Why do you want to eat fish during the Spring Festival?

Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, and it is also the most lively and festive moment of the year. In this festival, families get together, relatives and friends get together, and the dining table during the Spring Festival is colorful, which means good luck. As the most important dinner during the Spring Festival, families all over the country will prepare rich dishes to celebrate this important moment. One of the essential dishes is fish.

Why do you want to eat fish during the Spring Festival? According to legend, in ancient China, there was a dragon living at the bottom of the sea. Every spring, it flies to the surface to attack humans. In order to protect themselves, people choose to provide food to the dragon to appease its angry and greedy nature. I found that dragons like to eat fish best, so I prepared the best fish of the year to worship it every Spring Festival. With the passage of time, this tradition has gradually evolved into the custom of eating fish in the Spring Festival, which has been passed down to this day.

In China culture, fish ("surplus") and "surplus" are homonyms, so eating fish means "having more than one year". In some places, the homonym of "you" and "fish" is used as "fish" to express the wish of "having it for more than one year". There are many ways to cook fish in China, among which steamed live fish is the most popular. This dish is not only nutritious, but also delicious, juicy and fragrant. On New Year's Eve, the family will put the whole fish on a plate, symbolizing reunion and harmony.

Generally speaking, eating fish in China culture means "having it for more than one year" and looking forward to a bright future. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, whether it is a family dinner or an outdoor banquet, eating fish is an essential dish, which represents people's yearning and pursuit for a better life.