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A taste of tradition. Reunion dinner ( 年夜飯 ). When?. New Year's Eve of the Chinese New Year. Who?. family members. Some leftover will be intentionally kept aside. symbolize ‘surplus’ derived from the Chinese phrase ‘ nian nian you yu ’ ( 年年有餘 ) having surplus every year'. .
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Reunion dinner (年夜飯) When? New Year's Eve of the Chinese New Year Who? family members Some leftover will be intentionally kept aside symbolize ‘surplus’ derived from the Chinese phrase ‘niannian you yu’ (年年有餘) having surplus every year'.
Chicken presented whole To represent completeness
Fat Choi Ho Si (發財好事) Wealth and Good Business
Glutinous rice cake or niangao Promotion or progress
Crispy Dumplings 油角 Wealth
Sesame Dumplings 煎堆 Wealth 煎堆轆轆,金銀滿屋
Household God/ Kitchen God 灶君 It is believed that on the twenty third day of the twelfth lunar month, just before Chinese New Year he returns to Heaven to report the activities of every household over the past year to the Jade Emperor (Yu Huang).
Common ingredients for Chinese New Year Lettuce (Growth in wealth) Fish (Surplus) Green vegetable - Evergreen Dried oyster (Good things) Dumpling (Shaped like gold ingots) Spring Onion (Wisdom) Celery (Diligence)