What dishes do Jiangnan people prepare for the Spring Festival?

Jiangnan people will prepare the following dishes and practices for the Chinese New Year:

1. The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the time for the "immortals" to report to heaven. From that day on, every household was cleaning, packing things and bills, which was called "picking up". One or two days before New Year's Eve, every household is making all kinds of new year's goods. On New Year's Eve, you will visit the flower market and walk the flower street. Lily, dried tangerine peel, chrysanthemum and peach blossom are all essential.

Because flowers are the most auspicious flower street, you can have good luck and have a good year;

Second, the first day of the first lunar month is called Yuanri, which is the head of the New Year and the beginning of spring. At the dawn of heaven, I heard guns. On the big table in the hall of every household, red plates are filled with good luck (oranges are bigger than oranges, so they are called good luck), green olives and various exquisite sweets. Decorated with lanterns in front of the door, the younger generation wishes the older generation tea. On this day, most families should be vegetarian, at least they don't eat meat for breakfast;

Thirdly, on the first day of the first lunar month, many lion dance classes and English song teams beat gongs and drums in every village to celebrate the New Year, and their hosts set off firecrackers to welcome them.

Fourth, on the second and third day of junior high school, rural towns organized many cultural activities to celebrate the Spring Festival. Besides setting up theaters to perform Chaozhou Opera, Mountain Opera and Shadow Play, there are also gongs and drums, tigers and lions, English singing teams and dragon dancing teams marching in villages along the street.

Giving lucky money is an important part of Jiangnan Spring Festival custom. The elders should give money to the younger generation, and those who can earn money should also give money to the elders. Money can't be sent directly to wait for a while, but it should be packed in a profit bag or a red paper bag. This is commonly known as "pressing the abdomen and waist", which means that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the pockets will be full of reality and wealth.