What traditional food do you eat during the Spring Festival?

1, jiaozi. In China, the custom of eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival has a long history. On the first day of the first month, we eat jiaozi. In northern China, almost every family is like this. This meal in jiaozi is different from other jiaozi in a year. This kind of jiaozi rice is required to be wrapped on New Year's Eve and eaten at midnight. Eat jiaozi just to get the meaning of "making friends when you are young". Some places put coins, peanuts and other things in jiaozi. Whoever eats them represents good luck in the new year, which is a good sign.

2. rice cakes. In fact, the most important thing to eat in the Spring Festival is some auspicious meanings, such as rice cakes. There are many ways to make rice cakes, and each place has its own unique way.

3. Lantern Festival. In the south, it is called "Tangyuan". In Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, it is customary to eat glutinous rice balls on the morning of New Year's Day. Eating Yuanxiao has a long history in China. By the Ming Dynasty, Yuanxiao had become a very common food, and the practice was no different from that of Yuanxiao now.

4. fish. The food in the Spring Festival pays attention to good meanings, and of course fish is indispensable. Fish is usually the last dish on the table. In some places, this dish is basically neglected, meaning "more than one year". Fish is a kind of food that we often eat in our life. Fish in the Spring Festival are also particular about the choice of fish species. Different kinds of fish represent different meanings.

5, wonton. In Jingjiang, Jiangsu Province, you must eat wonton whether you are entertaining guests, having a holiday or having a happy event. On the morning of New Year's Eve, every household began to make wonton. The wrapped wonton can be stored in the refrigerator and eaten slowly. In Jingjiang, people eat wonton for a long time during the Spring Festival, from the 30th to 15th of the first month.