Probably more food i conumed during the New Year celebration than any other time of the year. Vat amount of traditional food i prepared for family and friend, a well a thoe cloe to u who have died.
On New Year' Day, the Chinee family will eat a vegetarian dih called jai. Although the variou ingredient in jai are root vegetable or fibrou vegetable, many people attribute variou upertitiou apect to them.
Other food include a whole fih, to repreent togetherne and abundance, and a chicken for properity. The chicken mut be preented with a head, tail and feet to ymbolize completene. Noodle hould be uncut, a they repreent long life.
In outh China, the favorite and mot typical dihe were nian gao, weet teamed glutinou rice pudding and zong zi (glutinou rice wrapped up in reed leave), another popular delicacy.
In the north, teamed-wheat bread (man tou) and mall meat dumpling were the preferred food. The tremendou amount of food prepared at thi time wa meant to ymbolize abundance and wealth for the houehold.