What does Japan eat for Chinese New Year?

Enter 20 18, which is very close to the Lunar New Year. While people are eagerly looking forward to it, they also begin to buy new year's goods one after another to prepare for the New Year. In neighboring Japan, although people celebrate the New Year in the solar calendar, they also eat many special New Year dishes like our country during the New Year. Next, let Lao Huangli introduce you to what Japan eats for the New Year.

The Japanese celebrate the New Year on New Year's Day. Although there is no overlap with the Lunar New Year in China, there are still many similarities in the traditional customs and ways of celebrating the New Year between the two countries.

There is a tradition of pasting blessings and couplets on Chinese New Year, and the Japanese will hang the door wide and shake it loose. China people will set off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits on New Year's Eve, while Japanese people will go to temples to listen to bells to keep peace. China people watch the Spring Festival Gala, and Japanese people watch red and white songs. China has auspicious money, and Japan also has "Yu Nian" (auspicious money); China people eat New Year's Eve dinner, and Japanese people also eat New Year's soba noodles, and the first month is royal food.

Speaking of Yujie cuisine, that is, the first month cuisine in Japan, it places the wishes and expectations of the Japanese people for the new year, and is often famous for its exquisite ingredients, delicious nutrition, fine workmanship and full appearance.

Imperial meals are usually packed in a square color box, which has three layers, each with different foods. The first floor is called "Yizhong", which is filled with refreshments to celebrate various dishes. Common black beans symbolize health, roe symbolizes many children and grandchildren, and dried fish symbolizes a bumper harvest.

The second floor is the second floor, which mainly contains fish-based barbecue and vinegar-preserved dishes. In the photo, the prawn in the lens has a bent back and two long beards, which looks like a birthday girl, so it symbolizes longevity.

The third floor is triple, filled with all kinds of cooked food. Lotus root symbolizes the flowering fruit of a happy life, while taro contains the beautiful meaning of a full house of children.