The north ate dumplings on New Year's Eve, the south ate what on New Year's Eve?

Northern New Year's Eve eat dumplings, Southern New Year's Eve eat rice cakes Yuanxiao .

Northern preaching on the first day of the year to eat dumplings, to take the old and new years of the meaning of the dumplings, and dumplings shaped like a treasure, but also symbolizes the new year, a good sign of wealth! As the proverb goes, "The first dumpling is the first two noodles", which means that it's a good idea to have a good time.

South of the majority of rice cakes and dumplings, rice cakes is the harmonic is high, take the good fortune of good omen. Tangyuan also called "dumplings", "round", also has a "family reunion" meaning. In the South, the second day of the New Year's dinner, especially business people.

Other New Year's Eve differences between the north and south

North to keep the New Year's Eve and welcome the blessings of the south around the fireplace night talk, New Year's Eve, the whole family gathered together, ate New Year's Eve dinner, the elders to the children to distribute the New Year's Eve money, the family group sat down to keep the New Year's Eve. Resignation of the old year, welcome to the new year, in the south there is the custom of New Year's Eve around the stove, the family ate New Year's Eve dinner will be sitting around the stove, stoned melon seeds, watching TV, eating and chatting, talking about the sweet and sour of the year.

In the north, New Year's Eve, the whole family to sit around together while watching the Spring Festival gala side of the dumplings, in order to discuss auspicious, the north is often coins, sugar, peanuts, jujubes, chestnuts and meat, etc., wrapped together into the New Year's dumplings.