Did you pay attention to how many dishes you cooked during the Spring Festival?

1, the Spring Festival reunion dinner is very particular, but everyone has different opinions on how to set a few dishes. Celebrating the Spring Festival, also known as "China New Year", is one of the most important festivals in China. At the beginning of the year, every household will be decorated with lanterns, and the whole family will be reunited. Wandering wanderers will also go home to reunite with their families. Having said that, we have to mention the highlight of the Spring Festival-the reunion dinner. The reunion dinner is in the Spring Festival, when the whole family sits around the table and often cooks a table of dishes, which symbolizes excitement and prosperity and represents the happiness, unity and beauty of the family.

2. In fact, there is no clear number of dishes for the reunion dinner, only depending on the preferences of each household. The number of dishes in most families is probably "8", "9" or "12". China people prefer even numbers to odd numbers. Even numbers represent the best of both worlds and good luck. The eight-course dish implies that I hope my family's business will be smooth in the new year, because the homonym of "8" and "making a fortune" is similar. The nine dishes represent a long period of time, implying a wish for family health. 10 food may symbolize perfection, which means that the new year can turn adversity into luck and go ahead.

3. We can also confirm the number of dishes in the reunion dinner through traditional dishes. First of all, during the Chinese New Year, elders like to cook fish, which symbolizes that there is more than enough money every year. The second must-have dish is meat. There are big fish and big meat, which means we can be very rich at home in the new year. The third course is the staple food jiaozi, which is an indispensable traditional food for most family reunions. The fourth one may be rice cakes. Many southerners eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival, hoping to visit them by going up a flight of stairs next year. In that case, it may take at least four courses.

It can be seen that there is no established custom for the number of dishes in the reunion dinner. Everyone has different ways to do it. 4 to 10 dishes are possible, and some people even have more.