What does Xie Nian need to prepare?

6 cups of tea in the middle (meaning "June 6th Universiade"), no need to pour water. Put six glasses of wine on each side of six cups of tea, usually with yellow wine. 12 glasses of wine represents 12 months. If there is a leap month, put 13 glasses of wine. There is also a simplified version, 3 cups of tea and 6 cups of wine.

The second row: five-color cakes

Play five-color cake: cake is homophonic with "high", indicating happiness. When guests come in, they should have some tea and cake before dinner. This is the way to entertain guests, and it is the same in Xie Nian.

There are many kinds of cakes: Zhuangyuan cake, Changshou cake, Dice cake, Osmanthus Jelly, Sesame cake, Melaleuca cake and candy. The types of cakes can be changed according to their actual situation. For example, if there are prospective candidates in the family, Zhuangyuan cakes are definitely indispensable, and longevity cakes definitely symbolize the health and longevity of the family. Osmanthus Jelly is obviously sweet. As long as it symbolizes good luck, winning a good lottery is ok.

The third row: five kinds of vegetables

Put five kinds of vegetables: Flammulina velutipes, oil tofu, mushrooms, black fungus, baked bran and so on.

Fans: meaning "longevity"; Baked bran: show respect for your husband and have food; Winter bamboo shoots: meaning high and orderly; Oil tofu: the color is close to gold, and there are only a few oil tofu on the plate, which means there are two thousand gold.

Row 4: Seven kinds of animals

Pig head: Good luck begins and ends. Cook the pig's head, put it in the middle with a red plate if it is not completely cooked, insert a knife at the door with the pig's head, and put the onion (meaning "spring") in the pig's mouth to express blessing.

Sliced meat: Life is organized. You don't have to cook all the meat strips, which is convenient for preservation. It tastes better after the second cooking and needs a knife.

Poultry: generally, mature geese are used, and some people use mature cocks. Whether it is a chicken or a goose, when it is in Xie Nian, it is necessary to put things like internal organs and blood in the belly of poultry, which means that it is a complete poultry and a sign of respect. The head orientation of poultry is the same as that of pig head.

Fish (scaly): Zhoushan people generally use yellow croaker, but now there is no wild one, so they use cultured ones. The fish head is opposite to the pig head, facing the house, indicating that the fish has to swim in through the gate, and it will take more than a year.

Raw eggs and duck eggs can also be used: salt is used at the bottom to make the eggs stand up. Sometimes five eggs are surrounded by a flower, and some people put another one on top of five eggs and six eggs, meaning six or six big ones.

Rice cakes: Generally, 6 pieces are used, which means the annual height is high, and 24 pieces can be put at most.

Tofu: It's not in the dish, but it's in this row.

Finally, don't forget to put a plate of soy sauce and a plate of sugar. You can also choose not to put pig heads, but only two kinds of poultry, chicken and goose.

The fifth row: five pots of fruit

Apple: It means peace and security.

Pineapple: It means good luck.

Longan: It means round and round.

Peach: Peach symbolizes longevity. I hope my family will live a long and healthy life.

Sugarcane: It means that sesame blossoms are getting higher and higher.

Pitaya: It means thriving and full of children and grandchildren.

Kumquat or orange: it means that the house is full of gold.

Line 6: incense sticks

For the last time, some people will put some gold ingots folded with gold paper, and the incense will be pressed on the Taiping Sutra.