-treasure rice is mainly composed of glutinous rice, lotus seeds, red dates, longan and other eight ingredients, each of which has a different meaning. Glutinous rice symbolizes a bumper harvest, lotus seeds symbolize the prosperity of future generations, red dates symbolize the early birth of your son, and longan symbolizes a happy reunion.
Happiness symbolizes happiness and auspiciousness.
Fuju usually appears in the form of embellishment in the New Year's Eve dinner, indicating that it is full of blessings. Fu orange is round and full in shape and bright in color, which symbolizes happiness, auspiciousness and happy reunion. Fuju can be placed in the center of the dining table, or it can be given as a gift to relatives and friends to convey the New Year's wishes.
The moral delicacies in these New Year's Eve dinners not only carry good wishes, but also place people's expectations and longings for the new year. Each dish contains a unique meaning, and the combination of * * constitutes a happy, festive and peaceful New Year's Eve feast.