What do southerners eat for the Spring Festival?

There is a bowl of "chicken catches beans" on the dining table in Hefei, which means "grab money and get rich". The housekeeper wants to eat a chicken leg, which is called "grasping the money claw", which means making a fortune in the coming year. Anqing's head should eat a bowl of noodles before meals, which is called "money standard"

In some places in Anhui, everyone should eat a bite of raw radish at the first meal of the Spring Festival, which is called "biting spring", which can "sterilize and prevent diseases and make the New Year auspicious". Only meat dishes in southern Anhui include braised pork, tiger skin, meatballs, moo Shu pork, steamed pork, braised pork, pork liver, pork heart and pork belly products, as well as all kinds of fried pork slices and shredded pork.

There are two fish on the dining table in central and southern Anhui. One is the whole carp, which can only be seen but not eaten. It shows respect for ancestors, and it also means more than one year. The other is silver carp, which is edible and symbolizes the prosperity of children and grandchildren.

The first bowl of Lai in Qimen family banquet is "Zhonghe", which is made of tofu, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, shrimp skin and fresh meat, meaning "harmony is precious".

Jiangxi

The New Year's Eve dinner in Gannan is usually 12 dish. Nanchang, Jiangxi generally has more than a dozen dishes, paying attention to four cold dishes, four hot dishes, eight big dishes and two soups.

Nanchang area must eat rice cakes, braised fish, fried rice noodles, eight-treasure rice and boiled thick soup, which in turn means annual rise, fish every year, abundant crops, string rice, eight-treasure rice and prosperity every year.

Chongqing

It is essential for Chongqing people to "buckle meat" and "pour sea pepper" in the New Year. It seems simple to "buckle meat", but it takes some effort to be really fat but not greasy, tender and refreshing; "Sea pepper" is to mix glutinous rice flour with seasoning, then fill it into the hollowed-out sea pepper, and then marinate it in a pickle jar for half a month.

On new year's eve, take it out and fry it in oil, and you can serve it.

Southerners seldom eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. Most families will cook several dishes, including chicken, duck, fish and various vegetables, and the whole family will get together to enjoy the Spring Festival dinner. In addition, most southerners will also eat glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival, just like most people in the north eat jiaozi, which is indispensable.