For the Chinese New Year, for Jinan people, is one dumpling enough to make a hearty Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? At this moment, which is only 10 days away from the Spring Festival, people are busy preparing for this annual feast. Some netizens ridiculed: "Chinese New Year's Eve dinner only eat dumplings, not stir-fry? During the New Year, we must pursue the prosperity of abundant food and clothing! Indeed, in the days not far from the Spring Festival, everyone is full of anticipation and waiting for the best moment. Because once the Spring Festival passes, the flavor of the New Year gradually fades, which makes people feel a little emotional.
There are only 10 short days left until the Spring Festival in 2024, which is considered to be the most flavorful time of the year. At this time, everyone is carefully researching the menu for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Whether there will be chicken, fish, meat and eggs, or all kinds of delicacies on the ground, in the water, and in the sky, will appear on the table of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. However, you may find it hard to believe that some families in Jinan, Shandong Province do not stir-fry Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, just enjoy a dumpling is considered a Chinese New Year's Eve meal.
For these people who don't stir-fry, perhaps they will explain that if you stir-fry vegetables on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Chinese New Year's Eve rice must have dumplings, then the stir-fried vegetables will not eat much at all, and in the end it will cause food waste. Even if the leftovers can be reheated and eaten on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is a bit unsightly. Moreover, this tradition of eating only dumplings and not stir-frying vegetables is quite common in Jinan, Shandong. It is a New Year's habit that has been passed down from the influence of the older generation.
Yu Lequan believes that this tradition of eating only dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve without stir-frying reflects the traditional concepts and eating habits of Jinan people. In the past, life was difficult, and even after the New Year, it was difficult for the family to buy a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Eating dumplings is already the most hearty time of the year, and it is also a special time to enjoy the delicious taste of the world. However, with the rapid development of China's economy, people's living standards have been significantly improved. Nowadays, eating dumplings can no longer be regarded as a hearty meal, but just an ordinary diet.
Of course, people's living standards have improved now, and chicken, fish, meat and eggs are often served on the table, and stir-frying a few dishes is also commonplace. But on Chinese New Year's Eve, some families still put their heart and soul into cooking a table of rich and fragrant food. Life needs a sense of ritual, and festivals need food to treat themselves. When you face the sumptuous food on the table, the family laughs and laughs, the food is staggered, the wine is over three rounds, and the food is over the five flavors, and the satisfaction of the appetite is indescribable. This kind of happiness is far from being comparable to eating dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve.
For the New Year, the Chinese New Year's Eve meal should be sumptuous, and stir-fried dishes should be commonplace. The family sits around a table, staggered with staggered food, the aroma of steaming food, and the atmosphere of the new year is coming, which is the prosperous scenery of abundant food and clothing that should be had when welcoming the new year. So, let's step into this traditional Jinan Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, experience this food feast together, and welcome the arrival of the New Year.