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The implication of various foods during the Spring Festival.

The dishes in the Spring Festival are not only rich and delicious, but also have various auspicious meanings. So does everyone know what the moral is? Next, let's share with you the delicious food during the Chinese New Year!

Fish: It means that Chinese is getting richer and richer every year. Fish? And then what? Yu? Homophonic. China people like to have a balance at the end of the year, because they think that if they can save some wealth at the end of the year, they will earn more next year.

What fish to choose for the New Year's Eve depends on whether the pronunciation is auspicious or not.

Crucian carp: Because of crucian carp? Crucian carp? And Geely? Ji? Homophonic, so eating crucian carp is considered to bring good luck in the coming year.

Carp: carp? Carp? And then what? A gift? Homophonic. Therefore, people in China believe that eating carp in the New Year symbolizes good luck.

Catfish:? Catfish? And then what? How many years? The pronunciation is the same. So eating catfish is in the hope of making a surplus in a year.

Eat two fish, one on New Year's Eve and one on New Year's Eve. I hope there will be more fish every year.

If you only make a catfish, it's the same meaning to eat the first half on New Year's Eve and the second half repeatedly at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

How to eat fish is also important. Let's see what's important about eating fish in the New Year:

Fish should be the last dish left, and you can't eat it all, because it symbolizes that it is available every year? Yu? . This is a custom north of the Yangtze River. In other areas, fish heads and tails can't be eaten until the first day of the new year, which means that there is hope of surplus from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

There are also some stresses about the placement of fish:

Fish heads should be oriented to distinguished guests or elders, representing respect.

Only people with the right fish head can eat first, and others can eat with chopsticks.

Fish can't move People with fish heads and tails are considered lucky to drink together.

Jiaozi: jiaozi, with a history of 1800 years, is a classic food in China and a traditional dish on New Year's Eve. It is very common in China, especially in northern China.

Some people wrap jiaozi like an ingot (meaning: make a fortune). It is said that the more jiaozi you eat in the New Year, the more money you will earn in the coming year.

Jiaozi usually uses minced meat and chopped vegetables as stuffing, and the dough is thin and elastic. People's favorite jiaozi is ground meat, shrimp, fish, ground chicken, beef and vegetables. Jiaozi can be boiled, steamed, fried or roasted.

People in China don't eat kimchi jiaozi during the Spring Festival because it implies poverty and a difficult future. On New Year's Eve, the tradition is to eat jiaozi with Chinese cabbage and radish. It is said that eating it can whiten skin and soften personality.

How to package a lucky jiaozi?

Bao jiaozi needs a few more pleats. If you pinch the edge of jiaozi too flat, it means poverty.

Some people in China will put a white line in jiaozi, and those who eat this white line in jiaozi will live longer. Sometimes a copper coin is put in jiaozi, and people who eat copper coins will be very rich.

Jiaozi should be placed in a straight line, not a circle, because the jiaozi in the circle means that life will always be in the same place.

Spring rolls: Spring rolls, meaning wealth, are traditional foods eaten during the Spring Festival, hence the name. Spring rolls are very popular in eastern China: Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hongkong.

Spring rolls are Cantonese dim sum. Vegetables, meat or sweet stuffing are wrapped in thin dough into cylindrical rolls and then fried until golden brown. (moral: twelve thousand gold)

Rice cake: It means getting better every year. Rice cake? Is the pronunciation the same? Age? , meaning? Every year? . The main raw materials of rice cakes are glutinous rice, sugar, chestnuts, dates and lotus leaves.

Tangyuan: It means family reunion. Tangyuan is the main food of China Lantern Festival, but in the south of China, people also eat it during the Spring Festival. The pronunciation and shape of glutinous rice balls are related to reunion. This is why people in China like to eat glutinous rice balls when celebrating the New Year.