There are many nationalities and different customs in China, which make the catering culture of Chinese civilization rich and colorful. For example, people in the North eat dumplings, people in the South eat Tangyuan and New Year cakes; people in Fujian eat noodles in the morning of the first day of the new year; people in Henan eat dumplings and boiled noodles, which means to get money; in Jingzhou area, the first meal of the Spring Festival is to eat eggs, which means' real, auspicious'. Many Chinese people are very particular about the first meal of the lunar new year. Although the ways of eating are different, they all place their hopes on peace, good luck and good luck in the new year.
1 Hubei
Chicken soup
In some places in Hubei Province, the first meal of Spring Festival is chicken soup, which symbolizes "peace and tranquility". In addition, the main labor force in the family should also eat chicken feet, which means "seizing wealth in the new year"; young students should eat chicken wings, which means that they can spread their wings and fly high; when the family is in charge, they eat chicken bones, which means that they are "outstanding". If you meet a guest, you need to eat two "poached eggs" that are very tender and can see the yolk through the protein, which means "gold in silver, gold in silver, gold in silver".
Two
Hunan
Rice cake
The first meal of Hunan's Spring Festival is to eat 'rice cake', which means' a year is better than a year ', while a small number of Miao people in Hunan eat sweet wine and zongzi, which means' sweet life and abundant grain'.
Three
Guangdong
a fried food
For laoguang, making fried heaps on New Year's day means that "fried heaps are busy and full of gold and silver". As early as the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Qu Dajun has recorded in the new language of Guangdong: "those who fry piles take glutinous flour as the size circle, and then fry them in oil to sacrifice their ancestors and give gifts to relatives and friends.". '
In the past, it was a grand thing to make a frying heap. We should drive the children out of the production room and say lucky words while frying, so as to pray for a good future.
Four
Shandong
dough modelling
Shandong is a big province of pasta. Shandong pasta is made of glutinous rice flour, with wheat flour, water, coloring and different colors. With simple tools such as hands and knives, scissors, hairpins, pattern molds, various lifelike images are created with symbolic significance. Shandong Dough sculpture originated in Heze, and has a history of more than 300 years. As a precious intangible cultural heritage, dough art has been valued, and gadgets have also entered the art palace.
Five
Sichuan
Spicy Duck in SiChuan Style
Sichuan people believe that the most important thing for the new year's Eve is that every family is neat, so the dishes are all duck (camphor duck), fish (grilled mandarin fish) and hoof, reflecting the concept of "whole"; the dishes (soup) with pig ears and oxtail represent "head has tail".
Six
Henan
Boiled noodles with dumplings
In some parts of Henan Province, at the beginning of the new year, a family eats dumplings and boiled noodles, which are called "gold thread through Yuanbao", also called "silver money hanging golden turtle". Because dumplings are so similar to Yuanbao, they cooked their food at midnight, which is called "laoyuanbao". Moreover, this year, they will not make a lot of money until next year?
Seven
Jiangxi
Jiaozi fish
The first meal in Poyang area of Jiangxi Province is to eat dumplings and fish, which means' jiaozi 'and' surplus every year '. Some dumplings contain sugar, flowers and silver coins, which means' sweet life', 'immortality' and 'making money in the new year'.
Eight
Shanghai
Ruyi vegetable
Shanghainese pay attention to good intentions in Spring Festival dishes. They have to eat a lot of things. In addition to fish, chicken and duck, we also add two kinds of vegetable bases, i.e. stir fried vegetables and sweet and sour silver teeth. In addition, we also need Ruyi vegetables (i.e. soybean sprouts) and sprouted beans, which symbolize 'Sheng' and 'FA'.
In addition to the above-mentioned eight traditional cuisines with local characteristics for the Spring Festival, there are many other local cuisines that can not come together. In a word, local dishes combine fresh vegetables and meat from all over the country. They are sincerely given Chinese people's best wishes for the new year, and they are also given to you!