The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and although I haven't had a holiday yet, I can't wait to prepare for the New Year.
As a native of Henan, the New Year of our side is generally the 24th of the lunar month, why do some people celebrate the 23rd lunar month and some people are 24? I heard my parents say that it is because the twenty-third day of the lunar month is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the twenty-fourth lunar month of the poor is the twenty-fourth lunar month, so for so many years, I have lived the twenty-fourth lunar month.
Sometimes I wonder if it's because we haven't celebrated the 23rd day of the lunar month, so I've been moving bricks for so many years? Are you right?
To get back to the point, we need to eat dumplings for the New Year, Chinese New Year's Eve need to eat dumplings at night, we need to eat dumplings on the morning of the first day of the new year, and at noon on the first day of the new year, we need to warm up the leftover dumplings in the morning and continue to eat, saying that I want to cry, and I eat dumplings every year until I want to vomit ......
During the Chinese New Year in the south, the general food is:
1. Dumplings and glutinous rice balls
Southerners like to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year, and the shape of the dumplings symbolizes ancient currency and means wealth. Tangyuan represents reunion, and because its pronunciation is similar to "reunion", it has become a symbol of festivities.
2. Chinese New Year's Eve dinner
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of southerners often contains rich seafood, such as shrimp and crab, because the southern region is rich in aquatic resources. At the same time, Chinese New Year's Eve dinners in the south usually focus more on sweetness to symbolize a sweet and happy future.
3. Sweets and pastries
During the Chinese New Year, southerners prepare a variety of candies and pastries, such as sugar lotus root and sugar melon, to entertain guests and express sweet meanings.
In the north for the New Year, the general food is:
1. Dumplings and pasta
Northerners like to eat dumplings because of its shape similar to ingots, which has the meaning of wealth. In addition, there will be a variety of noodles on the table for the Northern New Year, such as knife-cut noodles and mixed noodles, because the shape of the noodles is long-lived, which also means longevity and happiness.
2. Hot pot and barbecue
Winters are cold in the northern region, so hot pot has become a popular choice during the Chinese New Year. Barbecue is also a favorite Chinese New Year food in the north, because the steaming barbecue can bring warmth.
3. Fish
In the north, eating fish is also a traditional habit during the Chinese New Year, which means that there is more than enough every year. Northerners usually serve a steamed or braised fish on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for good luck in the coming year.