What is the traditional origin of eating leftovers on New Year's Eve? Should we get rid of it?

The New Year has a new look, and the Spring Festival can be said to be the most important festival in China. Every year before the Spring Festival, every household should prepare many things, such as food, play, stickers and toys. Anyway, during the Spring Festival, the whole family, old and young, are very busy.

Especially on the New Year's Eve, Qi Xin, the whole family, worked together to make a sumptuous meal. I used to cook New Year's Eve for a long time, so I probably started preparing dinner after eating at noon. Because there were many dishes, I didn't prepare them early and couldn't catch up with dinner. Of course, you can't finish a meal with so many dishes, but it doesn't matter. There are leftovers on the New Year's Eve dinner, and it is a custom to eat them until next year, which means that the family life is rich and there is more than one year.

However, after so many years, the lifestyle has changed and the customs have changed a little. In the past, everyone would gather in their hometown to celebrate the New Year with a large family. There is not enough food at this time, so the more dishes, the better. Usually, after a meal, there are many dishes left. Even if you have the habit of eating leftovers from New Year's Eve, there are too many leftovers, which will eventually be thrown away, which is a bit wasteful.

Nowadays, many families spend New Year's Eve in their small houses. Although they cooked a lot of dishes, they didn't exaggerate to eat only one meal in the afternoon, and there wasn't that much left. It's the Spring Festival, and it will solve the problem after eating two or three meals, and it won't be wasted.

This is a traditional custom in China. Eating leftovers from the first year has the meaning of auspiciousness and wealth, not a feudal habit, and there is no need to eliminate it. Besides, don't talk about New Year's Eve. Even if you eat at ordinary times, you can't finish a meal, so you have to save it for next time. Even if you eat in a restaurant, because there is a CD-ROM operation now, everyone will take the initiative to pack the food that can't be eaten and take it home without wasting it.

Society is indeed developing and the times are changing. China has a long history, and there are many traditions handed down from ancient times to the present. Some bad habits belong to the dross left over from history, and we can not only fail to observe them, but also severely stop them, while some customs are blessed. Don't just think about destroying historical traditions. In fact, many traditions are meaningful, and they contain many ancestors' experiences.

The Spring Festival is a festive day. Eat the New Year's Eve dinner, and you can't finish the fish at the New Year's Eve dinner. You have to leave it for next year, which means more than one year. These meaningful traditions can make the Spring Festival more ceremonial. Life needs a sense of ceremony, which can reflect the difference of festivals and prove that life is not a cycle day after day, but a past with a special imprint.