As the old saying goes, "If you don't eat on the fourth day of the New Year, you won't be poor in the Year of the Dragon", respect tradition, and be rich and prosperous in the Year of the Dragon
The New Year is a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and it is also to welcome the beginning of the lunar Year of the Dragon. The countdown to the New Year, but the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is basically the most important meal of the year, and eating with the family is not only to eat well, but also to be good. There is also a saying that "if you don't eat four times in the New Year, you won't be poor in the Year of the Dragon", which means that when you eat Chinese New Year's Eve, don't eat anything in the four years, so that you can not be poor in the Year of the Dragon, respect traditions, and be rich and prosperous in the Year of the Dragon.
1. Spinach stewed tofu
In the choice of dishes for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there are some taboos and exquisiteness. One of them is to avoid eating spinach stewed tofu. The older generation believes that eating spinach stewed tofu at Chinese New Year's Eve represents "one poor and two white", which is a symbol of bad luck. Because the shape of the leaves of spinach resembles the character for "poor", and tofu is seen as a symbol of "white". In their minds, such a dish brings poverty and misfortune, so it is not suitable for eating at Chinese New Year's Eve.
2. Don't eat incomplete fish
On the table of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, basically every household will put fish on it, symbolizing that there is more than enough every year. Fish symbolizes abundance, abundance and happiness every year. However, there is also a certain saying about eating fish for Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, not eating incomplete fish. You can't serve fish with a head or tail just because you don't like to eat it, because people think that incomplete fish often carries bad omens.
3. Don't eat pickles
Although pickles will not appear on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner table, it is not excluded that some people are mavericks and want to eat pickles. Pickles are taboo on the table at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner because pickles are often seen as a symbol of bad luck. Because the pronunciation of "salty" in Chinese is similar to "fierce", it is believed that eating pickles on a festive occasion will bring misfortune. Therefore, when preparing a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, you should avoid including pickles in the menu.
Fourth, bitter chrysanthemum
On the table of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there are a variety of delicacies, among which bitter chrysanthemum is a dish that is not loved by people, because bitter chrysanthemum is often regarded as a symbol of bad luck. This is mainly because the taste of bitter chrysanthemum is slightly bitter, which does not meet people's psychological expectations for the pursuit of sweetness and reunion for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. In addition, the name of bitter chrysanthemum is also easily associated with unlucky words such as "hardship" and "suffering", which is one of the reasons why few people are willing to eat bitter chrysanthemum at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
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