Chinese New Year Traditional Food List

Especially for the chinese new year extra long noodles are served as symbols of longevity.

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The chinese new year s eve meal is the most important dinner of the year. Here are 12 foods and their symbolic meanings that you might find during lunar or chinese new year. Noodles with soup zhajiangmian.

An essential ingredient and staple in chinese cuisine chow mein. Their round shape symbolizes reunion harmony and happiness. Stir fried noodles noodle soup.

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In this recipe chicken is poached in ginger garlic rice wine broth and then left to sit for several hours until it turns white. Not only do the dishes themselves matter but also the preparation and ways of serving and eating mean a lot. Usually served whole for new year meals a chicken represents family togetherness.

Also served whole fish symbolizes abundance. To add some color to the dish you can garnish with fresh scallions. In south china the glutinous rice ball yuanxiao or tangyuan in chinese is a traditional food for the chinese new year just as the dumplings in north china.