What did you eat on the first day in Suzhou?

In Suzhou, what do you eat on the morning of New Year's Day?

Jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, sticky cakes, chicken soup, steamed fish, etc. Eating jiaozi on the first day of the first lunar month means bringing the disasters and setbacks of the past year to jiaozi, and the next year will be smooth sailing. Tangyuan has pinned people's thoughts on their families and hometown and expressed the meaning of reunion. Sticky cakes are homophonic with the New Year, which means getting higher every year and expressing people's yearning for a better life in the coming year.

Suzhou custom: three firecrackers should be set off when the door is opened in advance during the Spring Festival, which is called "promotion to the third level". When you go out in the morning, you should follow the direction specified in the yellow calendar, which is called "Happy God". In order to burn incense in temples such as the City God Temple and the Land Temple, you must go through ten temples, which is the so-called "ten temples to burn incense". From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, huge coal is burning in the stove, which is called "Happy Group".

Legend has it that people in Zhuan 'an eat jiaozi, so they eat jiaozi every day from the early morning of the New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival. Women in Wujin County cut off pine and cypress branches during the Spring Festival, wrapped them in red silk and put them on a bun. It is said that they can live longer. When you go out in the morning, you should follow the direction specified in the yellow calendar, which is called "Happy God".

Tangyuan, on the other hand, expresses people's yearning for their families and hometown and the meaning of reunion. Sticky cake is homophonic with high year, which means higher year by year and also expresses people's yearning for a better life in the coming year.