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As the Spring Festival approaches, every family is getting busy preparing for the annual reunion dinner - Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. In traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is not just a simple dinner, it carries the warmth of home, family reunion and beautiful expectations for the New Year. So, what dishes will each family prepare on this special day? What kind of culture and significance do they contain?
February 9 is Chinese New Year's Eve, and after visiting many families, the reporter found that although there are many varieties and characteristics of Chinese New Year's Eve meals in different regions, there are also some common dishes, which seem to have become the "standard" of Chinese New Year's Eve meals, such as braised pork, steamed fish, dumplings, etc. These dishes are not only delicious, but also contain deep cultural connotations.
Braised pork, as a traditional famous dish, is indispensable on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner table of almost every household. This dish is bright red in color and delicious in taste, implying prosperity and happiness. During the cooking process, the family carefully selects the ingredients and makes them with care, incorporating love and care into them. When everyone sits around and shares this dish, it seems to convey a sense of family warmth and emotional connection.
Steamed fish is also a common dish at Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and its meaning of "more than every year" is deeply loved by people. Fish symbolizes wealth and good luck in Chinese culture, so eating fish at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner symbolizes a lot of wealth and good luck in the new year. This dish not only satisfies the taste buds, but also conveys people's best wishes for the new year.
As a traditional food in the northern region, dumplings are also an indispensable dish on Chinese New Year's Eve. The dumplings are shaped like ingots, implying that they attract wealth and wealth. In the process of making dumplings, the family will sit together, chatting and doing hands, enjoying the joy and warmth of the family together. When the dumplings are served on the table, the taste and atmosphere of home makes people feel more intimate and satisfied.
In addition to these traditional dishes, families also prepare some special dishes according to their tastes and preferences. For example, some people will make a platter of lo-mei that means good luck, while others will choose to make some soups that symbolize reunion. These dishes not only enrich the taste and nutrition of the Chinese New Year's Eve meal, but also show the love and creativity of the Chinese people for food.
In the process of preparing the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the reporter also found an interesting phenomenon: many families will take into account the taste and health needs of their families when choosing dishes. On the basis of maintaining tradition, they will make some innovations and adjustments, such as reducing greasy and increasing vegetables, so as to make the Chinese New Year's Eve meal healthier and more nutritious. This combination of tradition and modernity not only reflects the respect for traditional culture, but also shows the pursuit of a healthy life in modern families.
Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is not just a meal, it is a cultural inheritance and emotional expression. On this special day, the family members conveyed their love and blessings to each other by preparing and enjoying the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, and also expressed their good expectations for the new year. This kind of emotional exchange and cultural inheritance have made the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner a unique cultural phenomenon and one of the warmest memories in the hearts of Chinese.
With the development of the times and the change of lifestyle, the form and content of the Chinese New Year's Eve meal are also constantly changing. But no matter how much it changes, the attachment to home and the cherishing of family affection remain the same. On this day of reunion, let's taste the taste of home, feel the warmth of emotion and the inheritance of culture!
What dishes did you prepare for your family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner