New Year's Eve Dinner 除夕年夜饭 年夜饭

davy10

On New Year's Eve night, Chinese families come together for a celebration dinner. This custom is also called "surrounding the hearth" from the ancient custom in earlier times of eating dinner around the family hearth. Both children and adults eat together and dinner begins only after all of the family members are present at the table.

The New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous and traditionally includes chicken and fish.

Fish (Chinese:鱼)—Usually not eaten completely, as the Chinese phrase "may there be surpluses every year" sounds like "may there be fish every year."

Jiao zi (dumplings) (Chinese:饺子)—Eaten traditionally in northern China because the preparation represents packaging luck inside the dumpling.

Nian gao (Chinese:年糕)—Most popular in eastern part of China because its pronunciation is a homophone for "a more prosperous year".

davy10

What 's your dish list for the New Year's Eve Dinner ?

皮皮鲁

happy 兔 you ！
新年，兔 be NO.1 !

zora

dish list for the New Year's Eve Dinner ?I just don't know how to call some of  them even in putonghua...

davy10

回复 4# zora


    there must be very unusual ,if you can take some photoes about them for us , let's have a look

zora

no,they are very common here...but maybe they are unusual in northern China ...hehe ,sorry ,they were already eaten up ...

xiaomeixin

Yeah,we always eat chickren and fish for New Year's Eve,Happy New Year's day to everyone one.

kobe

happy new year!

kobe

I like Nian gao and fish

layuli

i want to eat that fish