What to Eat for Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner | Photo Story

Chongqing- Among all the festival traditions, the Lunar New Year’s Eve dinner, also known as the family reunion dinner, is key to the Spring Festival celebration in China.

Irrespective of the distance, one must travel home to be together with their family for the festivity, and the significance is similar to Christmas Day in the West.

People from North and South China have different foods on this special occasion; many New Year foods are symbolic.

For example, Chongqing people must eat fish at the Spring Festival eve because the Chinese word for fish is a homophone of the word for surplus. So the phrase “Let there be surpluses every year” sounds the same as”’Let there be fish every year,” which is often said when fish is eaten during New Year celebrations.

What are some must-have dishes on the Chinese New Year’s Eve dinner table this year? Let’s take a look!

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